Veena Balakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tn, In

Our mission is to create a diverse pipeline of effective young negotiators who will co - lead the world’s most important multilateral discussions and successfully deliver positive global outcomes. We use our extensive experience in multilateral decision making to deliver our unique Youth Negotiators Programmes, which:- Equip young leaders with the skills and knowledge they need to reach agreements in highly complex intergovernmental settings;- Offer young leaders the opportunity to put their learnings into practice as real-world negotiators, and remove practical barriers to their inclusive participation in negotiation teams; and- Connect young leaders with each other, to enable knowledge sharing and spark collaborations and partnerships across geographical and national boundaries

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

The Green Team is a Student Initiative at TUM, a peer-to-peer learning platform and community, where students are empowered and mentored to communicate their ideas and knowledge on sustainability, with the ultimate goal of facilitating behavioral change in people.

Chennai, India

'Profit with a Purpose Brand' that designs lifestyle products as a response to serious environmental hazards. So far, Everwards has Helped keep an estimate of 1 million single use disposable plastic away from landfills. Everwards re-imagines and re-designs everyday products with repurposed materials, and contributes to social innovation by empowering and building manufacturing capacity for grassroots in India

München, Bayern, Deutschland

München, Bayern, Deutschland

Driving sustainability strategy for IT: 1) unlocking sustainability within IT (Green Information Technology) 2) enabling sustainability as an IT service (Green Information Systems)​ for business

München, Bayern, Deutschland

Corporate wide Technology and Innovation Management Strategy: worked on the Siemens Innovation Ecosystem, a platform for open innovation within and outside Siemens1. Marketing and Communication for the Innovation Ecosystem:- Editorial Planning for monthly communication plan- Siemens wide communication planning and content strategy for the Technology and Innovation Management function- Write, edit and distribute content, including articles, platform webpages, social media posts and other marketing material2. Set up an Ambassador programme for Innovation Management3. Tech for Sustainability Campaign:- Campaign communication strategy, copywriting and copy editing- Involved in ideation - campaign set up to execution of a global open innovation campaign- Co- created stakeholder management resources

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Chennai Area, India

Deliver industry expert lectures for students of undergrad and postgrad on - Entrepreneurship, sustainable business practices & E-commerce

Chennai Area, India

Lifestyle, Fashion and Interiors Feature articles writer

Chennai Area, India

- Spearheaded a team of 13 to curate TEDxThiruvanmiyur that hosted 100 Delegates, members of the press & 10 Speakers across domains and profession.- Administered a 'Zero-Waste Goodie Bag Experience' where attendees had the option to add to their goodies the 'Up-cycled everyday essentials' that they would use.

Chennai Area, India

- Interface with cross-functional teams of designers, merchandisers and retailers to plan, forecast and procure merchandise for EBOs Pan-India (over 100 stores)- Streamline the design requirement for season collection through meticulous market research, competitor analysis and feedback and present it to design team- Built ad-hoc reports and dashboards for weekly sales reviews, customer buying patterns and End-of-Season-Sale planning.

Built a fair-trade social enterprise involving the grass-root communities in southern India, by supporting in capacity and skill building & empowering women to be self - sufficient in the process of producing luxury lifestyle goods.

New York City

Project Title: Luxury Fashion meets Ethical and Sustainable Garmenting- To study the supply chain of an ethical brand & bridge the gap between its consumer expectations and its procurement/souring procedures- Designed and implemented an 'Ethical Scoreboard' to audit vendors on their adherence to 'Behno's Ethos' on social and environmental sustainability

New York City

E-commerce | Design | Production | Ethical Manufacturing | PR

Bengaluru Area, India

Worked on improving the visuals and creating a visual market which is essential in 5S a LEAN MANUFACTURING tool. Worked along with the TPM in implementation of TPM.

Learnt the complete process flow of textile manufacturing starting from the fiber stage.

Master'S Degree, Sustainable Resource Management

B.F.Tech ( Apparel Production ), Fashion Technology

Activities and Societies: Executive council Memmber of Ethics, Environment and Social Service Club of National Institute of Fashion.

Summer School

Activities and Societies: Field visits: Swarovski, Hugo Boss, ODLO Sportswear, EMPA research center of Switzerland

Education record

High School

Activities and Societies: Scouts and Guides, Dance, Athletics

Education record

Activities and Societies: Secretary of Interact Club in 2009 President of Interact Club in 2010