People and Partners | Solveninja

People & Partners

Kuldeep Dantewadia

Co-founder

I solve small and dent big

"I am composting at home, which I've been doing for more than 3 years. Diverting 2kgs *365 *3 days = 2190 kgs of waste."

With a conviction that young people's ideas and energy can solve civic and environmental issues, he started Reap Benefit at the age of 23. Whether its mentoring students in schools or creating a platform for Solve Ninjas to activate their problem solving skills, he has been instrumental in making it a reality. He is Ashoka’s Lead Changemaker, MIT GSW Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, Unreasonable Fellow, Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneur, and more.

Gautam Prakash

Co-founder

I solve small and dent big

"I am cutting travel CO2 emissions by half and using the metro at least once a week."

Gautam is the co-founder and chief problem solver at Reap Benefit. He has been the only non-engineer to be selected for Fab Labs MIT BITS ATOMS, USA. He has mentored some of our amazing Solve Ninjas to build local civic innovations like Waterless urinals, Air Quality monitor and lake quality monitoring system. He has been instrumental in developing the Solve Ninja App and Neighbourhood Dashboard.

Board & Advisors

Kalyan Banerjee
Hema Hattangady
Vishal Talreja
Rajiv Prakash
Preeti Sawhney
Mekin Maheshwari
Pawan Mehra
Supriya Sankaran
Sridhar Pabbisetty
Chetan Vinchi

Youth Board Members

Aabharan

I solve small and dent big
Deepika Aiyar

I solve small and dent big

“I will help organise Solver Sundays”
Isana Nambiar

I solve small and dent big

“I will use cloth bags for all my purchases”
Aman Varnekar

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Amogh

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“I will segregate and recycle all my household waste”
Namya Sinha

I solve small and dent big

“I will start composting”
Aniruddha Mysore

I solve small and dent big

“I will start Composting at home”
Amarnath Krishna

I solve small and dent big
Deepta Bharadwaj

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“I will walk and use public transport more”
Naman Kumar

I solve small and dent big

“I will start composting at home”
Taanika Sankar

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“I will take containers for food parcels to reduce waste generation”
Pallavi Madhukar

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“I will walk for things that are available within 2 kms.”
Vibha Nadig

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“Continue teaching in atleast one government school or orphange”
Pranaay Parekh

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“To use a glass of water while brushing my teeth instead of the tap, saving water”
Shriya Sankar

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“Switch off the lights in other classrooms in my college when they are not in use”
Pranav Shikarpur

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“Teach students to share impact by leveraging internet and social media”
Rohit Sathish

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“Installing aerators in all the taps in my house”
Vibish Kashyap

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Siddarth Santosh

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“Mapping the trees in my locality”
Surbhi Gupta

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The Team

Archana K R

Program Operations - Banaglore

I solve small and dent big

"I started an online campaign to Clean Toilets on National Highways and have received 7000 signatures"

Arun Huddar

Strategy Execution

I solve small and dent big

"I helped light up a dark spot in the neighbourhood which was perpetually used as dumping area"
Bhagyashree

Program Operations - Hubli

I solve small and dent big

"I made and installed a sanitary bin at a PG"

Drishya Rao

Program R&D

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"I use menstrual cups, diverting 60+ disposable sanitary napkins from waste per year"
Gautamraj Elango

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"I reject single use plastic as my new year resolution"

Kumar K

Admin & Finance

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"I have installed 5 UPOs in my house and saved 50% water wastage"
Gouri Lekshminarayanan

Solutions Design

I solve small and dent big

"I have reduced my CO2 emissions by cycling approximately 500km the last 5 months"

Joseph Philip

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I have started reusing all plastic bottles in my home"
Maria Jose

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I have bought a stainless steel mug with steel straw to stop using any plastic straw or glasses"

Mohd Mateeb Imam

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I have reduced using paper cups from 11 to 2 a day"
Naland Laxmanrao

Program Operations - Hubli

I solve small and dent big

"I am avoiding using plastic and motivating 50 people to not use single plastic through campign in Hubli and Bidar."

Rashmi Jain

Program R&D

I solve small and dent big

"I have started composting at home and diverting about 15 kg of waste every month."
Jahnavi

Communications

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"I write social change articles to build awareness in communities I live in"

Rizwan Pasha

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will report 500 problems on Solve Ninja app"
Rutuja Devaru

Program Operations - Bangalore

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"I currently save water by restricting the water I use in the bath to 1 bucket a day."

Sandeesh Raj

Program Operations - Hubli

I solve small and dent big

"I promise to start segregation of waste in our neighborhood"
Sankarshan Baliga

Data Insights

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"I will attend and participate in 50% of the ward meetings this year"

Sairam D

Solutions R&D

I solve small and dent big

"I have never used Single or double use Plastics in my entire 26 years and carry my own Waterbottles, Straws and utensils"
Sindhu Malavalli Sudarshan

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will convince 10 residents in vijayanagar to start composting"

Shashi Shekhar

Program Operations & Partnerships

I solve small and dent big

"I will optimise water usage in 200 flats in my apartment."
Subhani Nadaf

Program Operations - Hubli

I solve small and dent big

"I will make 5 houses in my neighborhood to get toilets installed in their homes"

Sweeha Panwar

Communications & Alumni Engagement

I solve small and dent big

"I have switched from single use plastic to recyclable things mostly such as my own straw, cutlery and taking my own cloth bag. I refuse single use products"
Vimalprabhu P

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"I have been carrying my steel water bottle wherever I go , keeps me away from procuring at 10 plastic mineral water bottle per month"

Vinod Raj Urs

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I have been carrying my own cloth bag to shop for the past two years"
Navneet Maheshwari

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will make sure not to generate even a small quantity of waste that will go into Landfill, decomposting the organic waste and recycling the other material"

Bharath

Admin Support

I solve small and dent big