Experience

JK CEMENT LTD

• India
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President- Government & Industry Affairs

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Corteva Agriscience

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Government and Industry Affairs, South Asia

  • Feb 2019 - May 2021



Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.

• India
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Vice President & Head - Corporate Affairs

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2019

  Leading Corporate Affairs team. Play an Ambassadorial role to enhance organisations visibility.Participate across various sector forums, debates and discussions to build brand equity for organisation.Collate insight into existing and proposed policies, rules & regulations that have potential to impact organisation.Formulate position papers to analyse emerging trends in fertilizer and petrochemical sector.Analyse legislative and regulatory developments from legal perspective and formulate responses.Articulate organisations views on pertinent policy/regulatory/statutory issues.Coordinate with industry bodies & associations, representative of customers, companies & foreign embassies. Interact with Government Officials, Regulators and industry Bodies & Associations.



Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India

• Chairman, Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), Non-Coal Mining

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2018

  Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) considers the proposal for non-coal mining projects for Environmental Impact Assessment & evaluation of projects for grant of Environmental Clearance.



DuPont

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head-Corporate/Government Affairs & Public Policy

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Proactively position DuPont as a Preferred Science partner with Government.• Prioritize the Government/Public/Regulatory activities in relation to their relative importance for the business. Integrate Government/Public/Regulatory policies in business plans.• Represent company at government level with officials involved in relevant political and regulatory decisions and processes.• Participate in the implementation of the India Government/Public/Regulatory affairs strategy and advocate a predictable regulatory system at the national level. • Coordinate solutions to problems related to the company’s businesses that arise from the regulatory and/or political environment by interacting with the respective government organizations. • Support freedom-to-operate to ensure free movement of company resources, by resolving legal, regulatory or political barriers to such movement. Anticipate, define and implement strategies to that effect. Define strategies to give solution to problems that appears from legislation.• Provide internal support in the interpretation of new/amended regulations that impact company activities. Identify and implement solutions to the problems arising from implementation of legislation. • Inform and advise the operations managers on political, regulatory and communication needs and formulate strategies related to company interests. • Take the lead to develop and implement effective communication plans towards media and other relevant stakeholders. Manage crisis communications and act as company spokesperson as appropriate.• Defend company intellectual property policies and ensure the enforcement of IP laws to protect company IPRs. Lead anti-counterfeit activities.• Keep India and global colleagues informed about national developments on key company issues.



CIMMYT and Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA)

• Head Government Relations & Legal Affairs and Senior Country Coordinator

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2012

  Coordinated activities of CIMMYT in India.Networked with Government of India, State Governments, International Institutions and Private Sector. Drafted Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishment of Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), a multi-center International Research Instituted with centers at Jabalpur, Ludhiana and Samastipur. Negotiated the MoU with Government of India (GoI) and concerned State Governments to obtain UN status for Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), 540 acres of land at Jabalpur, 500 acres at Ludhiana and 150 acres at Samastipur, substantial financial grant from GoI.Completed regulatory & legal requirements for establishment of BISA.Recruited staff for BISA centers, drafted recruitemnt policy and fixed salary grades.



Department of Agricultural Research & Education, Government of India

• Director, International Cooperation

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2010

  As Director International Cooperation, networked with International Donor Institutions, International Agricultural Research Institutions, Private Sector in Agriculture and participated in negotiations with Countries, international institutions and private sector on. Also as Chief Vigilance officer, looked after HR and vigilance issues of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).



Ministry of Defence, Government of India

• Director

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2008

  As Director (Coordination & IT), coordinated with armed forces,various division within Ministry of Defence, various Ministries in GoI, procured IT & Communication equipment for armed forces.As Director (Navy), looked after operations & personnel affairs of Indian Navy in Ministry of Defence.



Uttaranchal Forest Corporation

• Regional Manager, Kumaon Zone

  • Nov 2003 - Dec 2004

  Turned around Kumaon Zone from loss making entity to profit making entity. conceptualized and implemented a new model of Private-Public partnership in regulating sand and boulder mining activity in Gola River of Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Supervised mining activities with 10,000 strong migratory labour force. Supervised welfare activities for migratory labour and their families.Supervised logging and sale of timber from forests.



Government of Uttaranchal

• Officer-in-Charge

  • Oct 2001 - Nov 2003

  World Bank Forestry Project, Uttaranchal



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Student

  • May 1998 - May 2001

  Completed PhD thesis on 'Common Property Resources'.