MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Hasit Ganatra was brainstorming modular housing ideas for Indian slums four years ago, he did not realise that what residents wanted most were good roofs: durable and leak proof that could also be used to store water and dry chillies.
Ganatra, who studied engineering at the University of Southern California, had worked with start-ups in solar power and affordable housing.
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