Oorja has been named one of the top 6 climate-tech companies globally at the 2024 MIT Solve Challenge Finals in New York City.
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Clementine Chambon and Amit Saraogi co-founded Oorja in Uttar Pradesh, India to help poor farming communities. And while they take a market-driven entrepreneurial approach, philanthropy still plays a key role.
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Oorja has announced the successful close of its $1.5 million Pre-Series A funding round. Acumen, elea, Artha Impact, Echoing Green Signal Fund, PG Impact, 1to4 Foundation, and Swiss Re Foundation invest in Oorja.
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Senior Manager Ankur Singh shares a detailed article favoring the Pay-Per-Use business model for its role in creating access to Productive Use of Energy (PUE) appliances in agriculture.
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Listen to Amit Saraogi as he speaks about the innovative Pay-Per-Use solar-powered cold storage service that allows farmers and traders to combat post-harvest food loss.
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CTO & Co-founder Dr. Clementine Chambon highlights Oorja's Pay-Per-Use model in creating energy access and impact among India's smallholder farmers.
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The Business India magazine has featured the DCM Shriram AgWater Challenge cohort in its special annual issue on climate change.
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Taking an ecosystem and entrepreneurial approach to enabling productive use of renewable energy technologies that support regenerative agriculture and agri-food value chains can fast track the just energy transition, improve livelihoods and build resilient food systems in the global south.
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Listen how Oorja's innovative 'Pay-Per-Use model' is making solar-powered irrigation affordable and easily accessible for last-mile communities.
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Let us look at the social impact start-up from India that is helping smallholders achieve more financial independence as well as lowering their carbon footprint.
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This case study explores how Oorja is making clean energy accessible to low-income and marginalised farmers through its affordable solar farming services.
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This case study focuses on Oorja’s Climate-Smart Farmer Advisory that provides training to smallholder farmers on modern and sustainable agronomic practices.
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Several studies suggest that female-led ventures show a robust commitment to social responsibility, surpassing their counterparts that lack women in founding teams.
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CEO Amit Saraogi and Senior Manager Ankur Singh answer some of the most pressing questions mobilizing young climate enthusiasts into the Climate Action workforce.
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Clementine was featured in an interview focusing on Women Influencers in the May 2023 edition of the Energetica India Magazine.
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Mercom India announced the awards under eleven categories, recognizing the exceptional work helping drive the country forward in its energy transition.
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As Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship celebrates 25 years of accelerating and accompanying social enterprises worldwide, we asked agents of impact to look ahead to the next 25 years and share their thoughts on the future of this sector.
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This report aims to survey the outlook for the off-grid solar market and interventions needed for the sector to achieve its full potential impact.
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Oorja partnered with Sopact through the Miller Center in order to measure and manage their social impact.
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For India’s solar energy sector, across the chain of generation, distribution and last mile work, hundreds of startups have taken birth.
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Preeti Kumari, Project Associate at Oorja, accepts the MANAGE-Samunnati 2022 Agri-Startup National Award.
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Oorja Development Solutions India Pvt Ltd, Agrograde, and Nimble Growth Organics were among the 32 winners of the ‘MANAGE-Samunnati Agri-Startup’ awards for 2022.
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These startups will be supported by MANAGE and Samunnati beyond awards and recognition. An investment meet is planned for the startups.
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Oorja Development Solutions piloted a decentralized cold storage unit in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar (India) on a “Cooling-as-a-Service” business model where smallholder farmers can store their produce on a pay-per-use basis without any upfront cost for technology acquisition.
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Our versatile CEO, Amit Saraogi has been acknowledged for his valuable contribution to Renewables 2022 Global Status Report. REN21 is the only global community of renewable energy actors from science, academia, governments, non-governmental organizations, and industry across all renewable energy sectors.
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Dr. Clementine Chambon shared some insightful discussion featuring cutting edge of business, technology and social impact about climate tech industry.
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Pilot projects were launched in India in partnership with three local cooling companies, and the efforts are already being expanded to Nigeria, with plans to expand to yet further geographies and to new sustainable agriculture technologies. The mobile app was tested on the fields with end-users and feedback was integrated into the development roadmap.
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They both are part of a new wave of innovation showing how clean energy can power up entrepreneurship
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The shortlists for the annual Ashden Awards highlight a new crop of grassroots renewable energy solutions
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Oorja's Project Associate, Preeti Kumari wrote an article for the latest issue of Energy Review. The article highlights the requirement to scale low-cost, decentralized small capacity refrigeration units
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An impressive new wave of climate innovators are revealed today at the Humanitarian Energy Conference (HEC) 2022, ahead of the opening of the Sustainable Energy for All Forum this week in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Eight African climate innovators from low carbon enterprises are among 11 organisations from across the world showing how clean energy can power up entrepreneurship and inclusive development.
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The annual Ashden Awards focus on cutting-edge initiatives that are both green and fair – that deliver climate justice, create good jobs, train people in green skills, and cut carbon.
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A new wave of innovation shows how clean energy can power up entrepreneurship and inclusive development across low-income nations, creating opportunities even in the most marginalised communities.
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The CEEW report captures a case study on Oorja's pioneered "Cooling-as-a-Service" business model to provide decentralized cold storage solution "Oonnayan" to smallholder farmers for storing perishable produce.
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The paper has highlighted the gender mainstreaming plan and the successful fundraising of Oorja.
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Delloite's D2i Fellowship Team partnered with Oorja to streamline and formalize its internal process, develop a clear and focused growth strategy.
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At SEIF, we are always excited to hear from entrepreneurs after their participation in the Tech for Impact Awards. Today, we give the word to Clémentine Chambon, CTO & Co-Founder at Oorja, who was granted the Awards for Scalable Solution from SEIF in 2021.
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Preeti Kumari, DRE Project Associate of Oorja Development Solutions, a Delhi-based off-grid solar services provider, comments on the 2022-23 Union Budget’s financial assistance to border villages to establish decentralised RE projects under the Vibrant Village Programme.
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