CEO, Husk Power Systems since September 2013.
Manoj is the Co-Founder and CEO of Husk Power Systems – a pioneering rural utility that provides decentralised renewable energy to off-grid and underserved communities. He co-founded Husk Power Systems in 2008, which designs, installs and operates 100-1,000kW mini-power plants that provide affordable electricity to people in rural India, and Nigeria.
Manoj is currently leading a global team of 1,200 people spread across 400 minigrids assets. He is the first CEO in the world to build a minigrids company that became profitable in two countries in 2022. By 2025, he aims to provide affordable, renewable and reliable power to over one million people in rural areas of India and Africa. Manoj has raised equity and debt capital for the amount US $150 million from investors around the world.
In 2023, Manoj Sinha was named in the inaugural list of 100 Most Influential Business Leaders by the TIME magazine. Manoj won Life Time Achievement Award given by AFSIA in Brussels in 2022 and he was also included as one of the 100 Global Impact leaders. He serves on the board of CLEAN (a decentralized energy association in India) and is on the Advisory Council of Miller Center for social entrepreneurship. He holds seven U.S. patents. Manoj completed his MBA from Darden GSB at University of Virginia, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst and B.Tech from IIT Varanasi.
