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He was born in Handattu, [[Kundapura|Udupi]] Taluk, [[Udupi District]], [[Karnataka]], and raised in [[Rourkela]], [[Orissa, India]]. | He was born in Handattu, [[Kundapura|Udupi]] Taluk, [[Udupi District]], [[Karnataka]], and raised in [[Rourkela]], [[Orissa, India]]. | ||
After completing his basic schooling in Orissa in [[Ispat English Medium School]], he went to [[IIT Kharagpur]] for his undergraduate studies in energy engineering and graduated in 1990. <ref>{{Cite web|title = A toast to IIT Kharagpur|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/article2885945.ece|website = The Hindu Business Line|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bhattacharya|first=Saumya|date=13 January 2008|title=Solar Crusader|journal=Business Today}}</ref> He then went to the U.S. to do his master's degree and later PhD in energy engineering at the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Social Entrepreneur: Harish Hande (Part 1)|url = http://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/05/10/social-entrepreneur-harish-hande-part-1/|website = One Million by One Million|date = 10 May 2007|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> Hande left the active management of SELCO INDIA in 2014 and became the CEO of SELCO Foundation.{{fact|date=March 2021}} | After completing his basic schooling in Orissa in [[Ispat English Medium School]], he went to [[IIT Kharagpur]] for his undergraduate studies in energy engineering and graduated in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A toast to IIT Kharagpur|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/article2885945.ece|website = The Hindu Business Line|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bhattacharya|first=Saumya|date=13 January 2008|title=Solar Crusader|journal=Business Today}}</ref> He then went to the U.S. to do his master's degree and later PhD in energy engineering at the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Social Entrepreneur: Harish Hande (Part 1)|url = http://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/05/10/social-entrepreneur-harish-hande-part-1/|website = One Million by One Million|date = 10 May 2007|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> Hande left the active management of SELCO INDIA in 2014 and became the CEO of SELCO Foundation.{{fact|date=March 2021}} | ||
== Career == | == Career == |