Vishal Kumar

CEO

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India12 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Visionary leader in waste management ecosystem.
Expert in building partnerships for environmental initiatives.
Passionate about reducing plastic pollution.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Environmental Sustainability and Waste Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipOperations ManagementWaste Management

Other Skills

TeamworkCommunity EngagementRenewable EnergyBadmintonFootballMind MappingSocial SkillsMicrosoft WordEnglishE WasteMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelPowerPointCC++

About

Vishal is a passionate visionary leader with an in-depth understanding of the waste management ecosystem in India. He has the ability to build mutually beneficial partnerships and the experience to maneuver a set of diverse stakeholders toward a shared vision. He is passionate about reducing and managing all forms of waste.

Experience

Waste warriors society

Chief Executive Officer

Dec 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Waste Warriors is a non-profit startup with the goal of reducing plastic pollution from eco-sensitive areas like our mountains, forests and rivers. We work in Dehradun, Dharamshala, Rishikesh & villages around Corbett Tiger Reserve, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Kempty Falls (Mussoorie), Sahastradhara, and Bir Billing.

LeadershipOperations ManagementTeamwork

Renew oceans

General Manager, India

Jan 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune

Renewing plastic waste, cleaning up the oceans, empowering communities and catalyzing consumer behaviour shifts.

Circular economy club

CEC Bengaluru Organizer

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

The Circular Economy Club (CEC) is the international network of circular economy professionals and organizations. CEC is non-profit, global and open.
As a CEC Local Organizer, I manage the circular economy community in Bengaluru and host activities to connect professionals working on the field and ensure we share best practices."

Unleash - innovation lab for sdgs

Global Talent

May 2018 – Jun 2018 · 1 mo · Singapore

Selected to work on Responsible Consumption & Production as one of the 1000 Global Talents from 100+ countries for the class of UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2018, aiming to help solve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Saahas zero waste

2 roles

Program Manager

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Establishing Saahas Zero Waste as a leading Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for assisting electronic manufacturers in complying with Extended Producer Responsibility regulations pan India.
Overall growth and development of the organisation in HR, Business Development, Consulting and Marketing.

Volunteer

Jun 2015 – Jun 2015 · 0 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Researching about the EPR compliance by over 50 top electronics good manufacturers. Preparing a business plan for aggressively growing the e-Waste collection volumes.

Indian institute of technology (banaras hindu university), varanasi

General Secretary, Games and Sports Council

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr · Varanasi Area, India

Handling Multiple activities simultaneously like organizing events, purchasing equipment, contacting vendors, member of infrastructure committee, handling over INR 55 lakh during the course of the year.
Prepared the tender documents, contacted vendors for quotation and prepared the comparatives for the construction of 2 tennis and basketball courts (Project Budget- INR 1 Cr)

Dav mogappair alumni

Co-Founder and Committee Member

Dec 2014 – Dec 2019 · 5 yrs · Chennai Area, India

DAV Mogappair Alumni Association was started with the vision to bring together the love of DAVians for their alma mater, direct their energies in a common direction so that their efforts can culminate into something larger than themselves and that lives longer than any of us.

Jagriti yatra

Yatri'14

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 mo · India

Jagriti Yatra is an ambitious train journey of discovery and transformation that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth, on a 15 day, 9000 km national odyssey to meet the role models - social and business entrepreneurs - of the country. The vision of Jagriti is 'building India through enterprise'