During a break from his studies, Anirudh Sharma SM ’14 returned to his home in Mumbai, India, and was struck by how quickly the soot in the air accumulated on his T-shirt. Sharma already knew that breathing in these pollution particles could lead to lung damage, cancers, and a host of other health problems, but the deep black color also reminded him how carbon-rich the material was. Perhaps there was a way this air pollution could not only be captured before it enters the environment but also converted into a safe and valuable product.
Back at MIT, Sharma formed Graviky Labs and began …
