TIDE is a Bangalore based NGO working for community development in areas of Energy, Water & Environment and Livelihoods. TIDE has a vision “to be consistently successful in addressing developmental concerns of needy communities through technological interventions.” TIDE has in the past 18 years worked on over 170 projects working with over 30 technologies and products and have an annual saving of about 30,000 tons of firewood and about 45,000 tons of CO2 emissions. The TIDE entrepreneurs have had a total turnover of about 7 crores and earned profits of about 1 crore.