https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/288757

Arun Nagpal, Co-founder of Mrida, provides business models to provide energy solutions to remote rural villages to supports cultivation and collection of high-value crops, plants and herbs, promotes healthy products and traditional Indian medicine to the consumer. In this manner, people are able to become aware of the realities of rural India and see the benefits of traditional medicine that can truly affect these communities. Using the principles of social entrepreneurship, Nagpal is able to approach these problems from a grassroots level. What I found was the most interesting part of the article was when Arun Nagpal states, “More than 200 million people in India lack access to energy today, and depend primarily on kerosene for their lighting requirement. Energy access is known to be a tool for development – key development initiatives such as education, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, and so on can be facilitated using energy access. Being a predominantly agrarian economy, it is unlikely that holistic development of rural India can become a reality without involvement in agriculture.” Any thoughts?