Experience

EverSource | An Everstone & Lightsource bp Venture

• India
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager - ESG

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Working as a two-member ESG team responsible for the following: (i) ESG integration into investment process - execution list, E&S screening, E&S due diligences, E&S impact assessments, technical studies where relevant (resettlement, gender, indigenous peoples, waste management, health & safety), E&S covenants in documentation, portfolio monitoring and repsonsible exit. (ii) Developing and implementing fund strategy around key ESG topics including gender integration, corporate social responsibility (CSR), impact, carbon markets, community engagement, supply chain and road safety. (iii) Aligning the fund procedures to internationalconventions and regulatory frameworks including SFDR, SBTi, UNSDGs, UNPRI and TCFD. (iv) Implementing a process for data collection and standardizing methodologies as part of developing an impact strategy for the fund and portfolio. (v) Working with early stage portfolio companies (First 1-3 years of operation) to create an ESG road map and build capacity of the team to execute the road map. (vi) Presentation of the fund's climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy to a wide variety of stakeholders - investors, portfolio companies, regualtory agencies, contemporaries and partners. (vi) Integration of ESG considerations into the corporate governance strategy - enterprise risk management, internal audits, compliance management and governance committees. Show less



ERM

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2021

  Working as an environmental and biodiversity consultant to provide advisory services to industries, government institutions and financial institutions. Responsibilities include: (i) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Clearance (EC) and Coastal Regulation Zone Clearance (CRZ). (ii) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmental, Social and Health & Safety Impact Assessment (ESHIA), Biodiversity Impact Assessment (BIA), Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) (iii) Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) and Environmental Due Diligences (EDDs) with respect to American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Standards (iv) Environmental and Social Due Diligences (ESDDs) with respect to International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards (PS), Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguards, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) E&S Framework, KfW Sustainability Framework, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) E&S Policy Statement, Department for International Development (DfID) ESG Framework, CDC Group Plc. ESG Toolkit and management standards derived from the above. (v) Development of an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) for financial institutions and industries (vi) Critical Habitat Assessment (CHA), Ecosystem Services Review (ESR), Natural Habitat Offsets and Detailed Ecological Studies. (vii) Sustainability Reporting, Annual Reporting, Low Carbon Economy Transition (LCET), Circular Economy, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scope Emissions, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Supply Chain Management (viii) Development and monitoring of Quality Management Systems (QMS) - ISO 9001:2015 certified (ix) ESG Benchmarking, Training and Capacity Building (x) Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Performance Monitoring and Decommissioning, Decontamination and Demolition (DDD) Services Show less



PRISTINE CONSULTANTS

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental and Biodiversity Consultant

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  Fixed-term assignment as an environmental and biodiversity consultant to support the company during a sudden onset of work and assignments. The responsibilities include: (i) Preparation of Form I and Form IA for building and construction projects obtaining an environmental clearance in Mumbai, India. (ii) Preparation of National Board for Wildlife Clearance (NBWL) for building and construction projects obtaining an environmental clearance in Mumbai, India and located within 10 km of a declared national park or wildlife sanctuary. (iii) Team Member for the presentation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports for obtaining an environmental clearance in the building and construction sector. The EIA was submitted to the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). (iv) Primary biodiversity surveys focused on enumeration of forest vegetation that fall inside the boundaries of the recently proposed Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA). The data on the primary surveys were going to be used as part of a report submitted to the Western Ghats High Level Working Group (HLWG) to reassess the proposed boundaries through a scientifically robust biodiversity analysis. Show less



Fair Deal Corporation

• Mumbai Area, India

• Trainee

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2010

  Two-month training program with Fair Deal Corporation to understand suitability of a career in research and development in the pharmaceutical sector. The job included: (i) Daily undertaking of biochemistry procedures such as protein extraction, electrophoresis, southern blotting and western blotting. (ii) Daily undertaking of microbiology procedures such as plate smearing, replica plating, fermentation, culture preparation and managing microbial cultures. (iii) On-the-job Training on pharmaceutical management i.e. supervision of R&D from inception to finalization, business development, business communication, intellectual property rights and financial accounting. Show less



Marine Chemistry department of Rutgers University

• New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2008 - May 2009

  Preparing sediment samples from the Pacific Ocean to determine Paleogene climate. The responsibilities included: (i) Using saponification, centrifugation, extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to refine and analyze the marine sediment samples. (ii) Worked along two doctorate candidates to support in the experiment and designing methodology/results for the writing of a scientific paper. Preparing sediment samples from the Pacific Ocean to determine Paleogene climate. The responsibilities included: (i) Using saponification, centrifugation, extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to refine and analyze the marine sediment samples. (ii) Worked along two doctorate candidates to support in the experiment and designing methodology/results for the writing of a scientific paper.



Biochemistry Department, Rutgers University of New Brunswick

• New Jersey, U.S.A.

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2008

  Research Assistant with the biochemistry department of Rutgers University for the cloning of an ancestor molecule i.e. coelenterazine, an ancestor clone of the Green Fluorescent Protein. The purpose is the molecule can be more readily used for a wide variety of industries including agriculture and medicine by allowing for stress-induced bioluminescence. The responsibilities included: (i) Review of case studies and past experiments undertaken in synthesizing coelenterazine and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) to design an experiment protocol. (ii) Problem solving and root cause analysis in determining experiments protocols used by the Rutgers Biochemistry Department and why it has failed in the synthesis of coelenterazine molecules. (iii) Designing an experiment protocol by extracting desired gene from a jellyfish species, created a genetically modified organism (GMO) and inclusion of desired plasmid in the target organism. Show less



Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL)

• Delaware Bay, U.S.A.

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

  Research assistant at the oyster, mussel and tilapia aquaculture facility: (i) Day-to-day management of water quality, genetic testing of individuals and harvesting of mature individuals (ii) Sample collection, histopathology and genetic research of the two primary oyster diseases - Dermo and MSX (iii) Analysis of growth retardation in Mulinia Clam (iv) Review of aquaculture trends and commercialization Research assistant at the oyster, mussel and tilapia aquaculture facility: (i) Day-to-day management of water quality, genetic testing of individuals and harvesting of mature individuals (ii) Sample collection, histopathology and genetic research of the two primary oyster diseases - Dermo and MSX (iii) Analysis of growth retardation in Mulinia Clam (iv) Review of aquaculture trends and commercialization