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

Taanika Sankar

I solve small and dent big

“I will take containers for food parcels to reduce waste generation”
Surbhi Gupta

I solve small and dent big
Siddarth Santosh

I solve small and dent big

“Mapping the trees in my locality”
Vibish Kashyap

I solve small and dent big
Rohit Sathish

I solve small and dent big

“Installing aerators in all the taps in my house”
Pranav Shikarpur

I solve small and dent big

“Teach students to share impact by leveraging internet and social media”
Shriya Sankar

I solve small and dent big

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

I solve small and dent big

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

I solve small and dent big

“Continue teaching in atleast one government school or orphange”
Pallavi Madhukar

I solve small and dent big

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

I solve small and dent big
Naman Kumar

I solve small and dent big

“I will start composting at home”
Deepta Bharadwaj

I solve small and dent big

“I will walk and use public transport more”
Amarnath Krishna

I solve small and dent big
Aniruddha Mysore

I solve small and dent big

“I will start Composting at home”
Namya Sinha

I solve small and dent big

“I will start composting”
Amogh

I solve small and dent big

“I will segregate and recycle all my household waste”
Aman Varnekar

I solve small and dent big
Isana Nambiar

I solve small and dent big

“I will use cloth bags for all my purchases”
Deepika Aiyar

I solve small and dent big

“I will help organise Solver Sundays”

The Team

Aarthi Seshadri

Program Operations - Banaglore

I solve small and dent big

"I do little things everyday – like using a bamboo toothbrush, reusable cloth bags, and public transport. I’m currently on a mission to be a vegan now."

Adithya Gupta

Program Operations = Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I am currently working on reducing my consumption and carbon footprint by minimising purchase of clothes, recycling old clothes and using clothes and blankets in preference to room heating devices in winter."
Dr Raghu

Senior Director, Technology - Banaglore

I solve small and dent big

"I'm interested in local problem solving and am enthusiastic about applying Systematic Innovation Tools such as TRIZ. I'm also interested in water conservation at both the individual as well as community level."

Suki Iyer

Head of Partnerships and Fundraising

I solve small and dent big

"I compost at home, using buckets instead of showers, and use handmade newspaper liners for dust bins instead of plastic ones."
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"
Thresy

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"I have been collecting and upcycling waste which I find useful into show pieces and other such items from school times"

Gouri Lekshminarayanan

Solutions Design

I solve small and dent big

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

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

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

Joseph Philip

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I have started reusing all plastic bottles in my home"
Sanskriti

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"- I always carry a shopping bag, I walk to distances which are in two kms of radius and I segregate waste."

Mohd Mateeb Imam

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

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

Rizwan Pasha

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

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

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

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

Sankarshan Baliga

Data Insights

I solve small and dent big

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

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will start composting as a apartment initiative , handling all the wet waste generated in my apartment."

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 - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

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

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"

Raghuvendra Singh

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I walk to places within around 2 kms, reuse plastic bags, segregate my waste and ensure I turn switches off as I leave rooms"
Nikhila Kanakamedala

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I do not order food/products online to avoid excessive packaging, and consume local as much as possible. "

Ashish VR

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will help 5 people to compost in their houses. And continue to carry my steel bottle wherever I go"
Nisha A Shreshti

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I started to upcycle waste and make a product out of it to avoid waste going to the landfill"

Anand

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I make sure the least amount of any material is wasted, cutting off waste generation at source"
Sunitha

Program Operations - Bangalore

I solve small and dent big

"I will always carry cloth bags with me for any purchases instead of plastic bags"

Baiju Balan

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"I walk and use public transport as much as possible and try upcycling things"
Tejas Mahajan

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"One personal step I am working on is to segregate and collect Multi layered plastic and single use plastic and convert it into a resource of Eco-Bricks"

Sivarama

Program Operations - Chennai

I solve small and dent big

"I have started carrying steel spoon with me so that I can reduce waste generation from my end"