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PES University
100 Feet Ring Road
Banashankari Stage 3
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560085
India

Aarti Khosla

Social Entrepreneur

She started Climate Trends, which is a strategic communications initiative working at the intersection of development and climate change. She also runs CarbonCopy, which offers the latest news and updates on climate and energy issues from India. She also represents the India programme of the Global Strategic

Garvita Gulhati

Entrepreneur and Environmental Activist

Garvita Gulhati founded Why Waste? when she was just 15 and is one of the youngest environmentalists in India. Her initiatives advocate judicious use of natural resources, specifically water, and empower the youth who wish to make an impact. The team at Why Waste? encourages restaurants and hotels to keep the glass half full as an effective solution to prevent wastage of drinking water. Her zealous efforts have earned her the prestigious Diana Award and titles such as "Global Changemaker", "Water Girl of India", "Changemaker of the Year" and "Ashoka Young Changemaker". She has also served as a special delegate at the UN Youth Climate Summit 2019 and delivers speeches at various conferences worldwide.

Gopi Sankarasubramani

Farmer and Engineer

He runs a organisation called Navadarshanam, that pushes for people living sustainable lives with ecological balance. His organisation owns 200 acres of farm land, and produce fruits and vegetables organically. A lot of their products are out in all Namdhari's store. He is an IIT Aerospace Graduate, who worked in IT for more than 20 years till he started this organisation.

Haaziq Kazi

Environmentalist and Innovator

Creator and innovator of ERVIS, changemaker, a 14 year old student from Pune, who's on a quest to clean up the world's oceans. Deeply affected by a documentary on the adverse effects of ocean plastic pollution, Haaziq conceptualized ERVIS, as part of a school project. ERVIS is essentially a large futuristic ship that runs on renewable fuel. It collects and analyses ocean wastes, which is later recycled. Besides being an innovator, Haaziq also works with UN Major Group for Children and Youth, advocating for oceans and sustainability. Haaziq's future plan is to see ERVIS become a reality. He also wants to identify ways to reduce and recycle beach wastes.

Prajwal Vishwanath

Student and Poet

An engineer and poet, Prajwal writes for pleasure, and is a part of the Write Angle Club in PES University.

RK Misra

Social Entrepreneur

He is the Co-Founder (President-Ecosystems partnership ) of YULU Bikes, a Public Bike Sharing System (PBS) which is working to solve personal mobility challenges of Urban India. He is the Founder Director of 'Centre for Smart Cities', a 'Think & Do' organization, a repository of global best practices for planning, implementation & management of Smart Cities in collaboration with leading global organizations.

Sahar Mansoor

Entrepreneur and Environmental Activist

She is the founder of Bare Necessities. A University of Cambridge alumna, with a background in environmental planning, policy, and law. Sahar formerly worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva and SELCO Foundation on decentralized energy policy. She is also a freelancer for Huffington Post UK and India.

Sakshi Agarwal

Entrepreneur and Environmental Activist

She is a "Co-founder of Farm Theory, a B2B agritech startup that is creating India's first supply chain network of Ugly Produce." She is enabling girls in Technology and Entrepreneurship by developing mobile applications to tackle real world problems.

Smita Kulkarni

Social Entrepreneur

A techie turned neighbourhood activist turned social entrepreneur with 16 yrs of experience (GE Healthcare, NICC). Part of - 2bin1bag, Plastic Ban movement, Green The Red and a founding member of Bengaluru Eco Team (BeT). She is the founder of StoneSoup.in, which mainly offers solutions for menstrual hygiene, waste management and plastic pollution.

Sour Candy

Music Band

A band from PES University. "Sour Candy" They believe in mesmerizing and entertaining everyone through their soulful performances.

The BisiBeleBois

Improv-Comedy trio

An Improv-Comedy trio based in Bangalore, India. These are three South-Indian boys, who met through the rather strange love for stand-up comedy and Improv. The BisiBeleBois are loved by the PESU community and just as much outside of it.

Wilma Rodrigues

Entrepreneur and Environmental Activist

Wilma Rodrigues is the founder and CEO of Saahas Waste Management Pvt Ltd, a social enterprise which offers integrated waste management services to large corporate campuses, apartment complexes and institutions. The focus of the company is to convert waste to resources and thereby create zero waste entities.