Tejas brings a unique perspective to climate tech design, having spent years driving business growth for OYO across three countries and training over 1,700 people throughout India before co-founding What if Design. His operational experience taught him that the best creative work isn't just beautiful—it must drive measurable business outcomes like pilot sign-ups, investor conversations, and partnership deals. At IIT Kharagpur, Tejas and Akhila would spend evenings collaborating on freelance design projects, developing the partnership that would eventually become What if Design. After witnessing how inadequate marketing materials were holding back promising climate ventures, Tejas pivoted the company's focus toward environmental solutions in 2022. He's obsessed with designing resources that help sustainability teams move faster—believing that every week a carbon capture startup spends wrestling with PowerPoint is a week not spent removing CO2 from the atmosphere. His background in training and enablement shapes What if Design's template-first philosophy: create reusable, scalable resources that empower climate teams to execute independently.