Bringing together ecosystem partnerships, entrepreneurs, industry experts and policy shapers to support innovation for climate action and sustainability.

Projects and Initiatives

Avaana supports its ecosystem on various Projects and Initiatives, to drive Policy and Thought leadership around digitisation, technology and inclusive growth

Grand Challenge for ClimateTech Innovation

Launched the Avaana-Startup India Grand Challenge for ClimateTech Innovation across 7 themes.

The Climate Conference 2024

Hosted The Climate Conference 2024 with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, on the theme ‘Decoding the Green Transition’.

G20 Startup20

Co-chair of Startup20 Sustainability Taskforces for India’s G20 Presidency. Part of the G20 Sustainable Financing Working Group.

Rocky Mountain Institute and Third Derivative

First official India partner of Third Derivative and a member of the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Open Network for Digital Commerce

Member, Advisory Council for ONDC, setup by the DPIIT to conceptualize and promote an open network protocol for digital commerce that will enable buyers and sellers to be digitally visible and transact through an open network, independent of any specific platform. 

Start Up India Seed Fund Scheme

Appointed on the Expert Advisory Committee for the overall execution and monitoring of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme announced by the Honourable Prime Minister.

Unnati

Partner in conceptualization and implementation of Unnati – a portal to connect 200 Million blue-collar and grey-collar workers with job providers to facilitate removal of the labour market inefficiencies by enabling real-time discovery and matching of jobs and workforce.

Women Entrepreneurship Platform

Promote and support women entrepreneurs and handhold them in their journey from starting to scaling up.  

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet

Member of the Global Board of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).

Act Grants

Anchoring the ACT for Women initiative
Signatory to ACT – a social change movement for the startup ecosystem in India, enabling changemakers to give their time, talent and resource to mobilize solutions that address societal problems at scale.