Just six months ago, New Delhi-based Avdesh Kumar was a painter struggling to find enough work. Now, the newly-trained solar technician’s phone pings with several job requests each day.
Having recently joined renewable power company SunEdison, Kumar is a key link between India’s growing number of rooftop solar providers and citizens switching to green energy at home.
“Until a few months back … I didn’t know this was even a job and that there was demand for it,” the 34-year-old told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from his home in India’s capital.
