Ahaana Mahanti

About

Ahaana is a PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School researching partnerships for grand challenges, mainly the intersection between SDG 6 and SDG 17. Broadly her interests lie in sustainable business models, cross-sector partnerships, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder networks, and circular economy. She has co-authored four sustainability-focused teaching cases available on Harvard Business Publishing Site. One of them is an award winning case based on the informal plastic waste network in India. She has co-published two reports on Corporate Climate Action Initiatives in India and Opportunities to Scale Climate Technologies in India.

Employment

• Copenhagen Business School PhD Fellow
  2022 - 2025

Education

• Copenhagen Business School PhD Fellow (pursuing)
  2022 - Present
• St. Xavier's College Kolkata Masters of Commerce
  2014 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (1)

• Making Cross-Sector Partnerships Work: How Local NGOs Navigate Place, Governance, and Social Dynamics in Rural Water Access Projects in Stratified Contexts
  2026 DOI: 10.22439/phd.15.2026
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