Padmakshi Rana

Padmakshi is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Impact Hub Kathmandu. She helps startups and MSMEs thrive in the field of sustainable and resilient business innovation. With her expertise in purpose driven business models, systems innovation and corporate social responsibility (CSR), she has spent her career at the intersection of business impact and innovation. 

Padmakshi co-founded a sustainability-led innovation consultancy -The Inceptery while based in Singapore. During her time in England, she was a Research Associate at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

She holds an MPhil in Environment, Society and Development and a PhD in Manufacturing Management from the University of Cambridge. Her preceding educational qualification includes an MBA, followed by a marketing career in ecotourism.