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They Called Sustainability ‘Idealism’ Until Governments Started Preaching Austerity
I have spent years being politically stereotyped for speaking about climate resilience, localisation, resource dependency, and mindful consumption. Too left. Too right. Too idealistic. Too cynical. But the uncomfortable reality is that ecological collapse and systemic instability do not pause themselves to accommodate political comfort or public distraction.
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The Long Game of Venture: Inside a Conversation with Karthik B. Reddy of Blume VC
What does it really take to build a venture-scale company in a world that refuses to stay predictable? In a three-hour fireside chat with Karthik B. Reddy, the discussion moved beyond frameworks and into the lived realities of founders and investors, covering everything from market sizing and team dynamics to climate tech, capital flows, and…
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Everyone Thought the 2026 Energy Crisis Would Speed Up the Shift to Renewables. It Didn’t.
I’ve been watching how the US–Israel–Iran war is playing out across global energy systems, and something doesn’t add up. Everyone assumed that if fossil fuels became unstable, the world would naturally accelerate its shift to renewables. But that’s not what’s happening. What’s actually unfolding is much messier. Governments are scrambling for short-term survival, fossil fuels…
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Big Oil Players Are Funding Both Sides of the Energy Transition
A personal observation on how climate action still ends up tied to Big Oil because of where the capital sits Last year, I was at a sustainability conference where the event was powered by the Indian Petroleum Corporation. During one of the discussions, speakers mentioned that the markets for oil, coal, petroleum, and other non-renewable…
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Entrepreneurs Sit on Structural Power: Every Startup Quietly Shapes a System
Reflections from leading an SDG- and sustainability-lens Business Model session at KSR Engineering College during Marabanu’s FoundR Sprint 1.0. I was invited to conduct a workshop on the Business Model Canvas through a UN SDG lens and a sustainability lens at KSR Engineering College, as part of Marabanu’s FoundR Sprint 1.0. There were about 40…
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Why Good Climate Solutions Still Struggle to Raise
In multiple investor conversations across renewable energy, carbon capture and water tech, the underlying question was not technical feasibility. It was growth pace. This piece explores the gap between technological readiness and market absorption, and why “too early” is still a legitimate risk in climate investing.
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Bridging the Gap: Commercializing Research Innovations in India
After assessing multiple field-deployed PhD innovations across climate, waste, rural livelihoods and deep tech, one pattern is clear. The science exists. The validation exists. The commercial bridge does not. This is not a talent gap. It is a translational architecture gap.
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Architecting Impact Leadership Across Generations
What a closed-door gathering on February 11 for the Karotimam Environmental Stewardship Award on International Day of Women and Girls in Science taught me about building leadership that lasts.
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The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai: Where Climate Conversations Moved from Intent to Execution
The AndPurpose Forum, Mumbai brought climate conversations out of abstraction and into execution. Across clean energy, resilience, finance, and circularity, the focus shifted from intent to systems readiness. This reflection captures what it will take for India’s climate ambition to translate into real-world delivery.
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TANENERGY 2025: How Tamil Nadu Is Quietly Shaping India’s Energy Future
A reflection from inside FICCI’s TANENERGY Summit 2025 on how India is thinking about energy beyond silos. From nuclear and renewables to AI, grids, and geopolitics, the conversations pointed to systems, not slogans. And they made one thing clear: Tamil Nadu is becoming central to India’s energy future.