Access to cooling is becoming a matter of life or death in many regions, where more and more people are subject to acute heat stress. The global demand for residential air conditioning is expected to skyrocket as the world continues to warm due to climate change.By leveraging healthcare market-shaping expertise and in collaboration with a coalition of partners, we aim to tackle the market failures that are preventing next-generation cooling devices, that are low-cost and low-emission, from reaching the people who need them.

Energy plays a crucial role as a cornerstone of development and India needs an energy revolution to combat climate change without compromising on its development imperatives. Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) has the potential to address many social, environmental and economic goals.Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN) was established in 2014 to align efforts and ensure stronger representation of organisations engaged in DRE sector in India. Over the last few years CLEAN has evolved from a project to an independent member-based association. CLEAN is a platform to unify, support and grow the decentralised clean energy sector.We bring together practitioners, research organisations, financial institutions, relevant private sector companies, think tanks and funders. CLEAN is technology and scale agnostic (e.g. biomass, solar, pico hydro and ranging from pico solutions through to larger decentralised solutions) and represents organisations in electricity and non-electricity energy. We support our members through policy engagement, access to finance, skills & capacity building trainings, access to technologies and innovations, research and networking opportunities. We seek to be the go-to entity for decentralised clean energy sector.

Civic Response Team is a leading social enterprise, recognised for its work in the field of waste management among other social development issues. CRT is currently working on replicating its successful model of waste segregation at source in low socio-economic communities of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Bali (Indonesia), in partnership with McKinsey.orgI work closely with CRT's leadership on project management and delivery. It includes engagement with local government teams in Buenos Aires & Bali, local NGO partners and McKinsey.org's team.

I have played multiple roles in Samhita, right from setting in internal systems/processes and project management. With better understanding of the company's areas of operation, I am now involved in developing new business and partnerships.Business Development & Partnerships: It involves- Continuous engagement with potential clients, partners and stakeholders- Evaluate opportunities, develop and present concepts, ideas and approach documents in alignment to the client requirements- Conduct training workshops for industry associations to engage companies in strategic conversations and partnershipsClient Project Management & Strategy Development: It involves- Conduct client stakeholder engagement workshops for strategic engagement with the key decision makers and influencers- Develop program strategies, implementation plan and monitoring frameworksOperations and Org Capacity Building: It includes- Develop internal systems, frameworks and processes to enable efficient operations- Prepare organisation's growth plan and evaluate business model, new product / service offerings- Build team's capacity and skillsets

I, along with my college friends, co-founded the company in 2008 with a mission of streamlining the waste management practices in urban and rural setting. The start-up was formed with a small team of 3 members, working out of residential apartment and we were able to grow it to a 6 member team at the end of 3 years, and moving into a formal office setting.The entrepreneurial stint enabled me to:- Lead the company from its conception to stabilization in a strategically planned & rapid progressive pattern.- Grow from mere couple of lakhs rupees turnover in its 1st year to a little more than a crore turnover by the time I moved out of it.- Build some of my key program operation skills like project detailing, scheduling, planning implementation, cost reduction & analysis techniques, vendor development & management- Hands-on experience in org-budgeting, financial planning, auditing & accounting, maintaining funder-relations like Banks, investors etc- Opportunity to work with companies like Tata Motors Ltd. (in Jamshedpur), Vedanta’s SESA GOA Ltd. (in Goa), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (near Nashik), Aditya Birla Group’s Rajashree Cements (in Gulbarga), Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. (in Banglore) and many more

Working at Mailhem exposed me to on-ground work experience. It included:- Project engineering- Project detailing and scheduling- On-site installation and supervision- Vendor management

While working at Forbes Marshall as an Intern, I was actively involved in:- Product testing- Studying and designing jigs & fixtures in steam applications- Product development- Value engineering of existing products- Overseeing fabrication & manufacturing processes, finishing processes and assembly-line activities

Engineering internship at Godrej & Boyce Mfg gave me the exposure of operations and management of a mammoth industry. I was involved in:1) Environment, Health & Safety Department:Project undertaken: Study & Implementation of OHSAS 18001 for Locks DivisionKey role: Support system for implementation of OHSAS 18801 certificationAchievement: Received "Letter of Appreciation for Commitment towards Work" from Vice President of the Business UnitKey takeaways:- Importance of safety, compliance of health and environment of an operating manufacturing industry- Process mapping and developing standardised frameworks- Preparing for internal compliance audits- Coordinating with key stakeholders (Blue colored employees to senior management)2) Automation DepartmentProject undertaken: Low Cost Automation of Camlock & Nut assemblyKey role: Design & engineering of jigs & fixtures, material procurement, testing & implementation of automated assembly stationKey takeaways:- Potential of low cost automation in increasing process efficiency, efficacy and cost reduction- Innovative and out-of-the-box thinking- Full cycle of development: Design - manufacture - pilot testing - implementation