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It has been contended that humans have a tendency to over-value short term gains and severely underestimate long term potential. Climate tech firms have come some distance given their deplorable status during their first avatar – when they were called cleantech firms (which makes me wonder if they should have...

Cutting your AC carbon footprint using digital Welcoming Rohith Pallerla of Zodhya to the CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India’s largest climate startup summit – https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5 In most countries (including India), buildings consume 30-40% of all electricity generated. And within buildings, ACs are the single largest consumer of power. So if one...

Welcoming Sidharth Arora of Fermentech Labs to CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India’s largest summit for climate tech startups, 200+ startups – https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5 The true value of biomass – be it the main crop or the so called agricultural waste – is slowly but steadily being deciphered. And what is being realized...

Welcoming Sivaram Pillai of Proklean to the CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022, Nov 25 & 26, Chennai – https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5 Globally, the chemicals industry is a sizable contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and so it is in India too. But the chemicals sector is complex, not just from technology and process perspectives, but...

When Harvey Met Doerr What happens when a policy expert meets a veteran venture capitalist over the topic of climate change and climate action? One of two things could happen: They get deep into specifics, with the audience drowning in complex concepts and possibly the attendant jargons. Or, they could...

A youngster pioneering algae-based high value products in India Welcoming Yashraj Jariwala of Shaivaa Algaetech to CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022 – the 1st summit for Indian climate tech startups https://lnkd.in/gNnGzhG5 What if I told you that you can extract products from biomass that are worth $100 a Kg? You might be...

10 X – The associate at the prominent silicon valley venture capital firm once again looked at the visitor who had just come in, a cold call. His face was familiar. He had definitely seen him somewhere, perhaps even at many places. He will know soon. “What can I do...

The man propelling the bio-energy movement in India Welcoming Lt Col Monish Ahuja to CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022 – the 1st summit for Indian climate tech startups. I’m sure you have heard the saying, “Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink” That applies quite well to the Indian agricultural residues...

IIT Madras Career Opportunities Project Co-ordinator/lead for national college sustainability contest I’m assisting Prof Indumathi M. Nambi of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in putting together the Carbon Zero Challenge, an annual pan-India cleantech contest for college students and college-based startups held by IITM. We are looking for a project...

The Indian Middle Class Rooftop  Earlier today, I had to be on the rooftop of an acquaintance for a religious function, located in a typical Chennai middle class neighbourhood. I was left alone for about fifteen minutes, and after a few moments wondering what to do, I started looking around....