Vishnu Vardhaan
Building ππ²πΏπ°πΉπ² π« β’ Helping brands go circular & \'waste neutral\' β’ Blockchain-based software to help brands manage their wastes & EPR with 100% Traceability π Climate Tech Enthusiast and Angel Investor
- Role
- Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Cercle X
- Location
- Coimbatore, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vishnu Vardhaan
Only Indian on-stage speaker at the COP27, United Nations summit, and a content creator with over 10 million views in the last one year. π€― Deeply interested in making the world a. π§Ώ Co-founder of Cercle X, working with the world\'s leading sustainability focused brands to help manage (and provide solutions for) their industrial waste and post-consumer waste quicker, simpler, and with % traceability. One such example of an innovative solution? Metabins (smartbins) to scale source segregation across the country, in partnership with Coca Cola. And, tshirts made from 100% recycled PET bottles. β The vision? Enabling brands to go zero waste to landfill. Also, cofounder of plantable seed pencils at The best part? The stationery and packaging solutions are plantable, i.e, it grows into plants after use - thereby creating a truly zero waste to landfill solution! Bootstrapped and profitable, self-sufficient business in the sustainable stationery space. π€ in Zypp Electric, Hesa, Karnival, Knocksense plus few others. Gut feelings only. After working with over 250 of the world\'s most sustainable brands, I realized that we needed to act fast to create closed loop systems in waste management to address climate change issues. β A prominent known-face in the field of sustainable stationery and packaging, I have given multiple talks at prestigious platforms (TedX, INK, Josh) and won numerous awards for our work with organic farmers from south India, hundreds of rural women entrepreneurs, and thousands of ragpickers and waste collection champions. Podcast Host:\'. Married to my cofounder β Divya Shetty, and have a puppy β a pug named Gunda. Have a sustainability or circular economy problem to solve? Shoot me an email at sβ’β’β’β’@cerclex.com.
Experience
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2020 β Present
Cercle X (Infinite Cercle Inc.) is a tech-driven waste management firm. Our vision is to enable brands to achieve zero waste through circularity. As the co-founder and CEO, I have multiple responsibilities, primarily being- Leading all the sustainability and circular solutions oriented initiatives with the world\'s most sustainable brands based in India and USA- Enabling closed loop solutions to the paper, glass and plastic waste malaise, that\'ll in turn ensure unique, sustainable products are made and introduced into the market- Working with CXOs and Global Heads of EHS and Sustainability to define programs that\'ll tie in with their 2025/30 sustainability goals and help reduce carbon footprint- Lead a team of 25+ people to create cradle to cradle solutions for waste.
Education
Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Information Technology, A
2007 β 2011
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