Reeti Sethi

Reeti Sethi is an industrial engineering graduate from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, where she co-authored a peer-reviewed publication on triple bottom line assessment in manufacturing. Reeti’s professional journey spans consulting, research, and industry. She began her career at Log9 Materials, a clean mobility and energy storage startup in India, where she co-developed two patents for Li-ion battery performance models, led a $1.25M automation project. She also worked as a logistics planning analyst at Caterpillar India and contributed to sustainability research at the Indian Institute of Science and the Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development, where she analyzed renewable-powered business models for rural industries. During her summer at yale, Reeti expanded her scope internationally, publishing on EU digital product passports with Circle Economy Consulting in Amsterdam and benchmarking global eco-industrial hubs for GreenLab in Denmark to strengthen public-private partnerships for circular economy parks.

She is now pursuing her Master of Environmental Management at the Yale School of the Environment, specializing in Business & Environment and Industrial Decarbonization & Circular Economy as a Three Cairns Climate Scholar for the Global South. At Yale, she co-led the industrial ecology & green chemistry learning community, co-organized the inaugural Business & Environment Conference.

Reeti plans to continue advancing industrial ecology and circular economy transitions in Europe and Asia, building frameworks that integrate circularity into business models while supporting systemic decarbonization.