Yash Tarwadi
| Yash Tarwadi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏫 Education | Chemical engineering |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Solar thermal desalination; founder of Solnce Energy |
| Title | Founder and CEO, Solnce Energy |
| 🏅 Awards | Times Now Amazing Indians Award (2023) |
Yash Tarwadi is an Indian entrepreneur and chemical engineer from Gujarat.[1] He is the founder and chief executive officer of Solnce Energy, a solar energy company based in Surat.[2] His early work focused on solar thermal desalination, and his later work on solar power for homes and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).[3][2]
Early life and education
Tarwadi studied chemical engineering in Gujarat.[2][1]
Career
Solar desalination
In 2018, while in his early twenties, Tarwadi co-founded Solnce Technologies with three other engineers.[4][3] The start-up developed Sol-Evo, a solar thermal desalination system that uses concentrated sunlight to generate the heat needed to turn seawater into drinking water, instead of using grid electricity.[3]
A pilot unit was installed at Olpad, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Surat, in an area where groundwater is saline. It could process about 1,500 litres of seawater a day.[4][3] The technology was certified by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).[4]
Solnce Energy
Tarwadi later moved into solar power installation, after finding that scaling the desalination technology required large amounts of capital.[2] He founded Solnce Energy; sources give its founding year as 2020 or 2021.[1][2]
The company installs solar systems for homes and for MSMEs in sectors including textiles, diamonds, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.[2] It has also run an online marketplace where solar installers bid for customer projects.[1]
According to Inc42, by 2025 Solnce Energy operated in ten cities, including Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Lucknow, and had raised ₹3 crore (US$420,000) from investors including Aman Gupta, Parishi Capital and Navitas Solar.[2]
Shark Tank India
In 2025, Tarwadi presented Solnce Energy on the fourth season of Shark Tank India. The company received an investment from Aman Gupta.[2]
Recognition
- 2020: Solnce Technologies' desalination work won a United Nations Development Programme innovation award for the Sustainable Development Goals.[4]
- September 2023: Tarwadi received the Times Now Amazing Indians Award in the "Tech for Good" category.[1][5]
Views
In a 2026 article for pv magazine India, Tarwadi argued that as the cost of solar power falls, the sector's focus is shifting from the cost of generation to its timing.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2023: टेक फॉर गुड सेक्शन के लिए यश तरवडी को मिला अमेजिंग इंडियन अवार्ड्स 2023" [Yash Tarwadi receives Amazing Indians Award 2023 in Tech for Good category]. Times Now Navbharat (in हिन्दी). 29 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Rudra, Tapanjana (31 July 2025). "Can Solnce Spark A Solar Power Revolution Among Indian MSMEs?". Inc42. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kumar, Manish (10 September 2026). "India Has the Sun, But Where Is Its Concentrated Solar Industry?". Saur Energy International. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kumar, Manish (20 January 2022). "Clean energy startups innovate on products to aid farmers, rural areas". Mongabay India. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ "Times Now honors 11 exceptional Indians at the Amazing Indians Awards 2023". Indiantelevision.com. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ Tarwadi, Yash (14 September 2026). "From cost to timing: The next phase of India's solar economics". pv magazine India. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
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