Devesh is an entrepreneur, engineer, and the CEO of Pani Energy – an award-winning water focused technology company based in Victoria that provides advanced digital solutions to optimize water treatment facilities, making fresh water more affordable and sustainable to produce. Committed to taking action to address climate change by accelerating humanity’s transition to sustainable water, Devesh founded Pani in 2017 out of university research, and has led Pani’s growth from the lab, to bootstrapping in a garage, to a multi-million-dollar company with over $10M raised to accelerate development and deployments.  Awards and recognition for Pani’s technology and Devesh’s leadership include Top 5 Most Disruptive Water Technology by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in Paris; Top 50 Leader in Water Management Globally by World Water Congress; Imagine H₂O Emerging Water Tech Deployment Award in Singapore; Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact, and most recently, Global Cleantech 100 list for 2022.