Abhishek is an enthusiastic tech entrepreneur, co-founder, business head, team builder, people-person and a lifelong learner.
Abhishek is a self-starter, who believes in turning ideas into reality. Thinking di¬erently and putting his best e¬orts to attain the unattainable is what motivates him to continuously innovate in this ever-evolving 'start-up' industry. Abhishek's start-up Recykal enables di¬erent stakeholders to manage their wastes e ciently and responsibly using digital technology whilst bringing in transparency, traceability to the process. Prior to Recykal, Abhishek worked for Accor group of hotels as an Operations Manager.
His transition from the Hospitality industry to tech startup is quite unusual - the wasteful use of single-use plastic items (such as plastic cups/water bottles, etc.) in hotels and its imprudent disposal process made him think about the environmental concerns. That was the moment when he strongly felt the need for streamlining the waste management industry with the help of digital technology which resulted in establishing Recykal. This people-person is 'a curious caterpillar' at heart who loves to explore di¬erent possibilities and opportunities. He meticulously studies the trends, dynamics of waste management in India and has been an active contributor at several sustainability summits, conclaves happening across the country!
A Master's in Environmental Studies from TERI University, he has also qualified as a Master Trainer – CSR by IICA (Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs). He is an approved Verifier under Airport Carbon Accreditation.
He has been associated in Carbon and Sustainability domain since 2007 covering GHG projects under Renewable Energy, energy efficiency, waste management, chemical industries and thermal power sector. Apart from GHG, he has been associated for ISO 14064 Carbon Foot-printing projects, WCD assessment and Sustainability reporting as per GRI guidelines.
Previously he has been associated with SGS and TUV Nord which are renowned DOEs (Certification Bodies). He has been actively involved in execution and Technical Review of various CDM/VCS/Gold Standard projects in India, South East Asia and Gulf countries.
Dr ShashiKad is founder and CEO of SAGE Sustainability, a leading Sustainability and Gender advisory & consulting firm. She has professional expertise in working with international research organizations, consulting, donor organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her work experience spans more than two decades working in India, Japan and United Kingdom. DrKad is an alumna of Oxford University. DrKad is practitioner faculty for Sustainability and HRM at IMT, Hyderabad.
SAGE Sustainability's focus is on reporting, trainings and consulting in sustainability. This includes CSR, GRI and IR Reporting as well as PoSH Compliance. She is a trained GRI practitioner and enjoys aligning organizations move towards full disclosures and creating functional and auditable systems in organizations that enables accelerating sustainable change in the organizations. The vision of SAGE Sustainability is to provide bespoke and end to end services to engage and empower organizations deliver the business goals through triple bottom line practices. For more information: www.sagesustainability.in
Dr ShashiKad is founder and CEO of SAGE Sustainability, a leading Sustainability and Gender advisory & consulting firm. She has professional expertise in working with international research organizations, consulting, donor organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her work experience spans more than two decades working in India, Japan and United Kingdom. DrKad is an alumna of Oxford University. DrKad is practitioner faculty for Sustainability and HRM at IMT, Hyderabad.
SAGE Sustainability's focus is on reporting, trainings and consulting in sustainability. This includes CSR, GRI and IR Reporting as well as PoSH Compliance. She is a trained GRI practitioner and enjoys aligning organizations move towards full disclosures and creating functional and auditable systems in organizations that enables accelerating sustainable change in the organizations. The vision of SAGE Sustainability is to provide bespoke and end to end services to engage and empower organizations deliver the business goals through triple bottom line practices. For more information: www.sagesustainability.in
Thakur Pherwani belongs to an exclusive league of young sustainability expert and innovator who has been instrumental in spearheading novel and impactful initiatives during his tenure with leading companies such as Cadbury's, Unilever, Perfetti Van Melle, Hindustan Coca Cola, Amazon and recently as Global Head SHE and Sustainability at Dr Reddy's.
With a career spanning over a decade, he has established strong technical expertise by working in cross industrial and multi-faceted areas of sustainability, governance, safety and health management.
His brain child initiative My Safety Index (MSI), has emerged as one of the vital national level safety standards which proved its effectiveness across sites in India. MSI is now an established Global Safety Standard by setting a leading benchmark in improvising safety procedures across sites in 3 continents Europe, South America and North America. Thakur has curated diverse initiatives significant in the realm of Watershed Assessment, Source Water Vulnerability Assessment, and Source Water Protection Plant, My Health Index (MHI) and Sustainable Packaging. All of which resonates his strong professional and technical expertise in setting safety, management, and sustainability systems. He is now in the process of launching strategic sustainability initiatives such as Sustainability Ambassadors, Circular Economy, Water Neutrality and Sustainable Production and Consumption. He is presently a resource faculty for the Institute of Directors (IOD) on the subject of Corporate Sustainability.
A management graduate with over 24 year of successful track records of working as catalyst and providing support in conceptualizing, executing and managing food, agri sector & rural projects in India.
Worked with wide spectrum of organizations from Government, cooperatives, PVT, CSR, Indian and International not for profit organisations including start up organisations. Served on several committees from Government sector, Banks, Chambers of Commerce etc.Widely traveled.