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    • Lakshmi Raghupathy

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    Lakshmi Raghupathy served as the director of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for 20 years. Her academic activities include teaching research, presentation, and communication of papers based on academics and policy. She has worked as adviser and consultant with international and national organisations and industry associations. She is also a resource person on various projects and part of the editorial board for national and international journals.


    Areas of expertise

    Environment, Sustainable Development, Waste Management, Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy


    Currently working at

    TERI SAS, Delhi, Visiting Faculty


    Articles by Lakshmi Raghupathy

    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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