About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

Disha Takle

Disha is an analyst in Nesta’s sustainable future mission, where she works to accelerate heat pump adoption.

Her focus is twofold: making low-carbon heating financially accessible for households and lowering the barriers for engineers moving into the green heating sector.

She holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, specializing in Urban Sustainable Environments. Before joining Nesta, she was at the Grantham Institute in their education team working on embedding sustainability education across Imperial. Disha also leads a climate literacy and green skills projects for local schools. In her spare time, she is a zine-maker and an avid baker.