Rajiv Joshi is an activist, economist, and business leader serving as President & Executive Director of Project Regeneration. He helped to establish Columbia University’s Climate School as the inaugural Associate Dean for Climate Action and continues part-time as a Professor at Columbia’s School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA), where he teaches Climate Technology & Regenerative Entrepreneurship. He helped to start and run The B Team, serving as its Managing Director, spearheading a not-for-profit initiative formed by Richard Branson and a group of the world’s most influential CEOs to redefine the role of business in society.
He founded a platform for radical collaboration called Bridging Ventures and served as a Founding Board Member of the We Mean Business coalition mobilizing companies to drive bold climate action. Prof. Joshi also served as Special Advisor to former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres, where he was a Lead Author of the Decisive Decade Inquiry into the Future of Climate Action. Rajiv is a Visiting Fellow of the Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship and has also been an Executive-in-Residence at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. He previously directed the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, founded by Nelson Mandela, was a Trustee of Oxfam and CIVICUS, and was elected for two terms as Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament. He lives in New York with his son Avi and his wife Shalini.
