Biography
Archana Tripathi is the CEO of Saahas, a not for profit organization which works in the field of solid waste management on the principles of Circular Economy. Saahas has a strong implementation focus and works with all stakeholders in the Solid Waste Management eco-system to establish scientific and holistic systems.
An electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur , Archana has more than 20 years experience in Telecom System design through her work at C-DOT, an autonomous R&D organization under the Government of India. A passionate individual who inadvertently made unconventional choices in life, she moved to the development sector in 2016 and joined Saahas where she has gained expertise in solid waste management through design and execution of several urban and rural projects at Saahas. Along with on-ground implementation experience, Archana has also worked on policy recommendations and building ecosystem capacities required to address the issues around circular economy;