PROBLEM STATEMENTS

1. UN SDG 11

Improved public transport access: The proportion of the population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities.
Better urban planning management: The proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically.
Improved solid waste management in cities: The proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities has to be increased.
Reduced annual average PM2.5 and PM10 levels: Aims to reduce the fine dust particles floating in the air we breathe.
Increased safe spaces in the city, safe from physical or sexual harassment: The proportion of persons victim of physical or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability, status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months.

2. UN SDG 12

Reduced material footprint: Material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP.
Reduced domestic material consumption: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP.
Reduced global food loss: The total losses of ag. commodities from the production to the retail level.
Improved recycling rates: Substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Improved understanding of sustainable lifestyles: The extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment.

MASTERCLASSES BY GLOBAL EXPERTS

ARVIND LODAYA

ON SYSTEMS THINKING

LEE CROCKFORD

ON PRESENTATION BEST PRACTICES

PROBAL BANERJEE & SUDEBI THAKURATA

ON PROBLEMS WORTH SOLVING

MARIUS AEBERLI

ON SOLUTIONING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

DHRUV SAIDAVA

ON RAPID PROTOTYPING

GREGORY PEPPER

ON BEING IMPACTFUL & PROFITABLE

A SPECIAL PANEL:

DISHANT ZAVERI & HIMANSHI SINGH

INDIA SUSTAINABILITY STARTATHON 2023 MENTORS

ABENA GINDRE

Sustainability Advocate Harvard University

ABDUL GAFOOR FAZAL

Fintech Professional University of London

AISHWARYA PATIL

Maharashtra Youth Awardee 2014
Maharashtra Institute of Technology

AKSHAY PATEL

Pharmaceutical Entrepreneur
The University of Manchester

ASHCHARYA PRABHU

Entrepreneur. Global Shaper
Jyothi Nivas College

ASHUTOSH ANANTH

Entrepreneur. Sustainability Advocate
IIM, Bangaloree

BHANU POTTA

CXO - Tech4Good, SDGTech
Harvard Business School

BHARAT KOKATE

Product Architect. Hackathon Mentor
IIT, Delhi

TAWHID KHAN

Sustainable Architecture
Sikkim Manipal University

JAIME GARCIA

Impact Entrepreneur
Imperial College London

JOHANNA WAGNER

Sustainability Education
ESSEC Business School

KAEDE NAGASHIMA

Rakuten India
Salzburg Global Fellow

MANIK DHINGRA

Entrepreneur - Environmental Solutions
Tata Institute of Social Sciences

MOHANRAJ RAMASAMY

EV Tech Entreprenuer, Ex-TESLA
University of San Franscisco

NITYA S.

Gender and PoSH@W Trainer
Jawaharlal Nehru University

PALASH HASE

Social Entrepreneur
MIT College of Engineering

PURUSHOTTAM BHAIGADE

Tech Entrepreneur
Savitribai Phule Pune University

SAMIR SATHE

Education Entrepreneur
INSEAD, Harvard Business School

SAURABH SINGH

Innovation Mentor
IIT, Delhi

SHWETABH VERMA

Strategic Design & Innovation
BITS, Pilani

SHRUTI AGGARWAL

Fintech Professional
Columbia University

YEDUKRISHNAN P

Strategy Profesional
IIT, Bombay

TARUN MASAPETA

Social Entrepreneur
Thunderbird School of Global Management

VIJAYDEV RAMDEV

Sustainability Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services

20 July 2023	Launch Date
25 July - 15 August 2023	Registration Period
28 July - 20 August 2023	Orientation Workshops
5 August - 2 September 2023	Bootcamps
4 September 2023	Announcement of Top 25 Teams
11-22 September 2023	Mentoring/Masterclass
23 September 2023	Country Round: Grand Finale
25 September 2023	India Sustainability Startathon 2023 Winner Announcements and Award Ceremony
29 October - 3 November 2023	Summit: Grand Finals in Singapore
For more information on the startathon stages, click here

SustainabilityStartathon:India Round

ProgramME Timeline

PROBLEM STATEMENTS

1. UN SDG 11

2. UN SDG 12

MASTERCLASSES BY GLOBAL EXPERTS

INDIA SUSTAINABILITY STARTATHON 2023 MENTORS

Startathon Rules and Regulations