NSEF Fellows Student Social Entrepreneurs

Kumar Ankit, XLRI Jamshedpur, 2011

As a student, Ankit started his venture, "Green Leaf Energy Private Limited", working in the renewable energy space. The company objectives are to provide employment opportunities, arrest migration, alleviation of poverty, improve the living standard in rural Bihar and produce renewable energy. The venture has conducted awareness programs in rural areas of Bihar for utilization of wastelands by doing Pongamia plantation. The venture has also formed a contract with 200 farmers over 500 acres of area in Gaya, Bihar. We are looking to scale up the plantation area to 1 lakh acres of wasteland in Bihar. The venture will set up its Bio-diesel extraction unit to produce Bio-diesel, as per the National Biofuel Policy. The venture will also set up Bio-gasifier power plant unit generating power from the shells of Pongamia plants for rural electrification. The project has already been appraised by NABARD, Indian Oil and Punjab National Bank for technical and financial support.

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