Journey

How I got here

Every step taught me something the next one needed.

  1. Where it began

    Zoology at Sree Sankara College, Kalady. Nature wastes nothing, and that idea stayed with me.

  2. The spark

    Waste caught my eye and never let go. I studied it online, course by course.

  3. 2016

    Green Worms

    Learned waste from the ground up: collection, plants, sales and service. Food waste became my cause.

  4. Designing my own

    Stepped away to design waste products of my own.

  5. A try2018

    cleanlier

    A composter for bulk organic waste. Customers paid for it. Growing it taught me more than building it.

    What it taught me: cleanlier

  6. 2018

    A model village

    With Mathrubhumi, I designed a compost unit for homes. It worked, house after house.

  7. 2018

    Jagriti Yatra

    Crossed India by train with young changemakers. Came back with bigger questions.

  8. 2019

    Fab Academy

    A scholarship at Kerala Startup Mission. Learned to turn ideas into things I can hold.

  9. A try

    Secure paper

    Destroyed confidential paper safely, then recycled it. It closed. Trust is the real product.

    What it taught me: Secure paper

  10. A try

    Banana-peel compost

    When the supply stopped, so did we. The lesson: secure your inputs.

    What it taught me: Banana-peel compost

  11. A try

    Paper recycling

    A firm in ITC's paper-recycling programme. It ended, and showed me how recycling works at scale.

    What it taught me: Paper recycling

  12. A try

    A suit business

    Nothing to do with waste, everything to do with selling.

    What it taught me: A suit business

  13. 2019

    Green events

    Made events zero-waste, including Green Carnival 2019.

  14. Back to Green Worms

    Circular-economy work, with fresh eyes.

  15. A try2021

    clean circle

    Another venture. More lessons, carried forward.

    What it taught me: clean circle

  16. 2022

    Urban Trash

    Everything I learned, in one company: waste collection built around the customer. Real impact, and better is coming.

  17. What's next

    Building something new every day. New answers to old problems.

Every try opened a door

See what each one taught me, or tell me about the problem you are working on.

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