Freelance work
(2025-01)
Manager- Carbon and Sustainability Accounting Team - C-Quest Capital (CQC)
(2022-04 - 2024-12)
- GHG Emission Mapping for various landscapes and projects.
- Headed Carbon Project Development (VCS) and Sustainable Development (SD VISta) Project Development with respect to benefits and co-benefits in Africa and South-East Asia on Energy Efficiency.
- Responsible for validation, verification and monitoring of Carbon Projects under VERRA (VCS & SD VISta)
- Training and Capacity Development of national and international teams on Carbon Standards & Practice, Emission Reduction, Carbon Market, Sustainable Development and SDGs, Climate Change, Waste Management, and Carbon Project Development & its implementation.
- Designed GHG Project audit plans with internal and external auditors, stakeholder engagement, on-site surveys & data collection.
Senior Advisor-Environment-Social-Governance (ESG) - Azyro Infratech
(2021-08 - 2022-04)
- Designed and facilitated ESG learning content for leading LearnTech firms
- Gap analysis, feasibility study, design and development of Sustainability and ESG roadmaps
- Contribution to Sustainability Monitoring Platform ESG++, a product of Azyro Infratech
- Aligning ESG scores and parameters from indicators drawn from globally recognized frameworks- GRI and SASB.
- Analyzing and monitoring ESG impacts and portfolio for India's largest ESG Database.
- ESG Compliance/Sustainability Disclosure Reports-quantitative and qualitative disclosures and sustainable investments,
- Performing benchmark analysis against Competitors
- Developed carbon neutrality, climate change risk and mitigation strategies
- Contributed to Environmental Management Systems (EMS) in SOP and policies
- Conceptualized, designed and facilitated training and capacity-building sessions for the National Institute of Urban Affairs on waste management, scientific landfill and remediation to the officials of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)
- Contributed in Azyro's Waste Management Project at Landfill-level and Biogas
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer - Tetra Tech ARD-USAID – Forest-PLUS 2.0
(2021-01 - 2021-08)
- Implementation of collaborative learning and adaptive framework (CLA)
- Training of forest officials, ULB officials, and youth on climate change, forest ecosystem, waste management and sustainability.
- Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) of projects in three landscapes as per USAID guidelines for USD 12 million for Forest- PLUS: Forest for water and prosperity
- Supported technical leads on strengthening ecosystem-based management of forest landscapes and developing working and landscape management plans.
- Supported management in developing enterprise business plans, private-sector partnerships, and enterprise development
- Periodic reporting and documentation, internal and external data quality assessments, creation of program-related data repository, undertaking impact assessments, setting up information management systems and monitoring mechanisms.
Project Manager - Earthwatch Institute India
(2018-12 - 2020-12)
- Programme Management- Utilization of Plastic Waste in Road Construction – Performance Assessment of a Plastic Road, Beat the Plastic Pollution through Innovative Ideas, Greening of Highways, urban freshwater bodies and green infrastructure, Project Operation Healthy Air, Conservation and Promotion of Bamboo, Promoting Energy and Biodiversity Resource Conservation, HSBC Water Programme - HWP (a USD 100 million partnership), Efficient cook stove in Sirsi Forest Region, Western Ghats, Karnataka, Wa
- Support participatory skill development & alternative livelihood-based environment conservation model using water hyacinth raw materials
- Training and Capacity Development of major corporate employees, community members, national and international volunteers and youth,
- Programme management and coordination - Design and development of new projects
- Field Safety and Risk Mitigation
- EoIs, MoUs, TORs,
- Monitoring and Evaluation,
- Networking and partnership development,
- Reporting and Documentation,
- Environment Education,
- Development of communication materials,
- Awareness & outreach
- Supported admin and finance - Fund disbursement,
- Mentor of fellows working on Plastic Waste (15), Bamboo(10), Environmental issues(20) and Waste Hackathon (Re-Imagine Waste) for 2 years.
Programme & Engagement Coordinator - Earthwatch Institute India
(2017-10 - 2018-11)
Programme coordinator - Earthwatch Institute India
(2016-10 - 2017-09)
Programme Officer - Earthwatch Institute India
(2015-10 - 2016-09)
Engagement Associate - Earthwatch Institute India
(2014-09 - 2015-10)
