Director Business Development, Recykal

Ekta has 20+ years of experience in diverse fields of Education, BPO, FMCG sales, and B2B sales in India and SAARC region. Having worked in multiple industries, multiple functions she has unparalleled experience in all stages of pre the deal, terms of trade, and developing strategic business plans.

As a National Manager at Ravi Foods (Dukes), she was responsible for scaling the confectionary makers business to hundreds of crores by onboarding new clients, foraying into new markets, setting up modern trade channels in the process. As a Client Manager at Genpact & IBM, she worked with global clients ensuring timely deliveries backed by strong performance, trustworthy client relationships.

Balanced yet aggressive in approach, Ekta is an extremely energetic and positive person. Her empathy towards clients, conviction to deliver things on time, nurturing the team members have made her a successful leader in the FMCG space. She is a firm believer in teamwork and radiates positivity around believing there is a solution for every problem.

At Recykal, she is now on a mission to digitize the waste management, recycling ecosystem and contribute to Circular Economy saving the people, planet, and its valuable resources!

Own Company Plastic Injection Moulding- KNOESIS

Extensive work on Plastic Waste management, Advise, Cities and town AUTHORITIES, AND INDUSTRIES

• FIPI (Professional Member)
• FIV (Fellow Institution of Valuers)
• MIE (Member Institution of Engineers)
• Senior Member Society of Plastic Engineers Inc, USA (since 1990)
• Chartered Engineer
• Approved Valuer
• Proprietor of Knoesis Enterprises -2010 onwards a plastic injection moulding company, single-source supplier for some components to Nano car, Venkateshwara Hatcheries. ISO 9001-2008 certified company. WWW.KNOESIS.IN
• Earlier from 1994-2010 Partner in Progressive Polymers an injection moulding company supplying to Electrolux, Godrej, Voltas, Allwyn, Refrigerator and Washing Machine Division
• Winner of Best Supplier Award for moulded components to Voltas Ltd 2003
• Patent held for improvement of the process of Roll Bond Sheets for domestic refrigerators.
• Director Pune Fin Tube Pvt Ltd, manufacturing Finned Tubes (2007-10) www.punefintubes.com
• Former Partner AJ ELECTRONICS making roll bond sheets for domestic refrigerators( 1987-2003)
• Started the compounding division in 1992 in AJELECTRONICS
• First Chartered Engineer of Chemical Division of the Institute of Engineers Kolkata after passing BE Polymer from MIT Pune, until then there was no Engineer who had BE Degree in Polymers
• Visited and issued Chartered Engineers certificate to many companies
• Short film made on Polymers and Earth http://youtu.be/MzsbOnPD1O8, appreciated by SPE PRESIDENT(USA) from Boeing and others
• APPROVED VALUER from INSTITUTE OF VALUERS Delhi(FIV F9134)
• On Panel of Various Banks as Approved Valuer for Plant and Machinery,(Bank of Maharashtra, IDBI, Cosmos Bank, VidyaSahkari Bank, MITCON etc). Carried out over 100 valuation assignments in Pune Satara, Ahmednagar, Nashik, variety of companies in the Plastic, automotive, Engineering, chemical, Pharmaceutical sector
• Vice President DR JOSHI AND ASSOCIATES a company engaged in Valuation and Engineering Consultancy
• Part of the team for organizing Plasto exhibition in Pune 2003,2006, 2009, 2012. Editor of the monthly magazine and also Directory
• Team Leader CHINAPLAS 2011 Pune Delegation of APP to China
• Team Member IPI Pune Chapter, worked to revitalize Pune Chapter and increase memberships., Organized many seminars
• The new venture of Polyhouse to grow exotic vegetables started in 2011
• Initiated Clean Varanasi and Clean Indore Campaigns

Program Director Circular Economy at Centre for Environment Education

Prabhjot Sodhi, presently Program Director Circular Economy at Centre for Environment Education. Previously Head UNDP Circular Economy – (2016-May2021) working experience with multiple donors in the space of Circular Economy (plastics) – Coca Cola, Hindustan Unilever Limited, HDFC Bank, Nyara Energy, and Coca Cola Foundation.

Working hands last 11 years in implementation in CE – sector strategies, systems thinking, materials flow, recovery center, competence development programs, business models, informal sector, including safaris this (waste pickers), address the EPR domain, partnership across Governments, including ULBs, Civil Society, Recyclers in the domain of waste value chain.

Country Program Manager for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) UNDP Small Grants Programme (SGP) for 14 years.

Program Manager for Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, and Government of India (GOI) in KRIBHCO for a period of 14 years.

In 2012, awarded the Talented Conservator Award by George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. In 1998, awarded the `Most Excellent Order of the Member of British Empire’ (MBE) by the Government of the United Kingdom.

Published works in International and National journals. Widely traveled and facilitated studies, meetings, workshops, and conferences at National and International levels. Mr. Sodhi has written ‘LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES’ which was released in COP20 in 2015 in Paris by the Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javdekar, Government of India.

Mr. Sodhi has diversified experience in leading and implementing projects in a wide range of areas – plastic waste management to climate change, natural resources, land development to livelihoods of poor, and marginalized in the tribal, rural, and urban spaces for the last 40 years. He is a passionate, open, and reflective individual.

Managing Director

Mr Rahul Podaar is Results-oriented Managing Director driven to manage costs and establish strategic mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with users vendors and service providers. Adept at creating strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Excel at building and retaining high-performance teams by hiring developing and motivating skilled professionals.

Some of his significant credentials

Member at NiTI Aayog

• Vice President for Plastic Recyling at MSMECCII
• Committe Member at Indian Plastic Institute (IPI)
• Committe Member at The All India Plastic Manufactures Association (AIPMA)
• Member at organisation of Platics Processors of India (OPPI)
• Member at The Plastics Export Promotion Council (Plexoncil)
• Member FPITA

Director, Geocycle Business
Dy. Head, Geocycle India

Global Consultant (Strategies for Waste Management, Circular Economy, Policy Advocacy, AFRs & Co-processing)

36 Yrs.; Hindustan Lever, National Peroxide and ACC Limited

Education: B. Tech (Chem Engg.), Osmania University; M. Tech (Chem. Engg) IIT Chennai; Sr. Management & Sr Leadership Training in IMD, Switzerland

He has Built a large Geocycle (AFR) Business in ACC; Nil TPA (2006) to 0.5 Million TPA (2015), Served as a Member of many strategic committees of Holcim, ACC, and Geocycle. He Spearheaded a Co-processing initiative – that ensures sustainable growth – in the country and established it as a business model. He has Implemented advocacy through CII to include co-processing in the Indian Policy framework, and served as an expert member on several committees constituted by the Govt of India and also some state governments.

After retirement in 2018, he has executed strategic assignments for the European Union and a few organizations from Europe and has also started a new Circular Economy Initiative named ISCE. He extends consultancy services as an expert to some of the globally operating management consultancy companies and also to cement plants and waste management companies. He has published >30 papers in national and international journals of repute with global scientists, academicians, and officers of CPCB & SPCBs as co-authors. He has also co-authored a book on co-processing which is published by Springer, Singapore.