Post by British High Commission in India

Janarthanan Venkatachalam, a Chevening scholar at Imperial College London, is developing sustainable solutions for climate resilience. He chose to study in the UK because it offered a unique environment where engineering, entrepreneurship, investment, and climate policy came together to accelerate innovation. “For someone interested not only in inventing technologies but also in scaling them for impact, it was the ideal environment to learn and grow,” he says.     He is currently developing a bio-based passive cooling material that can be installed on existing roofs to reduce heat transfer into buildings. Looking forward, Janarthanan hopes to bring these solutions back to India, where rising temperatures are driving urgent demand for sustainable cooling solutions.