[ the builders ]
meet the builders
the people you build with. operators who have taken companies from zero to scale.
abhimanyu
[ founder, slii ]
social entrepreneur focused on social transformation through collective discourse and innovation. founded slii in 2015, a government-recognised water purification and renewable energy startup. expertise across r&d, innovation and implementation, project consulting and the un sdgs. government research grants, a gold medal in engineering, selected for a google program, and named one of india's top 10 social entrepreneurs (2019, afi). degrees in chemical engineering, environmental law and policy, and political science. currently writing a book on the science, adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
aditya
[ director, pennar industries ]
grew pennar industries into an inr 2500 crore per year revenue business and led its expansion into markets like the united states. manages 13 business verticals, from pre-engineered buildings to bio-toilets, warehouses and automotive parts, several of them publicly listed. cornell graduate and an active investor in new ideas and startups.
varun chawla
[ co-founder, 91springboard ]
co-founded 91springboard in 2013, when coworking was still new to india, and built it into one of the country's biggest coworking communities. serial builder across real estate, data and finance; his startup myguesthouse was acquired by makemytrip. before that, five plus years in equity research at goldman sachs across the us and india, helping set up their bangalore and mumbai operations. b.s. in applied economics and management from cornell, executive project management certification from xlri, honorary doctorate in management.