Lekhya is a young climate enthusiast interesting in scaling nascent climate technologies through strategic partnerships, deep community involvement and policy advocacy. Her climate inspiration comes from her upbringing in Hyderabad, India and in mobilizing capital and resources to help emerging market "leapfrog" their electrification development with low carbon technologies. She has experience in renewable energy project financing through NY Green Bank, she led a 300+ sustainability focused student club in college and now manages Business Development efforts at SolMicrogrid, a startup making essential businesses energy resilient during outages.