India-West, July 25, 2008
Stanford MBAs' Vision: Eradicate Kerosene Lamps in India
New Delhi-based d.light design has an ambitious mission. The 13-month-old company co-founded by a group of young Stanford MBAs who took a class together called "Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability" aims to eliminate kerosene lamps. more...


Reuters, July 2, 2008
Startup sees big business in replacing kerosene
About 1.6 billion people still rely on kerosene lanterns to read, work or study after dark, according to a fledgling company that hopes its LED lights will replace those lanterns, eliminating both pollution and fires. more...


EcoGeek, June 18, 2008
Rural Lighting, Minus the Kerosene
This post is being written without lights. That’s a decision made because of where I am in western Canada and the time of day this is being written. But electricity isn’t so abundant everywhere in the world. more…


CNET, June 17, 2008
d.light Rolls Out Affordable Solar LED Lamps
Billions of people continue to burn dangerous and costly kerosene in lamps to see at night. Start-up d.light design, which aims for no less than to eliminate kerosene around the world within a decade .... more…


digitaljournal.com, June 17, 2008
Stanford Graduates Bring an Idea and Rays of Light for Rural India
Rural India is the new developmental marketplace as some new age entrepreneurs fueled by venture funds take it upon themselves to shed some light on the India that still survives without electricity.... more…


Earth2Tech, June 16, 2008
D.Light: Solar-Powered LED Lights For the World’s Neediest
Designing sustainable products for the consumer that spends just $2 a day can be a dual challenge: The goods have to be cheap and eco-friendly... more…


Forbes, June 16, 2008
Lighting Up Rural India
Some 1.6 billion people around the world live without access to regular electricity. A start-up company founded by some ambitious recent graduates of Stanford Business School aims to ease that problem--and make a profit at the same time. more…


GreenTech Media, June 16, 2008
d.light Shines Light Where Energy Doesn’t Flow
Startup d.light wants to give customers in developing countries a safe, cheap and modern-day lighting solution to the kerosene lantern more…


VentureBeat, June 16, 2008
d.light Design sets out to replace the kerosene lamp
A San Francisco-based company with plans to help the developing world snuff out its kerosene-burning lamps and replace them with cheap, solar-powered LEDs and compact fluorescents has finally unveiled its production models and announced the details of its for-profit business plan. more…


San Jose Mercury News, June 16, 2008
D.light hopes to shine in India
"Our goal is to replace every lantern with modern lighting,'' says the CEO of D.light Design. In India, 72 million households still rely on ... more…