Tulsi Tanti: Pioneer of India’s renewable power passes away, industry mourns loss

Regarded as one of the pioneers of India’s renewable energy, sustainability and thinking green, Tulsi Tanti passed away Saturday at the age of 64.

The founder-chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, Tanti founded the company in 1995, kick-starting the wind revolution in the country at a time when the global wind energy market was dominated by international players and characterised by expensive and complicated technologies that were largely unviable for traditional businesses.

According to a company spokesperson, he had returned from Ahmedabad and was on his way back home to Pune from the airport when he suffered a heart attack. Tanti was immediately taken to a local hospital, but passed away late Saturday night.