About Solabrix

We exist to make rooftop solar actually work.

Rooftop solar in India has massive potential. But too many systems go unmonitored, underperform, and stop delivering the savings they promised. We are here to close that gap, and build something bigger while we do it.

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Why We Do This

Solar is a distributed source of energy.

Ask someone "what is solar?" and they will probably say "a source of energy." That is correct, but only partially. Solar is a distributed source of energy, and getting the most out of it requires a distributed workforce: people spread across the full skill spectrum, from technicians who fix problems, to people who wash modules, to Solar Champions who watch over plants and raise service requests, to owners who care about the returns they get and pay to keep their plants at their best.

And here is what excites us most: that workforce can work right where they already live, in towns and districts where the cost of living is lower than in the big cities, where people already have a home, a community, and roots. Done right, solar does not just generate electricity. It generates livelihoods locally, and has real potential to ease the pressure of migration into overcrowded cities. That is not a side benefit we tacked on later. It is part of why Solabrix exists. Every Service Provider job assigned in Pune, every Solar Champion referral in a smaller town, every plant owner who learns to read their own score. It adds up to a solar ecosystem that works where people are, not just where the metros are.

Solar technician at work

The Name

Sola. Brix. The building blocks of solar performance.

"Sola" is solar, said plainly. "Brix" is bricks, the building blocks: structure, reliability, something built to last. But the 'brix' in Solabrix were never meant to be software modules. They are the countless acts of care and stewardship it takes to keep a plant generating at its very best. Solar plants do not maintain themselves; somebody has to do the boring, unsexy work. And that is what Solabrix actually is: not an app, a team that shows up.

Even the ranking is built the same way. Every plant earns a Generation Score normalised for its size, so it can genuinely be compared against any other plant on Solabrix, big or small, anywhere in Pune. We still surface the comparisons that matter most to you (your segment, your area, your city), but the fairness is not a limitation we work around, it is built into the number itself.

That is the promise behind the name: solid, dependable, built the same way for everyone.

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Solar panels and performance comparison

What We Focus On

Outcomes, not just installations.

The solar industry has largely focused on putting panels on roofs. But installation is just the beginning. Solabrix shifts the focus to what happens for the next 25 years.

Energy Generation

How much energy your system actually generates, compared to how much it should if constructed and maintained properly.

Long-Term Reliability

Whether your plant performs close to its optimal level, consistently, year after year, not just in year one.

Fast Resolution

How quickly problems are found and fixed, by qualified Service Providers.

Technology

Applied where it matters.

We are a technology-driven platform, but not for the sake of it. Every feature exists because a real Plant Owner or Service Provider needs it.

  • Monitor plants and spot underperformance early
  • Benchmark performance fairly, within the right size and area
  • Connect Plant Owners to local Service Providers fast
  • Simple enough for anyone to use on their phone, no tech background needed

Installing solar is easy. Making it work well for 25 years is the real challenge. That is exactly what we are solving.

Solar generation data and score

The Ecosystem

Built for everyone who touches solar.

RoleDescription
Plant OwnersTransparency and peace of mind. Know your score, see your rank, and book the right service when something drops.
Service ProvidersSteady work at fair rates. Receive transparently priced jobs without chasing leads.
Solar ChampionsEarn referral income close to home. Invite plant owners and receive a fixed commission on what they book.
OEMsConnect directly with the field. Publish your prices where Service Providers sourcing equipment can see them.
Field Service ProfessionalsGet clear service requests in your area, complete on-ground work, and earn through transparent payouts.

Leadership

The people behind Solabrix.

A team that combines deep solar operations experience with decades of building technology products.

Prashant Karhade

Prashant Karhade LinkedIn ↗

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Prashant, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and MS from Vanderbilt University, has 28+ years of experience across hardware, software, and everything in between. He has worn many hats, worked in many domains, and built the conviction that solar's biggest unsolved problem is not installation: it is the distributed workforce and data layer that keeps plants performing for 25 years.

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Dr. Prasanna Karhade LinkedIn ↗

CO-FOUNDER & ANGEL INVESTOR

Prasanna, PhD from UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), is an Associate Professor at CUHK Business School and has 9 FT50 research papers in his name. He researches G.R.E.A.T. economies (Growing, Rural, Eastern, Aspirational, and Transitional) and brings engaged scholarship to Solabrix's mission of impact beyond the metros. He is also its angel investor.

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P Sreeram

TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Sreeram, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, is an industry veteran who worked at SAP for 22 years over two tenures, where he led a global supply-chain engineering organisation of around 80 people across four countries as VP Engineering. He was also the Co-Founder of FrontalRain, a startup. At present, he is a hands-on advisor to early-stage startups, including Solabrix.

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Swapnil Ughade

STRATEGY & MARKETING ADVISOR

Swapnil, Founder & Director of Magicworks IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., has been a leader in the digital marketing industry, helping brands dominate their markets. Now, he is also at the forefront of AI, guiding companies to leverage its power for efficiency and genuine business transformation and growth. He uses his rich experience to help Solabrix with strategy and marketing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Solabrix.

Clear answers about who we are, our technology, our services, and how we care for rooftop solar plants over their 25-year lifetime.

What is Solabrix?

Solabrix is Pune's only solar intelligence and comparison platform for rooftop solar plant owners.

We bring together data, AI, benchmarking, and a network of trusted solar service providers. Our platform helps plant owners understand how their rooftop solar is performing, identify problems early, compare output with similar plants, and ensure their systems generate clean power reliably for their full 25-year lifetime.

Does Solabrix install solar panels?

No. The industry has already become very good at putting solar panels on roofs. Solabrix exists for what happens after the installer leaves.

Installing solar is easy; making it work well for 25 years is the real challenge. Installation is a one-time transaction, but ownership is a decades-long relationship. Because we don't sell panels or installation contracts, our diagnostics and advice are 100% vendor-neutral and focused solely on protecting your generation.

What is the core problem Solabrix is solving?

"Who takes care of the solar plant after it has been installed?"

Rooftop solar promises decades of free power and predictable returns. In reality, millions of rooftop plants underperform due to soiling, inverter trips, micro-cracks, earthing deterioration, and a lack of proactive care. Most owners don't realize their plant is generating 20% to 30% below potential until an unexpectedly high electricity bill arrives. Solabrix bridges this gap between installation day and long-term asset performance.

What does the name "Solabrix" stand for?

"Sola" is solar. "Brix" are bricks—the building blocks of long-term reliability.

The 'brix' in Solabrix are not abstract software modules. They represent the countless physical acts of care and stewardship—washing panels, tightening electrical terminations, checking inverter health, and testing earthing pits—that keep a plant generating power year after year. Solar plants do not maintain themselves. Solabrix is not just an app; it is a team and a network that shows up.

What is Zenith by Solabrix, and how does it relate to SolarSaathi?

Zenith (zenith.solabrix.com): The digital platform where plant owners track generation data, see their Generation Score, view neighborhood rankings, and book verified service providers with transparent pricing.

SolarSaathi: Solabrix's continuous managed-care guardian. Maintenance happens on a schedule, but problems don’t. SolarSaathi actively monitors your generation data, detects abnormal drops, alerts you before losses compound, maintains your plant documentation in a secure digital vault, and assists with utility bill discrepancies and warranty claims.

It acts like an intelligent asset manager in your pocket, turning complex electrical readings into clear, plain-language recommendations—with no app download required.

How does Solabrix evaluate and compare plant performance?

By turning raw generation data into fair, actionable insights.

Raw kilowatt-hours (kWh) alone cannot tell you whether your plant is healthy, because every plant has different capacities, orientations, and local micro-climates. Solabrix uses data and AI to normalize this information into a single Generation Score.

Through the Solabrix Generation Championship (SGC), owners can see how their plant genuinely ranks against peers in their size segment, local area, and across the city—making solar performance transparent and competitive.

What services does Solabrix provide?

Solabrix offers a full bouquet of post-installation physical and diagnostic services delivered by vetted local professionals:

  1. Plant AMC: Comprehensive, ongoing care and scheduled maintenance for your solar plant.
  2. Site Visit: On-ground inspection and troubleshooting by trained professionals.
  3. Plant Audit: A thorough audit of your solar installation’s electrical, mechanical, and safety health.
  4. Single Module Wash: Targeted cleaning for modules that need attention due to heavy soiling or dust.
  5. Earthing Top-Up: Restoring and maintaining safe, effective plant earthing pits and connections.
  6. BESS Installation: Adding battery energy storage systems (BESS) to existing solar setups for evening power and energy independence.
Is Solabrix only for individual homeowners, or does it support housing societies and commercial setups too?

Solabrix supports all rooftop solar installations—residential bungalows, housing societies (CHSs), and commercial or institutional rooftops.

Because the Solabrix Generation Score normalizes performance for capacity, a 5 kW bungalow system and a 100 kW apartment complex or factory rooftop can both be fairly benchmarked.

For housing society managing committees, this removes the recurring headache of tracking vendor warranties, resolving billing discrepancies with MSEDCL, and explaining solar returns at annual general meetings.

Who makes up the Solabrix ecosystem?

Solabrix is built for everyone who touches rooftop solar:

  • Plant Owners: Gain transparency, early problem detection, and peace of mind.
  • Service Providers & Technicians: Receive steady, transparently priced jobs in their area without having to chase leads.
  • Solar Champions: Local community members and advocates who introduce plant owners and earn referral income.
  • OEMs & Equipment Vendors: Gain direct field visibility where technicians and service providers source replacement components.
What is a Solar Champion?

Solar Champions are local community members, advocates, or solar enthusiasts who help spread reliable solar stewardship.

Solar Champions invite plant owners in their housing societies, neighborhoods, or networks to join Solabrix and earn a fixed referral commission whenever those owners book a service. It is a key part of our vision to build distributed, community-driven livelihoods around distributed solar energy.

Why does Solabrix focus on building a "distributed workforce"?

Solar is a distributed source of energy. It needs a distributed workforce to care for it.

Traditional energy is centralized, but rooftop solar creates millions of independent power-generating assets spread across neighborhoods and towns. You cannot manage millions of physical rooftops from a corporate office tower in a metro.

Solabrix is building the intelligence layer and the local technician workforce together—enabling technicians, service providers, and champions to earn sustainable livelihoods right where they already live, helping ease the pressure of urban migration.

Where are Solabrix services currently available, and what is your roadmap?

Solabrix is headquartered in Pune, India, and operates a staged rollout model:

  • Digital Services (Generation Score, benchmarking, anomaly detection): Live across all of Pune.
  • Physical Services (audits, site visits, cleaning, earthing, AMC): Currently live in 5 areas in Pune: Bavdhan, Kothrud, Warje, Karvenagar, and Erandwane, with more Pune neighborhoods launching soon.
  • Expansion Roadmap: We plan to expand our physical service network pan-Maharashtra in 2027.

Even if your rooftop is outside these initial five physical zones, our digital benchmarking and anomaly detection are fully active across all of Pune today to keep watch over your system.

Who is behind Solabrix?

Solabrix combines deep technical engineering, scholarly research, and digital scaling experience:

  • Prashant Karhade (Co-Founder & CEO): B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and MS from Vanderbilt University, with 28+ years of cross-disciplinary hardware, software, and systems engineering experience.
  • Dr. Prasanna Karhade (Co-Founder & Angel Investor): PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Associate Professor at CUHK Business School, and researcher specializing in G.R.E.A.T. (Growing, Rural, Eastern, Aspirational, and Transitional) economies.
  • Advisory Board: Senior industry leaders including P Sreeram (VP Engineering at SAP for over two decades; IIT Bombay alumnus) and Swapnil Ughade (Founder & Director of Magicworks IT Solutions).
How do I get started, and do I need to install any hardware?

No new hardware or app download is needed.

You can get started in less than 5 minutes on the web at zenith.solabrix.com:

  1. Sign up with your mobile number and an OTP.
  2. Enter your plant’s capacity, commissioning date, and location.
  3. Connect your supported inverter for automatic daily sync, or simply log generation units from your monthly electricity bill.
  4. Instantly receive your Generation Score and see where your plant ranks.

See where your plant stands.

It takes less than five minutes to get your Generation Score and your rank.

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