Yatendra Agrawal is an Mechanical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Mumbai. This is the most prestigious engineering college of India.
After graduation in 1984, Yatendra joined Schlumberger, a Multi National Company, providing services in Oil & Gas. This work experience gave Yatendra to work in many contries.
After working in Schlumberger for 16 years, Yatendra became a consultant to Reliance Oil & Gas in India in 2001. New innovative ideas were tried in Deep Water Oil & Gas Exploration.
In 2009, Yatendra setup a charitable trust, Ecosolutions. Through this trust, thousands of uneletrified homes in villages across India were provided with solar lamps. Travelling across remote areas of India gave a first hand idea of the diffiulties faced by villagers in rural environment.
It was noticed that clean drinking water was also a major issue. There were issues like bacteria, iron, fluoride and arsenic contamination in different parts of the country. Mind was applied to bring cheap and sustainable solutions for the poorest.
This is how Ecoh2O filters were conceived and designed. Terafil filters for iron removal and other solutions for fluoride and arsenic removed were conceptualized.
