Shitij is an MBA Candidate at Yale School of Management and a Summer Venture Fellow at the Planetary Solutions Impact Accelerator. A CFA charterholder with a background in economics from IIT Kanpur, he brings five years of experience at the intersection of climate technology, agricultural innovation, and financial markets. At ASQI, he led farmer onboarding and tokenization initiatives, working across carbon credit standards including Gold Standard and Verra, satellite-based monitoring, and aquaculture certification frameworks. He is passionate about translating early-stage environmental research into commercially viable and scalable solutions.