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Inspired by the project of Isang Litrong Liwanag, Liter of Light was introduced to the people of India by Pradeep Chanti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrL3mXcBPtM |title=A Liter Of Light India |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2013-08-13}}</ref> The first trial was done in Vikarabad, a rural village in Telangana in 2011. With this experience, the team gradually expanded the concept. Later, Mr. Ranjeet Gakhare, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,Ms
Bhavana Poppoppu and Mr. Chaitanya Reddy from Cornell University joined Pradeep and expanded the concept all over India. With the generous help of several NGOs and various organizations, awareness campaigns and workshops were conducted in various cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, and Delhi. Starting with the one bottle in Vikarabad, the team is not only installing several models in houses of the unprivileged, but also mentoring various other organizations, NGOs, student bodies and the people in need. The demonstration of Liter of Light was conducted at TEDxChristUniversity in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1CAtS2zm-4 |title= Wealth from waste: Illac Diaz at TEDxChristUniversity |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref> In 2014 it was carried out by Desire Foundation, Bhubaneswar on the coruscating day of Diwali to celebrate the festival of light in a unique style with the underprivileged.