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title: "Keerthana Wuppulur - Head, Energy Storage (BESS) in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Keerthana Wuppulur on Tal

## 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

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