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    • Amaraja Kulkarni

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    Amaraja Kulkarni leads the environment and sustainable development division at Policy Advocacy Research Centre. She is a sustainability and policy researcher with 14 years of life sciences industry experience. Amaraja has co-authored global SDG guidebooks and developed policy toolkits. She works on bridging grassroots realities with systemic reforms for circular economy transitions.


    Areas of expertise

    Circular Economy and Sustainability


    Currently working at

    Vivek PARC Foundation (VPF), Head, Environment and Sustainable Development Division


    Articles by Amaraja Kulkarni

    An elderly woman wearing a sari bends down to collect waste from the ground, holding a plastic bag beside a white bucket. She is surrounded by scattered garbage in an outdoor area with sparse trees in the background--waste management
    Environment
    January 28, 2026
    The case for counting rural plastic waste
    Rural India generates millions of tonnes of unmeasured plastic waste. Integrating village-level data through existing platforms can help build a truly inclusive circular economy.
    by Amaraja Kulkarni, Lakshmi Raghupathy | 6 min read
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