S4E157: Rajan Mehta: Clean Tech, Climate Leadership & Why Women Must Lead
Rajan Mehta, tech entrepreneur turned climate changemaker, founder of Climate Action Labs and Climate Ventures Partner and author of Backstage Climate, joins Sangeeta Relan on The AboutHer Show. They talk clean tech in India, why women's leadership is non-negotiable in the climate fight, and the one policy he'd change with sixty seconds and the Prime Minister's ear.
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Chapters:
(0:00) 🎙️ Welcome to the Show — Setting the stage with Rajan Mehta, tech entrepreneur turned climate crusader.
(2:09) 💼 Thirty Years in Tech — Rajan's journey from Motorola and Nortel to building his own companies.
(3:29) 🌍 Why Climate Needs Women at the Table — Why the fight for the planet is incomplete without women leading.
(7:13) 💰 All the Money, One Bet — Rajan's high-stakes pick for India's climate future.
(8:49) 📖 Inside Backstage Climate — What his book reveals about the science and politics of the crisis.
(11:16)👩🔬 Lessons from Women-Led Clean Tech — The founders who taught Rajan lessons no boardroom could.
(14:08) 🧩 Fixing Broken Systems at Climate Action Labs — Rajan on repairing what's quietly broken.
(19:07) ❌ The Climate Myth Everyone Gets Wrong — Busting a "fact" that even smart people still believe.
(21:20 )🎓 A Year at Harvard — How the Advanced Leadership Fellowship reshaped his thinking.
(24:07) 🌱 Advice for the Next Generation — What Rajan would tell a young woman ready to act.
(28:52) 📚 A First Look at The Price of Progress — A preview of Rajan's upcoming book.
(31:05) 🏛️ Sixty Seconds with the PM — The one policy Rajan would change overnight.
(31:41) ⚡ What India's Clean Tech Transition Needs — What the world still gets wrong about it.
(34:47) 🎯 The Reveal — Rapid fire, first instincts, no filters.
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