Mumbai's P/North Ward is a climate paradox. On a map, it looks green, boasting significant cover from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to the east and vital mangroves to the west. Yet, the reality on the ground for its nearly one million residents is one of scorching heat. The surfaces people walk and live on have heated dramatically, with land surface temperatures soaring by over 5°C in much of this ward between 2015 and 2024. The reason is a familiar story of urban expansion: rapid, unplanned growth has replaced cooling ecosystems with a dense fabric of concrete, tin, and asphalt,…
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Karan Bhanushali is a program manager at GPS Renewables. He has completed undergrad and post-grad in biotechnology from IIT Madras, followed by entrepreneurial stints in EV and diverse experience along the roles of strategy (at IQVIA), management and r&d (at Absolute).
His expertise is bridging the gap between biotech research to business and market via strategy and management skills oriented towards climate tech applications.