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About Us

At iRaise Green Planet, we create sustainable climate solutions to secure our planet’s future.
By combining innovation, technology, and human ingenuity, we design accessible, scalable interventions to monitor and mitigate climate change

Our Team

DSL Prasad
Co-Founder & Chairman

Prasad, former Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation brings over 40+ years of experience in the oil & gas industry. He is a specialist in technology and leads our innovation and technology initiatives. Prasad is an alumnus of College of Engineering Guindy (Chennai) and IIT Delhi.

Venu Puthussery
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Venu is a fellow of the ICAI and a specialist in Business Strategy, Corporate Finance and Business Transformation. Passionate about solutions to address climate change impact, he is responsible for business transformation and growth

Pradeep Kakkattil
Co-Founder & Director

Pradeep is a successful entrepreneur with extensive climate change experience at a global level. He co-founded Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx) in Geneva, connecting leaders with healthcare innovators and investors. He also co-founded Women in Innovation Fund (WiNFUND), supporting female health entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia, and built the UN’s largest HIV Technical Support Facility (TSF).

Anant Kumar
Chief Technology Officer

Anant holds an MTech from IIT Madras and has extensive experience in biofuel and CBG production, carbon assessment and GHG reduction strategies.

Anant is an alumni of IIT Madras and leads Project Planning & Implementation

Asha Gopinath
Director – Sales & Marketing

Asha has over 25+ years' experience working for organizations with a global presence. She has managed the design, development and implementation of sales & marketing initiatives for technology & services business. At iRAISE, Asha leads the business growth initiatives including customer relationships & partnerships with climate change innovators

Anantha Laxmi
Director - Finance & Administration

A Fellow of ICAI with experience in financial planning & controlling, compliance, risk management and stakeholder management. Passionate about climate solutions, she brings a detail-oriented approach to financial strategy and sustainability-driven initiatives.