Strategy
We have a well-defined strategy for our education projects that has been developed and refined with time. This strategy is built on three pillars:
Our strategy includes: Through ‘Light a Home’, we distribute solar lanterns and individual ‘home lighting systems’ in non-electrified villages of India. We setup ‘Solar Centre Hubs’ across rural India to provide last mile connectivity of high-quality and cost effective solar lanterns, solar home lighting systems, solar cookers & battery charging stations.
Providing free education: The majority of the students at our schools are first-generation learners who come from backgrounds of extreme poverty. The Art of Living provides free and value-based education to children from vulnerable sections while addressing the social, economic, and cultural barriers that keep children away from school.
Setting up solar microgrids: We build, own, and operate microgrids in rural belts of India, creating off-grid model villages, with access to quality lighting solutions. Our strategy is to design and develop a service-specific microgrid dedicated to providing household lighting and mobile phone charging. The design requires 90% less solar power generation capacity per customer compared to traditional solar powered microgrids.
Creating renewable energy hubs, rural engineers and entrepreneurs: We train unemployed youth in operations, maintenance, assembling, repairing, and installation of renewable energy products like solar systems, solar irrigation pumps and biogas units. Many rural youth who receive training in solar systems in our skill development centers become solar entrepreneurs in their areas.
