Experience

Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• India
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Founder

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  • Supply Augmentation: Rooftop Rain Water Harvesting, Groundwater Recharge, Surface Water Structures, Watershed Treatment, Storm Water Management • Groundwater Management: Geological Mapping, Hydrogeological Assessments, Aquifer Tests, Aquifer Mapping, Awareness Program Trainings, Drinking Water Security • Watershed Management: Water Harvesting, Artificial Recharge, Nala Bunding • Demand Analysis and Management: Water Utilization Audits, Household Survey, Water Infrastructure Mapping, Water Usage Patterns, Awareness & Training Programs • Landscaping: Nala Beautification, Ravine Design, Plantation and Afforestation, • Waste Management: Waste Water Management, Energy-less Waste Water Treatment, Waste To Energy, Organic Solid Waste Disposal, Composting, Biogas Generation • Mapping & Information Technology: Topographical Mapping, DGPS, Ground Penetrating Radar, Remote Sensing, GIS, Utility Mapping, Gamification of Education • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Strategy Development, Process Management, Compliance, Monitoring & Evaluation, Documentation • NGO Support: Fund Raising Strategy, Communications Strategy, Project Monitoring & Evaluation, Training and Capacity Building, Data Analysis, IT Innovations, Documentation More than 50 projects implemented across India. Some of them are: > Lavasa Corporation Ltd : Ground Water Mapping > SteinerIndia India Ltd : Ground Water Mapping. > IIT – Madras, Chennai : Total Station + DGPS Surveying & Mapping > Uniliver : Water Conservation Campaign > ITC Ltd, Malur, Karnataka : Ground Water Mapping > Godrej & Boyce, Khalapur, Maharashtra : Ground Water Mapping > JSW Steel CSR, Dolvi, Maharashtra: Ground Water Mapping & Irrigation Water Management > Tulip Villas: RWH + Recharge > Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS), India : Groundwater Mapping and Water Management > Vishay Components, Pune : Water Audit and Water Management > Tasty Bites, Yavat, Pune : Water Audit and Water Management Show less



Arghyam

• Bangalore

• Director, Grants & Programmes

  • Feb 2009 - Sep 2013

  • Conceptualized, designed and operationalized the Participatory Ground Water Management (PGWM) partnership of five diverse sets of partners across four hydrogeological typological regions • Conceived programmatic approach that helped Arghyam bring focus and depth in its grant making • Influenced various internal and external stakeholders about the programmatic approach and its long term benefits • Development of Groundwater and Sanitation Program and helped in prioritization of projects • Led the Groundwater program at Arghyam and helped conceive the Arsenic and Fluoride networks • Managed a portfolio of 80 projects in Water and Sanitation domain • Expanded the domestic water focus of Arghyam to include livelihood, agriculture, industry, etc. • Incorporated the Groundwater agenda in the formal and informal education system through partnerships • Introduced Action Research, Data and Evidence based approach to develop in depth understanding of the interventions and their impacts • Developed project MIS to support project and organization level decisions • Assured the Budgeted Fund spend, proposal pipeline generation, new partnerships development and pre-approval evaluations • Worked on progression of partners from implementation to model building to scaling up • Hired, Trained and Mentored new team members who turned out to be the star performers • Launched a new Pan-India initiative on Springs based Water Security and developed concepts-proposals-MoUs with Himalayan and Western Ghats based partners • Represented Arghyam at various conferences and pushed our agenda and partners in WatSan. • Creatively developed new organizational structure for cross leveraging various talents • Developed understanding of Political Economy drivers that determine Macro-micro economics and its impact on folks, projects and policies and applied the same in Grant Making • Introduced the Programmatic and Financial Evaluations into the grant making processes Show less



Ivy

• India
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Manager

  • Apr 2003 - Feb 2009

  • Heading world’s largest online gaming company’s Product management function in India and implementing Onsite & Offsite Requirements Gathering, Analysis and Development model using Agile methodologies. • Conceptualized and implemented the website and application changes that improved the player Conversion Rates by 3% there by increasing the revenue by 5% • Managed Design, Development, Delivery and Maintenance of functional horizontals of Bonus, Loyalty, Merchandise, Promotions, and Player eWallet • Managed the design and development of Marketing Promotions worth $500 Millions per year • Implemented the Bonus System that handled all the customer bonus transactions worth $150 Millions • Operated the Loyalty Program and associated Online Merchandise Store for PartyGaming players worth $8 Millions per year • Built a strong team that developed the Online Cashier and Transaction Processing system that handles transactions worth $3 Billion per year Show less



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database Administrator

  • Jun 2000 - Dec 2002

  Database Administration : Oracle 8i, SQL Server 2000 Applications Support : PeopleSoft, Oracle Applications 11i, Clarify, Vignette, Remedy, Opus 360, Database Administration : Oracle 8i, SQL Server 2000 Applications Support : PeopleSoft, Oracle Applications 11i, Clarify, Vignette, Remedy, Opus 360,



PAS Financial Group

• Oracle Developer

  • 1997 - 1999



Michigan Database (Institute of Public Policy and Social Research)

• Database and System Administrator

  • Aug 1995 - Jun 1997

  Managed demographic database and end-user productivity of a non-profit public policy institute. • Assisted with analysis, programming, testing and implementation of customer service and invoice accounting system for better budgeting. • Developed Database-Web connectivity using HTML, CGI and SQL scripts for statistical analysis of demographic trends Managed demographic database and end-user productivity of a non-profit public policy institute. • Assisted with analysis, programming, testing and implementation of customer service and invoice accounting system for better budgeting. • Developed Database-Web connectivity using HTML, CGI and SQL scripts for statistical analysis of demographic trends