Prachi Shevgaonkar is a Climate Innovator and the founder of Cool The Globe: An app for climate action with users from 150+ countries. She has been awarded by the finance minister of India as the ‘Young Changemaker of the Year (2022).'

Prachi serves as the Climate Change Advisor to Tata Power and all its subsidiaries. She won a deal on Shark Tank India season 3 and was also selected in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia - Class of 2024. She has been featured by Google in a TV campaign inspired by her journey of building Cool The Globe App.

She is the youngest and the first Indian to be appointed on the advisory board of ClimateLeadership Coalition, along with the former Prime Minister of Finland. Prachi represented India at COP27 where she received ‘COP27 Scholar Award’ from the Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav. She is also a founding member of the Global Youth Council with the former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Laureate Juan Manuel Santos, formed to address existential threats to the global community.

Prachi's campaigns for climate action have reached over 25 Million citizens. Till date, citizens from 150 countries have come together on Cool The Globe App and saved 6 Million kg Greenhouse Gas Emissions, by making simple lifestyle changes for the environment.

Prachi spent a year traveling across India, covering stories of youth, farmers, and waste-picker communities, to understand the impact of climate change in day-to-day lives of people. She has been mobilizing citizens to tackle climate change through technology, advocacy and grass-root action. She firmly believes that when ordinary citizens come together, miracles can happen.