Welcome to The Young Turks Dialogues where business meets purpose, and innovation meets real-world execution.
In Episode 85, we sit down with Sushil Vaishnav, the founder of ECOIL, who turned used cooking oil into a national movement. From his corporate journey at Nestlé and IFFCO to pitching on Shark Tank India, Sushil shares how ECOIL is transforming one of India’s biggest hidden crises — oil adulteration.
Here’s what we cover in this high-impact episode:
The real story behind ECOIL and the moment that sparked it
Secrets of India’s oil recycling crisis and how it affects your plate
Why sustainable startups fail to scale and how ECOIL cracked the code
Turning a dirty supply chain into a trust-first ecosystem
What Shark Tank didn’t show and what made the Sharks invest
A rapid fire on greenwashing, pivots, and pitching to Elon Musk
