Nitu Joseph is a Co-Founder and CTO at Declutter Solutions. Colleagues describe them as "Nitu was my Reporting head while working in Chintan. She was a great support in field and during desk research. Her knowledge in designing environmental development projects keeping in mind the sustainable development Goals is commendable. She worked as a reliable leader who helped out her team in every step she was needed in. " and "Nitu Joseph worked with us at Chintan for almost two and a half years. She reported to me during two lengthy periods. Nitu was tasked with operations in solid waste, but the term is deceptive. She managed a diverse team, pushed for work on the field, often spent hours on the field herself, spoke to all stakeholders to gain their confidence, identified the many challenges, and then, discussed sensible solutions with me. We would often have to create new processes, as the landscape changed, and use data to do this. Nitu is a solution seeker, with an innovative, open-minded approach to ideas and demonstrates empathy towards other people. She is able to work under acute stress and tight deadlines and keeps the team motivated and cared for ever as she gets them to produce results under these conditions. At Chintan, she got many opportunities to test how teams delivered under stress and under extraordinary circumstances because of the nature of our work and in the context of COVID19. A special word for her role during the relief work Chintan undertook during the 2020 COVID19 related lockdown. Nitu brought in her friends and everyone she could access to build a network of support to support the work on migrants. She also focussed tirelessly to ensure that the team at Chintan, of which she was a part, could deliver ration kits and other essentials to hundreds of urban poor, while staying safe themselves. Her skills are : planning, monitoring, seeking solutions to ground level work, understanding team skills and deploying people effectively, understanding the technical aspect of waste and building networks. She is a positive person and keeps her team in high spirits. "