Career Catalysts
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Career Catalysts
Bengaluru
How I Transitioned Into Climate Work Without a Traditional Sustainability Background
Looking back, I do not think my journey into climate work began with one defining moment. Instead, it was shaped by a series of experiences that stayed with me over the years, long before I understood what a “climate career” even meant. Some of my earliest memories of engaging with environmental themes come from school. […]
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Bangalore
How a Tree, a Documentary and a Climate Fellowship Changed My Life
“What if we all changed?” I asked. “What if we all evolved?” The light replied. I remember how it felt to be humbled by a tree. Roots grounded so firmly. Branches asserting themselves in the sky with every cloud they stretched towards. Leaves, hardly on leave, working hard to provide for this assertive and yet […]
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Bangalore
The Climate Sectors Hiring Right Now
Climate work is no longer a separate sector – it is becoming a layer added to nearly every industry. India’s climate economy is no longer confined to solar startups or sustainability consulting firms. It is spreading across manufacturing, logistics, construction, finance, software, agriculture, mobility, materials, insurance, retail, and industrial supply chains. Companies that would never […]
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Bangalore
How to Transition Into Climate Without Quitting Your Job
Increasingly, every job is becoming, at least partly, a climate job. That is why the most successful climate career transitions are rarely dramatic. Many professionals do not begin by quitting their jobs or reinventing themselves entirely. They begin by recognising how climate is already reshaping the work they do, and preparing for the requirements and […]
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Bangalore
The Climate Career Map No One Shows You
The biggest myth about climate careers is that you need to start over. That entering climate work means abandoning years of professional experience, going back to university, or transforming yourself into a policy expert, environmental scientist or renewable energy engineer. In reality, most professionals already possess many of the skills climate-focused organisations need. The challenge […]
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Bangalore
Clarity Came from Action: My Path into Climate Work
I work as Director of Product at GIST Impact, a sustainability data and analytics firm. My role sits at the intersection of regulation, climate risk and data, building solutions that help organisations turn complex sustainability information into insights people can actually use to make decisions. I wasn’t always in this space. I still consider myself […]
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Bangalore
Finding the Stories That Matter
I never knew a sector like this existed. Growing up in Bombay, surrounded by friends headed into business and corporate jobs, I studied commerce, then law, and was on track to become a financial lawyer. But during an internship, I worked on a case that stopped me cold: pesticide poisoning in Yavatmal in eastern Maharashtra. […]
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Finding the Stories That Matter
I never knew a sector like this existed. Growing up in Bombay, surrounded by friends headed into business and corporate jobs, I studied commerce, then law, and was on track to become a financial lawyer. But during an internship, I worked on a case that stopped me cold: pesticide poisoning in Yavatmal in eastern Maharashtra. […]
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