Mridula Ramesh is the founder of the Sundaram Climate Institute, which focuses on waste and water realities, solutions and education. She is the author of the critically acclaimed books “’The Climate Solution” and “Watershed”. She is the Executive Director of Sundaram Textiles, with an expertise in Yarn Manufacturing, Textile Production Management, Power and Water Optimization, and was previously the Joint Managing Director of Southern Roadways (part of the TVS Group). She is part of the Advisory Committee, UNDP India National Circular Economy Project, and the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of NIT, Andhra Pradesh. Mridula is an active climate-tech angel investor with investments across waste management, renewable energy, sustainable mobility and agriculture.

She is an alum of the Kellogg School of Management, and of Cornell University