Vishwanath S is the founder of Rainwater Club, Director of Biome Environmental Solutions, and Trustee of Biome Environmental Trust.

He is a Civil Engineer from Mysore University and a master’s in urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad. A member of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, he is also an Ex-Secretary General of the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Azim Premji University and has been a columnist at the Hindu since May 2007 (‘Waterwise’ in Property Plus on Saturdays). He was the recipient of the Namma Bengaluru Awards 2009 and a jury member too in 2020.