Experience

GK91 Bioeconomy Pvt Ltd

• India
• Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Technology Strategy

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Akola, Maharashtra, India Producer of biochar and organic compost across the state of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Planning to expand from current 9,000 tons per annum capacity to 90,000 tons by end 2024.



Varhad Capital Pvt Ltd

• India
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area



IIMV-FIELD

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman Of The Board

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India



GK91 Digital Pvt Ltd

• India
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Bangalore Gramkalyan.com connects farmers and artisans to the consumers through its TFCs (Trade Facilitation Centres) spread all across India.



Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

• India
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Member of the Board

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Vishakhapatnam Area, India Member of the Board of Governor of the premiere management institute in India. Also member of the same education society.



Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd

• Independent Director

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2022

  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Indian Clearing Corporation Limited ("ICCL") was incorporated in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd. ("BSE"). ICCL carries out the functions of clearing, settlement, collateral management and risk management for various segments of BSE. ICCL undertakes to act as the central counterparty to all the trades it provides clearing and settlement services for. ICCL settles trades reported on the Indian Corporate Debt Segment and the Mutual Fund ("StAR MF) Segment of BSE and clears and… Show more Indian Clearing Corporation Limited ("ICCL") was incorporated in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd. ("BSE"). ICCL carries out the functions of clearing, settlement, collateral management and risk management for various segments of BSE. ICCL undertakes to act as the central counterparty to all the trades it provides clearing and settlement services for. ICCL settles trades reported on the Indian Corporate Debt Segment and the Mutual Fund ("StAR MF) Segment of BSE and clears and settles trades executed on all the other segments of BSE, including Equity Cash, Equity Derivatives, BSE SME, Offer for Sale, Securities Lending & Borrowing, Debt Segment, Interest Rate Futures and the Currency Derivatives Segment. Show less



The Varhad Group

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2019

  Pune Area, India To invest in start ups in Energy and Transport disruption space that have proprietary technologies or solid business model. To build companies from scratch in Distributed Energy Resource, Distributed Energy Storage, Power Resilience, Micro-grids and Grid scale Energy Storage. To help established companies in Energy and Transport space with hybrid strategies to minimise impact of disruption and build a portfolio of products in disruptive space.



WATERLIFE INDIA . PVT.LTD

• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Dec 2017 - Mar 2019

  Hyderabad Area, India Waterlife has designed phenomenal leadership in clean water systems in India. It also works with various foundations for providing mineral rich water to millions of poor in India. My role is to explore new opportunities for the company and support execution of such initiatives in rural as well as urban areas.



Gravity Power, LLC

• Advisor

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

  Greater Los Angeles Area Gravity Power LLC has developed revolutionary and affordable energy storage technology for variable green energy. It is implementing a pilot project in Germany with its patented technology, this technology is going to revolutionalize the grid scale energy storage across the world. Its underground pumped hydro storage technology is 50% cheaper than conventional pumped hydro storage and needs small amount of land parcel.



COP22

• Morocco
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Event Organiser at UNDP Pavilion

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2016

  Marrakech Prefecture, Morocco -Presenting on clean technologies that use traditional knowledge of basic materials for energy storage. -Simple and affordable energy storage can power 2.4bn poor without access to energy where total cost of energy should not be beyond USD12/kWh. -Such solutions could be implemented through various business models so that public as well as private sector can play a role in implementation. -Achieving ultimate goal of SDG2030 for 2.4bn people and 10% of them are from our own… Show more -Presenting on clean technologies that use traditional knowledge of basic materials for energy storage. -Simple and affordable energy storage can power 2.4bn poor without access to energy where total cost of energy should not be beyond USD12/kWh. -Such solutions could be implemented through various business models so that public as well as private sector can play a role in implementation. -Achieving ultimate goal of SDG2030 for 2.4bn people and 10% of them are from our own country India. Show less



Standard Chartered Securities India

• India
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Head Research

  • Nov 2008 - May 2010

  Mumbai Responsibble for building research team after acquiring UTI Securities. Increased research coverage by one company per week.



HSBC Securities and Capital India

• Utility analyst

  • Nov 2005 - Jun 2008

  Bangalore, HongKong and Mumbai Responsible for utilities sector coverage in India. Also covered metals and mining sector as additional responsibility.



Power Finance Corporation Ltd.

• India
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Credit analyst

  • Nov 2003 - Nov 2005

  New Delhi, India Credit assessment of power projects of USD4.2bn, developed internal credit rating system for state owned utilities. Advised utilities as well as regulators on tariff setting as a consultant.



Power Finance Corporation Ltd

• India
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Fixed income research

  • Jun 2002 - Nov 2003

  New Delhi, India Watching currency as well as fixed income markets based on flows to the economy and advise risk management as well as resource mobilisation team accordingly. Instrumental in raising INR90bn in domestic bonds and USD500m through medium term notes.