Worried over rising pollution, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma ready to invest in startups on clean air solutions
Advertisement
One of India's leading entrepreneurs Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar seems too worried about India’s pollution levels. He recently said the polluted sky around Diwali gave him a horrible sense of deja vu.
Sharma tweeted - "Five years ago when I was in Beijing, I couldn't see a stadium 500-700 metres away. I told my friend it was horrid, but today morning the same thing happened with me in Delhi's Chankayapuri.”
“It was depressing driving in Delhi,” he said.
He was seen batting for entrepreneurs looking for clean air solutions. "I will invest in startups and am going to solely focus on these kinds of companies and not just for commercial gains," said Mr Sharma, who has invested in several companies, the recent being ‘Unacademy’.
He cautioned that the speed and pace at which pollution in India is growing will be dangerous for future generations.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Sharma tweeted - "Five years ago when I was in Beijing, I couldn't see a stadium 500-700 metres away. I told my friend it was horrid, but today morning the same thing happened with me in Delhi's Chankayapuri.”
“It was depressing driving in Delhi,” he said.
He was seen batting for entrepreneurs looking for clean air solutions. "I will invest in startups and am going to solely focus on these kinds of companies and not just for commercial gains," said Mr Sharma, who has invested in several companies, the recent being ‘Unacademy’.
He cautioned that the speed and pace at which pollution in India is growing will be dangerous for future generations.
Advertisement
- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- Saudi Arabia wants China to help fund its struggling $500 billion Neom megaproject. Investors may not be too excited.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- Hyundai plans to scale up production capacity, introduce more EVs in India
- FSSAI in process of collecting pan-India samples of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals: CEO
- Narcissistic top management leads to poor employee retention, shows research
- Audi to hike vehicle prices by up to 2% from June
- Kotak Mahindra Bank shares tank 13%; mcap erodes by ₹37,721 crore post RBI action