Episodes

  • Can India Host Cycling's Biggest Event in 2032? | Ravi Kumar, Founder, VIR Bike

    Can India Host Cycling's Biggest Event in 2032? | Ravi Kumar, Founder, VIR Bike
    Sep 25 2026
    Pune has bid to host the UCI Road World Championships in 2032. Can a race like that change how Indian cities think about cycling? Host Ruchi speaks with the founder of VIR Bike, which builds electric cycles for Indian roads, about why our roads are designed around cars rather than people, why cycle lanes here keep failing, and where electric cycles actually fit into India's mobility future.
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    36 mins
  • Waste to Wealth: Inside India's Green Ship Recycling | Fahim Sopariwala, CEO, GGEPIL

    Waste to Wealth: Inside India's Green Ship Recycling | Fahim Sopariwala, CEO, GGEPIL
    Sep 25 2026
    A ship reaches the end of its life. What actually happens to it? In this episode, host Hrishikesh Kannan speaks with Fahim Sopariwala, CEO of Green Gene Environment Protection and Infrastructure Limited (GGEPIL), about the journey from a textile group that opened its first facility in Surat in 1989 to one of India's largest environmental infrastructure companies. Together they discuss the shift from landfill and incineration to resource recovery, what waste to wealth means in practice, and how industrial hazardous waste becomes alternative fuel that replaces coal in cement kilns running at 1600 degrees centigrade. The conversation also covers GGEPIL's integrated facility at Bhavnagar handling the waste generated by ship-breaking, its recent EU certification and what that unlocks for the yards at Alang, the company's target of net zero by 2030 and why logistics is the hardest part of it, what India's hazardous waste policy needs next, and where the sector goes from here, from e-waste and water recycling to solar panels and batteries.
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    19 mins
  • Plastic Is Not Waste, It Is A Resource | Bisleri On India's EPR Journey

    Plastic Is Not Waste, It Is A Resource | Bisleri On India's EPR Journey
    Aug 21 2026
    Plastic does not have to end up in a landfill or the ocean. Given properly for recycling, it becomes a resource with real value. In this episode, Mr. K. Ganesh, Director of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs at Bisleri International, joins host Hrishikesh Kannan to explain Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in simple terms. He walks us through how India built one of the world's most comprehensive plastic waste frameworks over the last ten years, how Bisleri became a plastic neutral company in 2021 by collecting more plastic than it uses, and why the biggest change still needed is behavioural, starting with segregating waste at home. An encouraging look at where India stands today and how each of us can be part of the solution.
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    22 mins
  • Beyond Bottled Water: How Bisleri is Building a Circular Economy in India

    Beyond Bottled Water: How Bisleri is Building a Circular Economy in India
    Sep 29 2025
    In this episode, Mr. K. Ganesh, Director - Sustainability & Corporate Affairs at Bisleri International, discusses how Bisleri is expanding its impact beyond bottled water, taking sustainable steps towards water conservation and plastic circularity into measurable sustainability initiatives. From replenishing nearly five times the water it consumes to collecting plastic caps and transforming them into benches, Bisleri is proving that bold, responsible action can coexist with business growth. Tune into this podcast to know more about how innovation, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to transparency are shaping Bisleri’s circular economy efforts. Also, get to know the insights on upcycling, renewable energy adoption, ESG reporting, and public engagement, highlighting how a company can lead by example in environmental stewardship.
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    22 mins
  • Journey of Luthra Group - Waste to Sustainable Business Model

    Journey of Luthra Group - Waste to Sustainable Business Model
    Sep 29 2025
    In this episode, Girish Ramesh Luthra, chairman of the Luthra Group, takes us through his decades-long journey, starting with a family textile business and evolving into a company that tackles everything from hazardous industrial waste to municipal solid waste. Luthra shares how a passion-driven team and a commitment to innovation allowed them to scale hazardous waste into fuel for cement companies and manage over 20,000 tons of municipal solid waste daily. This conversation goes beyond the numbers to explore the core challenges and opportunities in India's waste sector. Through innovation, technology, and passion-driven leadership, the country’s circular economy can be restructured. He shares his insights on scaling municipal waste systems, the role of policy and ethics, and how we can all view waste not as a problem, but as a valuable resource that can power a cleaner, more sustainable future for India.
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    35 mins