Usama founded Pakistan’s first-ever water-technology startup PakVitae and its Singaporean affiliate EveryWater. He is an engineer and an entrepreneur pursuing innovations in water technology to make drinking water systems/supplies safer and more resilient. Being passionate about water scarcity and sustainability problems in the developing world, Usama has worked on multiple research projects to explore applications of water purification technologies for low-income settings. He is passionately working towards democratising the benefits of modern technology with affordable and consumer-friendly products/interventions for the people living at the bottom of the pyramid.