Kartik drives implementation of the Responsible Sourcing Initiative, a multi-year program which focuses on addressing human rights challenges in recycling value chains and advancing responsibly sourced recycled materials.

Kartik brings six years of experience working across sanitation, waste management, and circular economy programs in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Kartik’s work has focused on driving systemic change in water and sanitation by linking innovation, policy, and on-the-ground delivery. Through the FINISH Mondial program with WASTE, he supported multi-country innovation pilots, technical assessments, and partner coordination – helping turn promising ideas into scalable, resilient solutions. At CDD India, he advanced decentralized wastewater and fecal sludge management by designing and implementing context-specific systems that were replicated in urban and rural settings across South Asia. Beyond infrastructure, he trained and sensitized over 5,000 stakeholders – including government officials, civil contractors, masons, and sanitation workers – and helped embed non-sewered sanitation into mainstream planning and practice.

Kartik holds a Master of Science in Water Management and Governance from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, India.