Billions of people around the world lack even the most basicservices, from electricity to cleanwater. More than a third of the world's people live without accessto electricity. The arrival of dusk often brings darkness to lives,education & livelihoods.Millions of homes in India & around the world are left to themercy of dim light from dangerous,polluting & expensive-to-use kerosene oil lamps. Equally, evenlarger millions have little or erratic power. The growing energycrisis heralds the urgent need for novel solutions. Can Disruptive Technology help cut through the mire ofage old problems Can Renewable Energylight a path to a new dawn Can we deliverthis through a Sustainable Corporate VentureThe world is changing. As we became ever more interlinked, there isa growing sense of need to work togetherto solve global problems- both amongst different countries &different sections of society. The emerging phenomenon of SocialEntrepreneurship & the market at the Bottom of the Pyramid,throw up new possibilities to serve billions of people who live onless than $1/ day.Cosmos Ignite Innovations is a new venture in “socialentrepreneurship” with the vision of “Empowering lives throughinnovative products”, beginning withthe mission to help “Removal of Darkness” from homes without light (who are forced to useexpensive & dangerous kerosene oil lamps in India &developing countries around the world).We seek to bring to bear disruptive technology through innovativeproducts; delivered through asustainable model in partnership with leaders from the Development, Government & Commercialsectors; to help support education, livelihoods & “ignite”social change.
