LooCafe is India's leading public sanitation company, deploying 350+ smart public toilet units across 10+ cities. Founded in 2018, they transform shipping containers into IoT-enabled, solar-powered, sustainable public toilets.

How many LooCafe units are deployed?

LooCafe has deployed 350+ units across India in cities including Hyderabad, Srinagar, Chennai, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Patna, Pune, Indore, and Mohali, serving millions of users annually.

What is Reinvented Toilet technology?

LooCafe develops practical public sanitation formats for Indian urban conditions, combining operations, maintenance, and user-friendly design.

What is LooCafe Mini?

LooCafe Mini is an 8x8ft compact toilet unit that turns street vendors into 'toilet entrepreneurs'. Over 100 units empower individuals to earn Rs 15,000-20,000 monthly while serving their communities.

LooCafe was founded by Abhishek Nath, MD of Ixora Group. He has been recognized as Asia One 40 Under 40 Most Influential and FICCI 50 Most Influential Under 50 for his work in public sanitation.

What awards has LooCafe won?

LooCafe was named a CII Top Innovative Company (Small) in Services in 2019 and is listed in the UNDP Grassroots Innovation Database. The Prime Minister visited the LooCafe stall at Vibrant Gujarat in January 2019. The model was exhibited at the National Awards for Cities and Sanitation with the President of India in attendance.

Global Case Study in WASH Entrepreneurship

Rebuilding India's Public Sanitation

Pathbreaking into the toilet world with a desire to make a difference. We're transforming former garbage sites into aspirational community spaces.

Public sites

Different settings

Field teams

Daily operations

Service records

Visible follow-up

Site-specific

Procurement

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The LooCafe Story

From a single transformed garbage site to India's most innovative public toilet network. Click each milestone to explore our journey.

2018

Inception

MD Abhishek Nath launched the first LooCafe at a transformed waste disposal site in Hyderabad. What was once a dumping ground became an aspirational public facility.

2019

Hardware Innovation

Transition from pure construction to social impact design. We developed our proprietary Toilet Tech© integrating IoT, water recycling, and renewable energy.

2019

First Recognition

Telangana government and CII recognized LooCafe as "Most Innovative Company of the Year." Our model was showcased to the President of India.

2020-21

Pandemic Resilience

While others paused, we expanded. Our contactless, IoT-enabled units became essential urban infrastructure during COVID-19, serving frontline workers and communities.

2022-25

Field Growth & ReFlow Unit

LooCafe expanded into different city and public-space settings while developing the ReFlow containerized sanitation unit with a contained treatment area.

LooCafe today stands as an open API for WASH

Abhishek Nath Founder & MD, LooCafe

Our Impact

Real numbers, real impact, real change in India's sanitation landscape

Design

Units for the setting

Operate

Assigned daily care

Record

Inspections and follow-up

Leadership Team

Decades of Experience + Light-years of Energy

Strategy Vision Growth

Abhishek Nath

MD, Ixora Group

From hotel management to Fortune 50 director, building LooCafe toward unicorn status in WASH

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Operations Business Dev Partnerships

Chakkravarthi Rajamani

Director, LooCafe

Strategic operations and business development leadership driving national expansion

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Innovation Product Engineering

Krishna Chaitanya

Director

Technical innovation and product development, pioneering Toilet Tech©

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Vedanth Nath

Innovation Head

R&D · Technology · Next-gen WASH

The LooCafe family - innovators, builders, and change-makers

LooCafe Leadership Team 2016 with early prototype

Leadership Team - The Early Days

Visioning the future of public sanitation in 2016

LooCafe Team at Rainwater Harvesting Park

Team with GHMC Officials

Rainwater Harvesting Park partnership

Published field locations

Where We Serve

The field archive shows LooCafe units in different cities and settings. It is not a live register of operational status, current totals, or ReFlow treatment installations.

Map illustrating cities represented in LooCafe's published field archive

250+

Telangana

Hyderabad, Warangal

50+

J&K

Srinagar

50+

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

10+

Assam

Guwahati

Maharashtra

Mumbai, Pune

Delhi

National Capital

Heritage Sites Under Ixora Group Management

The Charminar

Heritage Site • Hyderabad

Srinagar - Kashmir

Operating in extreme weather • J&K

Mir Alam Park

Landscaped Urban Park • Hyderabad

LooCafe is part of the Ixora Group ecosystem, providing integrated facilities management across India.

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Grassroots Initiative

Toilet Tales

A book featuring 28 documented stories of street vendors transformed into toilet entrepreneurs through the LooCafe model. Showcased to PMO's Office, demonstrating real-world impact.

From fruit vendors to chai sellers, from homemakers to young graduates — these stories highlight entrepreneurial dedication and the transformation of public sanitation through community empowerment.

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Documented Stories

100+

Lives Transformed

2000+

Jobs Created

165K

Free Chai Served

Empowering street vendors to become toilet entrepreneurs

Why Join LooCafe?

"Direct real-world impact that is evident and changes lives"

Real Impact

Direct real-world impact that is evident and changes lives every day

No Degree Required

Zero academic degree requirement - we value capability over credentials

Diverse Team

Focus on unconventional problem-solving with a diverse, passionate team

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