Arvind is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of MiniMines Cleantech Solutions, a Bengaluru-based company that recovers critical minerals and rare earth elements. Addressing the critical challenge of lithium-ion battery waste management, their focus is on providing sustainable solutions for their end-of-life.

He leads the production, scale-up, projects and R&D of MiniMines’ own Hybrid Hydrometallurgy™ (HHM) process, which recycles lithium-ion batteries into high-purity battery materials. Under his technical leadership, MiniMines is moving into rare earth elements: a patented process that recovers them from permanent magnet waste and from monazite concentrates, now going to pilot scale.

Arvind’s aim is to build a circular, self-reliant supply chain for the EV, energy, and defence sectors.