Raheja Solar
Industry: Agriculture / Agribusiness
Cohort: 2023
Raheja Solar provides the most affordable and DIY foldable solar dryer for farmers. This enables them to derive greater value from the produce which otherwise goes waste or is sold at very low prices. The solar dryer dehydrates the produce without losing its natural colour, taste, fragrance and nutrients, giving them at least one year of shelf life instead of one week in fresh form. They have installed over 1,850 solar dryers with individual farmers and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) across 28 Indian states.
Raheja Solar also provides market linkages for dried products in categories of fruits, flowers and vegetables. Currently, they are sourcing from 40-45 FPOs across different states. They are focusing on strengthening the market linkage vertical (domestic and export) to enable direct impact on farmer livelihoods.
About the EntrepreneurS
Varun Raheja
Founder
A social entrepreneur at heart and an engineer by skill, 25-year-old Varun Raheja, hopes to create a better India by helping those who really build the country - the farmers. Varun Raheja founded Raheja Solar Food Processing 5 years back to make our farmers independent. He does so by developing the most affordable and effective solar dryer which can be installed at the remotest farm in India. He handles the business development at Raheja Solar Food Processing.
Parmeet Singh
Parmeet Singh is a postgraduate from IITTM Gwalior. He has around 4+ years of experience in both MNC and Startup culture, and always believes in multitask operations. He started his education from a small, remote town of Madhya Pradesh. His father is a farmer, and staying connected to his village roots motivated him to shift from MNC culture to ground work related to agriculture. Right now he has been associated with Raheja Solar Food Processing for the last two years.
