Ankit Agarwal

Overview

Ankit is the founder of Helpusgreen a social enterprise that preserves the Ganges River from becoming a religious sewer by flowercycling the waste from temples and mosques that is dumped in the Ganges River into patented fertilizer and incense products. This in turn provides livelihoods to manual scavenger families in India. Ankit was awarded the UNEP Centre for Environment Education 'Unsung Heroes' Award and has won the Wharton India Economic Forum People's choice Award 2017 Tie Global Spirit of Manufacturing Award for Social Impact and the prestigious Abby Gold 2016. Ankit has worked on sustainability projects across 26 countries and was selected amongst the 21 young leaders for extraordinary skills by the Asia Society. He is an Acumen Unltd fellow and a GAP Changemaker. Ankit received his bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering followed by a master's in Innovation Management from SIBM. He has worked at Symantec Corporation as an automation scientist has published 17 research papers and holds a patent.