Dr. Shilpi Kapur Vice President at Environmental Management Centre Pvt. Ltd and Ekonnect. She is supporting SEED India Hub as national advisor since April 2023.

Dr. Shilpi is a trained economist and has over 13 years of experience in the field of environment and natural resource management. Her work has spanned across many sectors including automobiles, plastics, solar PV, tourism, e-waste and wastewater with a focus on policy issues in context of resource efficiency and circular economy. One of her key areas of interest is business models for circular economy.  Shilpi has worked on multiple projects and research assignments for bilateral and multilateral organizations, industry and different Ministries and States in the Government of India on a wide range of issues include resource efficiency and circular economy. She has coordinated and managed large, multi-team, long duration projects funded by international organizations such as Department for International Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway.

Shilpi is a certified SEED business development services (BDS)+ Advisor for eco-inclusive enterprises. Shilpi holds a PhD Economics from Washington University in St Louis, USA and before that Masters and Bachelors in Economics from Delhi University. Prior to joining EMC, Shilpi was working as a Senior Fellow in TERI.