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Keerthana Wuppulur

Zetwerk | ex-ITC, Unilever | Harvard MBA, IIT Madras

Bengaluru

9+ years of work experience

Zetwerk
Apr 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Building Zetwerk's Energy Storage business from the ground up across India and the US. Open to partnerships and collaboration in this space - reach me at keerthana.w@zetwerk.com.
Zetwerk
Dec 20255 mosApr 2026

On-site

Chief of Staff to the CEO, Energy & Capital Goods. Building India’s manufacturing capacity across core industrial and energy value chains.
Next-Zero
Apr 20241 yr 9 mosDec 2025

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Selected for the Founders Forum under the Rock Accelerator track, one of 26 founders selected from 300+ applicants, to pursue climate-tech entrepreneurship through the Rock Summer Fellowship
Rock Zero
Aug 20255 mosDec 2025

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Guided the founding team on go-to-market strategy and created partner intelligence tools that improved engagement with mining industry leaders.
Unilever
Dec 20211 yr 7 mosJun 2023

Khamgaon, Maharashtra, India

Youngest manager to head the operations of world's largest manufacturing unit of Pears soap-bars. Developed business strategy to accelerate brand growth, as part of award-winning Supply Chain Leadership Forum.
ITC Limited
Aug 20201 yr 5 mosDec 2021

Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Member of start-up like founding team, incubated by leadership to design and set up first-of-its kind greenfield US FDA approved API Plant. Managed cross functional stakeholders from statutory affairs to R&D for process development & plant design.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Apr 20173 yrs 2 mosMay 2020

Established network to collect leftover soap from 15+ luxury hotels & distribute reprocessed liquid hand-wash to nine rural schools in Tamil Nadu impacting 1300+ underprivileged children.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Apr 20164 yrs 2 mosMay 2020

Mobilized collection of 40,000+ used PET bottles from 50+ restaurants in Chennai and constructed benches to promote reusing plastic in construction.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Apr 20171 yr 5 mosAug 2018

Elected Representative - Led team to win Inter-Hostel Sports Championship.

Education

Harvard Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Harvard Business School

20232 yrs2025
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Dual Degree : BTech in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary MTech in Data Sciences, Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

20155 yrs2020

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Headline

Zetwerk | ex-ITC, Unilever | Harvard MBA, IIT Madras

About

Passionate about addressing decarbonization challenges across hard-to-abate sectors. Committed to finding innovative solutions in industrial decarbonization, sustainable business practices, and community engagement.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Head, Energy Storage (BESS) at Zetwerk, Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Building Zetwerk's Energy Storage business from the ground up across India and the US. Open to partnerships and collaboration in this space - reach me at keerthana.w@zetwerk.com.

Chief of Staff at Zetwerk, Dec 2025 - Apr 2026 · 5 mos, On-site, Chief of Staff to the CEO, Energy & Capital Goods. Building India’s manufacturing capacity across core industrial and energy value chains.

Co-Founder at Next-Zero, Apr 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Selected for the Founders Forum under the Rock Accelerator track, one of 26 founders selected from 300+ applicants, to pursue climate-tech entrepreneurship through the Rock Summer Fellowship

Business Development Intern at Rock Zero, Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 · 5 mos, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Guided the founding team on go-to-market strategy and created partner intelligence tools that improved engagement with mining industry leaders.

Manufacturing Manager at Unilever, Dec 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos, Khamgaon, Maharashtra, India, Youngest manager to head the operations of world's largest manufacturing unit of Pears soap-bars. Developed business strategy to accelerate brand growth, as part of award-winning Supply Chain Leadership Forum.

Assistant Manager - Projects at ITC Limited, Aug 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Member of start-up like founding team, incubated by leadership to design and set up first-of-its kind greenfield US FDA approved API Plant. Managed cross functional stakeholders from statutory affairs to R&D for process development & plant design.

Co-Founder, Bubbles at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Apr 2017 - May 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Established network to collect leftover soap from 15+ luxury hotels & distribute reprocessed liquid hand-wash to nine rural schools in Tamil Nadu impacting 1300+ underprivileged children.

Co-founder, SYNK at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Apr 2016 - May 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Mobilized collection of 40,000+ used PET bottles from 50+ restaurants in Chennai and constructed benches to promote reusing plastic in construction.

Sports Secretary, Sharavati Hostel at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Apr 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, Elected Representative - Led team to win Inter-Hostel Sports Championship.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Harvard Business School

Dual Degree : BTech in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary MTech in Data Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras