Sushanth Gade
Founder, Director & Consultant — Academia, Industry & Government
Our people
The Institute is supported by a dedicated multidisciplinary team experienced in various sectors of environment & waste management, complemented by a distinguished panel of empaneled experts drawn from the fields of environmental science, waste management engineering, and public policy. Together, they form the backbone of our research, advisory, and implementation initiatives.
Founder
Sushanth Gade
Founder, Director & Consultant — Academia, Industry & Government
India, Middle East & Africa
AIWMR was founded to close a specific gap: the waste and environment sector needs far more capable people than it has, and the knowledge to build them sits on the other side of a wall between industry and academia. Everything the institute does traces back to that.
Executive Team
The people who run the institute
Operations, research, administration and regional delivery — the standing team accountable for every engagement.
Sumeet Singh
Director, North Operations & Consultant (Academia & Industry)
Lokesh Akula
Liaison & Market Research
Sateesh Pekuda
Office Administration Manager
Kanaka Maha Lakshmi
Urban Planner & GIS Analyst
Archana Chourasia
Training Needs Analyst
Ram Mohan Rao
Business Development Associate
Mahesh Talari
CSR & Awareness
Expert Team
Empanelled subject-matter experts
Specialists we bring onto projects for their domain depth — technology design, advisory, documentation, ecology and training.
Charles Dovey
Industry Consultant
Dr. Razia Sultana
Government Consultant
Joana Leucona
Municipality Consultant
Dr. BV Subba Rao
Environmentalist
Dr. Siva Rama Krishna
Ecology & Environmental Specialist
Spandana Naikoti
Learning & Development Consultant
Sahiti Snigda Bhupathiraju
Sustainability Consultant
Dieter Moll
EHS, Risk Control & Security Specialist
Empanelment
Join the expert panel
To facilitate subject matter experts and sectoral domain experts from industry & academia to overseas projects
Join as a member, or empanel as a subject-matter expert.
Work with our people
Put this team on your problem
Trainers, urban planners, government and industry consultants — assembled around what your organisation actually needs.