Shri Deepak Meena, IAS
District Magistrate, Gorakhpur
Government of Uttar Pradesh
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Event Concluded
28 September 2026
Vikas Bhawan, Opposite Kachahri Bus Stand, Gorakhpur
Saur Samman Awards 2.0 Gorakhpur — 8 solar changemakers honoured
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Recognising safety-first practices on-site
Encouraging skill development & training excellence
Strengthening trust in India's rooftop solar ecosystem
Gorakhpur 2026 Winners
Congratulations to our winners
Meet the solar changemakers honoured at the Gorakhpur district ceremony.
Entrepreneur
Emerging Solar Entrepreneur
3 winners
Ajeet Pandey
Om Power Solutions
Aditya Singh
Vini Corporates
Md Faheem
NJ Distributors
Solar Promoters
Most Skilled Solar Promoters
2 winners
Sansu Chaurasiya
Arun Kumar Singh
Installer/EPC
Excellence in Quality Installation
2 winners
Chandra Pratap Singh
Raunak Solar
Satish Maurya
Samrat Solar Light
Community influencer
Solar Awareness Champion
1 winner
Alok Kumar Singh
Graced the Ceremony
Chief Guest
On stage
Winner Moments
Awardees receiving their honours from the chief guest and organisers.
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सौर सम्मान अवॉर्ड्स’ में सौर ऊर्जा को बढ़ावा देने वाले अग्रदूतों को सम्मानित किया गया
Watch CoverageThe People Behind the Verdict
Our Esteemed Jury
Seasoned voices from policy, enterprise and grassroots solar leadership who evaluate every nomination with care.
Upkari Nath
Solar Energy Advisor
RMI India Program, UPNEDA
Pankaj Sehra
Vice President – Operations
Ecozen Solutions Private Limited
Lalit Mohan Rawat
Founder
Solarmate Renewable Solutions, Agra
Neeraj Bajpai
President
Renewable Energy Development Association
What Is Saur Samman Awards?
Progress moves through people, not products alone.
Solar adoption is not driven by technology alone. It moves forward when an entrepreneur creates access, a promoter builds trust, an installer works with care, a banking professional enables finance, a DISCOM official helps resolve a meter issue and a community champion makes reliable information reach more people.
Saur Samman Awards recognises these often-unseen contributions. It is a platform to celebrate credible work, share learning and strengthen the local ecosystem supporting India's rooftop-solar journey.
Why Saur Samman Awards
Recognition the solar ecosystem has never had
The work is invisible. The impact is not.
An installer who completes three rooftops a day, a DISCOM officer who processes net metering in 48 hours, a bank manager who approved 50 solar loans — their work powers communities. Saur Samman Awards makes it visible.
Ecosystem recognition, not just individual awards.
Saur Samman Awards recognises the full ecosystem — entrepreneurs, installers, financers, government officials and community champions. The solar revolution is not built by one person; it is built by everyone.
District-level. Because that is where it happens.
India's solar adoption is a local story. Saur Samman Awards goes to the districts to recognise the people building the revolution where it actually lives.
Who Can Participate?
The award categories
Six award categories recognised solar changemakers from across the district.
7 award categories11 awardees in total
- 3 awardees
Entrepreneur
Emerging Solar Entrepreneur
Winners declared
- 2 awardees
Solar Promoters
Most Skilled Solar Promoters
Winners declared
- 2 awardees
Installer/EPC
Excellence in Quality Installation
Winners declared
- 2 awardees
Bank
Most Transformative Banking Personnel/Leader – Solar Financing
Winners declared
- 1 awardee
DISCOM
Most Enabling DISCOM Personnel – Seamless Net Metering Service/Meter Corrections
Winners declared
- 1 awardee
Community influencer
Solar Awareness Champion
Winners declared
Event Concluded
Gorakhpur's solar changemakers were celebrated
Winner profiles, event photographs and confirmed impact figures are being added to this permanent archive.
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