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Hyderabad, Telangana, India – Business Wire India For the first time in the world, an Indian has been recognised by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) as a Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for Water Stewardship from India.
The United Nations Global Compact had announced 10 new SDG Pioneers -- business leaders who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the implementation of the UN Global Compact Ten Principles on human rights, environment, labor and anti-corruption.
The global search focused on professionals working at any level in a company participating in the UN Global Compact with the winners selected coming from every continent.
Their work spans various areas from climate mitigation and adaptation to circular economy and digital transformation.
Ramkrishna Mukkavilli, the Founder and Managing Director of Maithri Aquatech, a Make-In-India company, was previously selected as India’s SDG Pioneer by the UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI) earlier this year, for his work in building water security with nature-based water solutions across India and 27 countries spanning South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Following this, he was recognized as one of the 10 new SDG Pioneers for 2022.
The company’s unique solution – MEGHDOOT, is based on an alternative water concept known as Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) that taps into a vast, renewable water resource – AIR, which contains six times as much freshwater as all the rivers on the planet combined.
With global fresh water scarcity becoming a heated subjected, there is a need for alternative and disruptive solutions such as MEGHDOOT to rapidly secure water access to consumers.
The proven technology already meets the requirements of domestic consumers in water-scarce locations, top Fortune 500 companies, large Public-sector companies, hospitals, schools, under served communities and many others.
To date, MaithriAquatech has generated over 100 million litres of fresh water from air, and saved an estimated 200 million litres of crucial groundwater resources from exploitation.
“I am extremely humbled to have been recognised by the United Nations Global Compact.