Himkaar Singh, Waste-to-Compost Entrepreneur | Engineer
About
I was trained as a Civil Engineer at the University of the Witwatersrand. While working in large corporates in Johannesburg and Durban, I gained insight into the broader infrastructure needs of the country – one of the main ones being Water Management. I left South Africa during the recent water crises - not to avoid the problem, but to find the solution. I lived in Germany, Vietnam and Jordan for 5 months each to experience different extremes of water management... I found what is one fundamental solution that we are slow to implement. So I have come back to South Africa to start a business with a model to improve our soil's ability to hold water, with a larger vision of food security through organic farming. I hope to inspire new thinking for African businesses during this journey.
Information
- Email: himkaar@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.compostkitchen.com/
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/himkaar-singh/
Industry experience
Education: Masters
Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant
Years of experience: 5 to 10 years
Work experience
Founder
2019-04-01 - Present
Seconded Engineer
Advance and update a holistic development planning model, which forecasts socio-economic benefits, as well as project feasibility.
Additionally, I developed a state-of- the-art business analytics and management dashboard for THD using Microsoft Power BI2017-05-01 - 2017-09-30
Graduate Civil Engineer
Flood peak analysis
Road drainage design
Geometric and drainage design
Road visual inspections
Road material lab results analysis
Sewer design
Water pipeline design
Silt trap design
Procuring sub-contractors2015-02-01 - 2017-04-30
Taxonomy
- Engineering Company
- Organic Farming
- Innovation
- Water and Environment
- Development and Cooperation
- Business Management Software
- Business Analysis
- Creativity, Innovation, Business Modelling
- Construction
- Data Processing
- Geographical Information System
- Stormwater Runoff
- Sanitation & Waste Management
- Composting