NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Sahil Khanna leads the business in Asia for Greenlight Planet, a social enterprise that has delivered over 10 million life-changing solar lighting systems to the under-electrified in nearly 65+ countries. In this role, he drives sales partnerships and strategic initiatives focused on building sustainable business models and supporting partners to scale up their cross-sell portfolios. He has also been instrumental in setting up Greenlight Planet’s retail operations in India and expansion of business in Myanmar. Prior to this, Sahil has worked with Unilever to propel its distribution in India. He also has experience of setting up his own event management company. He is a business graduate in Sales and Marketing from Delhi University and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from SP Jain School of Global Management.