Husk brings electricity to power-hungry Indian villages

If you start a new business, how many would think of starting in one of the most troubled parts of the country? Tamkuha in Bihar in 2005-06 was famous for its regular kidnappings, looting, rapes and dacoity. Lawless – like many other parts of the state – it could not be called an ideal place for businesses to thrive.

Yet in 2007, it was one of the first villages Husk (earlier called Husk Power Systems) decided to light up through its gasification technology that could generate electricity from agricultural waste such as rice husk, mustard seeds or corn cob. For