Founder

Harshil Patel

Harshil Patel is the founder of SegReClaim, an Ahmedabad-based cleantech startup building automated edge-AI systems for sorting waste at the point of disposal. Before starting SegReClaim, he was pursuing a B.Tech in Computer Engineering.

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Cleantech

How an Ahmedabad Student Built an AI Waste Sorting Startup

Two engineering students used a ₹70,000 grant to prove that India’s recycling crisis can be solved instantly at the trash bin, rather than the landfill. Now, they are discovering that navigating municipal bureaucracy is much harder than building edge-AI hardware.

8 Sept 2026 · 6 min