Dr. Rachna Arora

Dr. Rachna Arora

Team Leader │ European Union – Resource Efficiency Initiative (EU – REI), India

Team Leader Circular Economy Solutions to Prevent Marine Litter (CES

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dr. Rachna Arora is working as a Team Leader in the EU-Resource Efficiency project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and as a Team Leader on the GIZ Circular Economy solutions preventing Marine litter project. She has been working with GIZ since last 15 years under the bilateral projects, projects of the European Commission and the partnership projects with the private sector with relevant Ministries and government departments towards policy formulation and its implementation. She is a TEDx speaker on Circular Economy. She was a member of the Inter-departmental committee set up by Niti Aayog (Policy think tank, GoI) on Resource Efficiency strategy and Niti Aayog’s Committee set up by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MeiTY), GoI on Circular Economy Action plan on e-

waste, MNRE’s Committee on Solar Panel Recycling and Ministry of Steel committee on Scrap recycling. She is also a working group member of the FICCI Circular Economy Committee to support industry research and dialogues on Circular Economy.