Co-founder

Rikin Parekh

Rikin Parekh is the co-founder of SegReClaim, an Ahmedabad-based cleantech startup working on automated waste sorting at the point of disposal.

Photograph: SegReClaim

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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