Bio

Saloni is Sr. Director ESG Value Creation & Commercialization at INSWA OU.

She has a vast breadth of experience in policy, large-scale project management, and consultancy in Sustainability, Climate Change, ESG, Circular Economy and Sanitation. In various capacities she has served in the government (NITI Aayog, Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change, and the Government of Uttar Pradesh), in multilateral agencies (UNDP and UNEP), and in the private sector. She holds a double masters from the London School of Economics & Political Science, and IIT Delhi.

Amongst her strengths, she considers the top three are an outcome-focussed approach, ability to lead a wide spectrum of stakeholders, and commitment to details without losing sight of the larger picture. She brings with her a wide cross-agency network that she has nurtured in the course of her diverse career.

She led development of the Indian Government’s strategy for COP 26 to emerge as the global climate leader, voice of the global south, while simultaneously safeguarding national interest. This included India’s declaration of 2070 as the Net-Zero target year, and Mission LiFE.

She conceptualised and successfully executed the ground-breaking “Clean Kumbh” in 2019, which registered a Guinness Record. The 2019 Kumbh has been declared as the cleanest ever Indian city, and appreciated by Prime Minister Modi at multiple fora. Her work is taught as a case study in public management at LSE. This work won her the IIT Delhi Alumni of the Year Award.

She also pioneered a smart biomedical waste management system that has been adopted for state-wide implementation across 1200 public hospitals in Uttar Pradesh. She was awarded the Kalam Award for Innovation in Governance (KIGA), and the Times Group Digital India Award for this work.