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

  The Compost Kitchen

  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 BI

  Tongaat Hulett Developments

  2017-05-01  - 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-contractors 

  WSP

  2015-02-01  - 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