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Discover your pathway into climate, sustainability, and impact careers, build a future that the world needs.

AndPurpose FutureMakers Lab is an ecosystem platform for India’s next generation of climate and impact talent.

We bring students, young professionals, career transitioners, and the institutions that hire them into one room – through forums, sector tables, hiring labs, and bootcamps designed to make pathways into the impact economy visible, navigable, and real.

Built in partnership with EcoHQ. Anchored by the AndPurpose ecosystem – 600+ leaders, 50+ speakers, and 600M+ in media reach across our 2025 forums in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai.

The Problem

The impact economy is hiring. Most people don’t know how to get in.

Climate tech, ESG, sustainability consulting, climate finance, circular economy, carbon markets, impact communications – entire industries are scaling, and they’re scaling fast.

But for students and professionals trying to find their way in, the ecosystem feels fragmented. Courses everywhere. Job boards scattered. Communities siloed. And the most important conversations – the ones that actually translate into careers – are happening behind closed doors.

FutureMakers Lab exists to change that.

What we do differently

Other platforms list jobs. We get you in the room.

Other platforms aggregate listings. Other bootcamps teach skills. We do those things too – and we do something they can’t.

The CEOs, founders, CXOs, investors, and ecosystem leaders who shape India’s climate and impact economy already convene at AndPurpose Forums. FutureMakers Lab is the bridge that puts the next generation of talent into that same room – through curated forums, sector tables, hiring labs, and mentorship moments.

What FutureMakers Lab offers

Knowledge Hub

One-day ecosystem convenings across metros. Career discovery, sector tables, hiring labs, “A Day in the Life” practitioner rapid-fires, and the FutureMakers Mixer – a curated evening of leader-mentee proximity.

Daily anti-aging cream

Builders studio 

For aspiring founders and student entrepreneurs building eco-social impact ventures, ecosystem matchmaking across incubators, investors, and mentors.

Bootcamp 

Learning co-developed with colleges, corporates, and CSR teams. Customised to institutional needs, anchored in real-world projects, and shaped around how the ecosystem actually hires.

Career Tables

Sector-specific roundtables led by named champions across Climate Tech, ESG, Climate Finance, Circular Economy, Policy, Impact Communications, CSR, Carbon Markets, Sustainable Consumer, and Responsible AI. The fastest way to figure out where you fit.

Workshops 

ESG report decoding, climate-tech startup mapping, circular economy mini-labs, and impact storytelling clinics. Output-focused, not theory-heavy. You leave with a draft, a framework, or a real piece of work.

A growing network of students, young professionals, career transitioners, mentors, and ecosystem builders – connected through WhatsApp, peer-learning circles, sector deep-dives, and ecosystem updates.

It’s free. It’s where the conversations continue between forums

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Where do you fit in?

Students & Early Explorers

You’re in college, or just out. You sense that climate, ESG, or impact is your direction – but you can’t tell where you’d fit, what skills to build, or who to talk to. Start here.

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Young Professionals

You’re a few years in, you’re competent at your job, but the work doesn’t feel mission-aligned. This is where you cross over.

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Career Transitioners

You’re moving from corporate, consulting, operations, or finance into the Eco- impact economy. This is where you find your second move – and the people who’ll value the experience you’re bringing with you.

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Researchers & Interdisciplinary Thinkers

You don’t fit a single sector neatly. That’s an asset in the impact economy. Find the rooms where it’s read that way.

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Institutions & Employers: Colleges, universities, fellowship providers, ESG teams, climate startups, CSR teams, foundations, recruiters - this is where you meet the talent shaping the next decade of your industry.

Pathways we help you explore

Climate Tech & Startups · ESG & Sustainability · Climate Finance & Investing · Circular Economy · Renewable Energy · Policy & Governance · Carbon Markets · Research & Academia · Impact Communications & Media · Sustainable Consumer Brands · Social Innovation & Nonprofits · Responsible AI & Emerging Tech

Partner with FutureMakers Lab

Partnership enquiries: hello@andpurpose.world
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Universities & Institutions

Bring FutureMakers Labs to your campus. Co-anchor a city forum. Showcase your impact and sustainability programs to a high-intent student pool.

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Employers & Ecosystem Organisations

Source curated impact talent. Host a hiring booth at a forum. Sponsor a Sector Table. Run a workshop that puts your team in front of the next decade’s hires.

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Foundations & CSR Teams

Underwrite scholarships, fellowships, or community cohorts. Build talent pipelines for the sectors you fund.

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Courses & Learning Providers

Reach a high-intent audience of students and professionals actively searching for the right next step.

Built by

FutureMakers Lab is a joint initiative of AndPurpose Forums and EcoHQ.

AndPurpose is India’s sustainability and social impact ecosystem builder – operating at the intersection of climate, innovation, and community. Founded by Kamna Hazrati, AndPurpose has convened 600+ leaders, 50+ speakers (including Global Patron Erik Solheim), and reached 600M+ across its 2025 forum series in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. [Learn more →]

EcoHQ is an intelligence and editorial platform advancing future-focused thought leadership across climate and sustainability. [Learn more →]

We cannot always build the future for our Youth, but we can build the Youth for our Future.

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