Kalpana Ramesh is an interior designer and trained architect. She has led water conservation initiatives like Save 10K bores, Live the Lakes, and Blue Hyderabad. She is the co-founder of the social enterprise ‘The Rainwater Project’, a core member of the Society for Advancement of Human Endeavours (SAHE), and a member of the Hyderabad Design Forum (HDF), which is documenting the forgotten stepwells of Telangana. She has restored the Kudikunta lake at Kondapur, the stepwell at Gachibowli, the 17th century historical stepwell at Bansilalpet, and Baaram Baavi at Narayanpet. She was among the seven women achievers who took over PM Modi’s social media accounts on Women’s Day in March 2020.

Speaker @ HLF 2023