Arpit Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO7 years of experience in arsenic-removal technology, heavy-metal mitigation, molecular magnetism, computational chemistry, magnetic physics, product translation, and applied clean-water innovation.
Team & collaborators
The people translating clean-water research into field systems.
A compact view of the people and partners behind Navmarg’s clean-water research, engineering, deployment, and field intelligence work.
4Founding team members
6Mentors and professional advisors
2Active interns / project assistants
8Past interns across design, data, HR, accounts, analytics and software
Founding team
Founders
The founding team combines clean-water invention, product engineering, geoscience, venture execution, analytics, and deployment strategy.
Abhijeet Kumar
Co-Founder & CTO6 years of experience in product design, embedded systems engineering, PCB design, firmware development, CAD/3D modelling, simulation, mechanical prototyping, software systems, and applied water-technology solutions.
Shambhavi Sinha
Co-Founder4 years of experience in water-technology venture building, business development, startup growth & strategic execution, ML analytics, and AI-based geospatial water intelligence platform development.
Akshat Adarsh
Co-Founder7 years of experience in water science, groundwater studies, geosciences, environmental assessment, regulatory affairs, socio-economic analysis, and hydrogeological research.
Mentors
Mentors & professional advisors
Scientific, operational, innovation and business guidance supporting the team’s long-term water-technology pathway.
Mentor – Dr. Prolay Das
Professor, Department of ChemistryResearch Interests: Biomaterials, DNA Nanotechnology, Biochemistry
Associated with the team since 2018.
Mentor – Dr. S. Sridhar
Chief Scientist, CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), HyderabadResearch Interests: Chemical Engineering, Membrane Technology, Environmental Separation Processes
Associated with the team since 2019.
Mr. Vinay Mishra
Accounts OfficerAssociated with the team since 2020.
Mentor – Prof. Dr. Mohammad Zuber
Chief Innovation OfficerAssociated with the team since 2023.
Mentor – Mr. Swachchha Majumdar
Head and Chief Scientist, Membrane and Separation Technology Division, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), KolkataResearch Interests: Ceramic membrane fabrication, water purification (iron & arsenic removal), reverse osmosis
Associated with the team since 2022.
Mentor – Parthasarathy R.
WPS, ICCW, IIT Madras | Akamai IncubationEntrepreneur and business mentor with 35+ years of experience in consumer products, marketing, sales, and startup customer discovery.
Associated with the team since 2023.
Active interns / project assistants
Current project support
Current interns support GIS, field records, founder-office coordination, documentation, and research workflow tracking.
Parthiv Krishna S
GIS Intern / Project Assistant
Institution: Manipal Institute of Technology
Current work: GIS support for field mapping, spatial data organisation, and water-site intelligence.
GISSpatial AnalysisField MappingWater Data
Samuel Binson
Founder Office Intern
Program: B.Sc. Physics Student
Institution: Manipal Institute of Applied Physics, Manipal
Current work: founder-office support across project coordination, supply chain, fabrication, HR, and design.
Founder Office
Fabrication Support
Supply Chain
Coordination & HR
Past interns
Past interns & project contributors
Additta Choudhurii
Graphics UI/UX Intern
Utsav Roy Choudhary
Graphics UI/UX Intern
Janve DB
Senior Data Analyst Intern
Siddharth Singh
CAD Modelling Intern
Vedansh Gupta
Accounts Intern
Ayush Prabhu
PHP Developer Intern
Ritika Gupta
Data Analytics Intern
Pavana Kini
Accounts Intern
Outsourced fabrication partners
OEM & precision sheet-metal support
Specialised fabrication partners support translation from field-ready product design to manufacturable hardware.
OEM / Fabrication Partner
Crest Engineering
Precision sheet metal solutions and outsourced fabrication support for Navmarg’s product development and hardware translation pathway.
Work with the team
Collaborate on safe-water research, deployment, and product translation.
Reach out for partnerships, internships, field pilots, manufacturing support, CSR deployment, or research collaboration.