Siddhant Malhotra is a Program Manager with the Food, Land and Water team at WRI India. He works on implementing projects that divert food waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Before joining WRI India, Siddhant worked with national and state governments, bilateral donors, financial institutions and private sector organisations on solid waste management, circular economy and climate finance. At GIZ India, he served as Climate Change and Circular Economy Advisor, working on EU- and Mitigation Action Facility-funded projects. He supported the establishment and operationalisation of a Risk Sharing Facility with SIDBI to help waste and circular economy enterprises access commercial finance. He also co-authored the national advisory on compressed biogas plants based on municipal solid waste with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Earlier, at Ernst & Young, he advised state governments on structuring public-private partnership projects in waste management.

Siddhant holds an MBA in Marketing and Operations and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Gautam Buddha University.

Outside work, Siddhant enjoys travelling, photography and good conversations over coffee.