About the Rainmatter Foundation, its goals, and the people behind it.
Rainmatter Foundation is an initiative by the people behind Zerodha.
We realise that climate change is the biggest existential threat to life as we know it,
and we have committed to using the resources available to us to enable, and to attempt
to replicate at scale, the potential solutions that may help address at least some of
these threats, and aid in the restoration of our natural ecosystems.
We are a non-profit that aims to support grassroots individuals and organisations
engaged in solving these problems, as well as startups working on entrepreneurship
that helps scale ideas around in the space. Our focus is in the directions of afforestation,
ecological restoration, fostering distributed and federated green economies and livelihoods.
If you are experienced or passionate about this space and would like to work with us, write to us.
Sameer heads the Rainmatter foundation developing projects, and building funding and investments programs, among many other things. He left his long career in the tech industry a decade ago and partly moved to Coorg to experiment with sustainable farming, farm collectives, and his personal passion, rejuvenating soil and forests. He runs Linger as a hobby, and shares his thoughts regularly on his blog
Dinesh handles research and review of projects, organisations, and opportunities. He hails from an agricultural family, and his drive to work for the environment emanates from his family roots and his younger days growing up in rural India. He is passionate about safeguarding livelihood most at risk due to human activities in communities around us.
Divya looks after administrative affairs and communication with organisations at Rainmatter. She believes in sustainability and aims to live her life in the same path. She is a part of the Zerodha CSR team as well.
Santhosh is a project coordinator for Rainmatter foundation. He works with stakeholders that enable sustainable livelihoods which in turn promote healthy natural systems. He enjoys doing small projects that give creative room for artists and techies to engage with communities in varied ecosystems in a collective fashion. He also pilots some of these projects on a personal enterprise mode.
Marisha grew up in a metropolis, and worked as a journalist for the better part of her life. She enjoys long walks, old trees and the sound of bird call. She struggles but tries to live in sync with nature. Her role at Rainmatter Foundation is to be a resident listener. She believes that a large part of her role will be to listen - not just to the people and entities Rainmatter would be interacting/working with, but also listening to the message that the planet has been sending - which is that we need to be sustainable and not extractive.
Akshay is a Tech Fellow for Rainmatter. His mandate is to get computers out of the way for organisations and individuals to let them do what they do best, ecological restoration. He did not study Chemical Engineering at college and instead spent time at his professor's organic farm learning about sustainable living. He's passionate about data ownership, open source and alternate education.
Ganeshram is a Research Fellow at Rainmatter Foundation focused on Ecological Wealth. With a strong belief in deep - ecology, his work involves creating products and experiences that connect back to Nature. He is a Naturalist and loves facilitating People - Plant Interactions, when he is not playing percussion instruments.
Nithin helps connect the dots at Rainmatter - funding, connections, and getting the right people together. He dreams of seeing a better distribution of wealth and a much greener planet. He loves cycling, trekking, and swimming in nature.
Kailash builds technology at Rainmatter, and works on equipping organisations working on climate change with technology. He despairs at human callousness and advocates for individual action including moderate living and consumption.
Shoaib handles fund and project administration and liaising with organisations that Rainmatter supports. He manages and administers social projects and causes as a part of the Zerodha CSR team as well.
Som has a background in law, and is enthusiastic about all things around startups & markets. He helps with legal matters at Rainmatter including reviewing and research of organisations, opportunities.
