Advisory Council

R Sridharan
Director - IBA (South Asia) Former Director, Phillips India

Amita Desai
Executive Director
Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

Kumar Ramanathan
CEO, Positive Integers
Former CMO, Vodafone India

Kalpana Sharma
Senior Journalist & Author

Dr. Usha Raman
Senior Academic & Writer

Priya Venugopal
​Educator & Social Impactor
Our Founders

Founder
Shreyas Sridharan
Shreyas is a first-generation entrepreneur. He has a decade of experience as founder of Aashman Solar. He's worked across India & speaks 8 languages.
His prior work harnessed heat using concentrated solar technologies. This delivered clean energy to massive projects such as mega kitchens, hotel & hospital groups, automotive industries, and educational institutions, reducing their demand for fossil fuels.
A biotechnologist by training, he began his career as a process filtration engineer with the pharma & biotech industry.
Loved for his curiosity, humour & enthusiasm, Shreyas leads innovation, product & tech at EkoGalaxy.
When not working, he enjoys gaming, football, cooking, podcasts, and martial arts.

Co-Founder
Dr. Urvi Desai
Urvi has lived & worked in Bombay, Geneva, Berlin, Montreal, and Hyderabad.
She has a PhD in medical history from McGill University, Canada (where she also taught).
She has a Master's (on full scholarship) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Switzerland and the Hertie School in Germany. She's received $300,000 in prestigious academic awards.
Passionate & detail-oriented, she drives curriculum, collabs & communications at EkoGalaxy.
Outside of work, you'll find her reading (at a park or under a tree), at the gym, singing, gardening or trying to befriend an animal!

Chief Happiness Officer
Nanuk
Nanuk is our in-house bundle of joy and mischief. Very social and always ready for an adventure, she’s the happiest addition to our team, and effortlessly, the most popular!