Experience

Amp Energy India

• New Delhi Area, India

• Senior Director - Investment

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Amp is a renewable energy infrastructure owner, developer and manager. Founded in 2009, Amp has become one of the leading global renewables platforms with a 1.5 GW proven track record of assets developed and built, alongside a further 2.2 GW of assets in construction and late-stage development. Amp has continued to create value delivering large scale, diversified pools of renewable assets to its investors and shareholders. Based in Canada, with operations throughout North America, Japan, Australia, India, the UK and Czech Republic, our international team brings deep expertise and thought leadership to every aspect of the energy industry. As Head of Investment at Amp India, I am responsible to lead strategic initiatives such as investments, partnerships & capital raise for renewable energy projects (Solar, Wind and Hybrid technologies) in Utility and C&I space. I am also responsible for the entire fund-raise (private equity, mezzanine) from deal origination, IM/FM preparation, due diligence, term sheet structuring and negotiation, preparation of investment note for IC/ Board approval, deal documentation & closure. Also managing the entire investor relations including regular board reporting, business plan and annual budgeting with an understanding of key policies, investment strategy and risk-return analysis and controlling the entire project approvals process for effective capital deployment through the IC mechanism. I led the fund raise process from initiation to fund infusion from LGT Lightstone, Impact investment platform of LGT, world’s largest family-owned private banking and asset management group. Also closed a Mezz line with a Swiss based Impact investment manager.



Azure Power

• New Delhi Area, India

• DGM, Rooftop Business

  • May 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Led the Rooftop division by managing all aspects of BD for building project portfolio of rooftop business with specific focus on 3rd party PPAs and govt. tenders • Increased the rooftop portfolio to ~200 MW by winning projects with Indian Railways and Government institutions in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh • Was instrumental in getting disbursement of debt for rooftop projects from a financing line of USD135Mn offered by a consortium of IFC, FMO, Proparco and OeEB.



OV Energy

• New Delhi Area, India

• Head - Finance & Strategy

  • Apr 2016 - May 2018

  Ovrview Technologies (previously 8Minutes) was a full-service Solar company focused on making Solar affordable & accessible to businesses & homes around the country providing solar energy at a cost which is substantially lower than customer's grid tariff. At Ovrview, I was heading finance functions involving fund raising, financial analysis, budgeting & forecasting, policy and compliances. I also managed the entire gamut of strategy, BD, business plan, pricing & bidding strategy and developing procurement policy and identifying capable vendors, building relationships with major component manufacturers & suppliers, EPC companies and I&C vendors. Was instrumental in scaling business operations by over 10x in two years (to ~20MWs) winning projects with some marque industrial houses; Raised seed capital from a family office and WC line from large private sector bank.



Azure Power

• New Delhi Area, India

• Senior Manager - Corporate Finance

  • Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

  Azure Power is active in the field of solar power generation and EPC and is the lowest cost solar power producer in the world. I was part of the core team working on the IPO of a portion of Azure’s capital stock on NYSE and was working with the lead I-bank in valuation, preparing analyst presentations for roadshows and support in due diligence. My other key responsibilities were: • Working with various internal and external stakeholders in financing efforts (at project and corporate level) • Preparing all kind of financial models for bidding, evaluating capital investment, project NPV, IRR, Sensitivity analysis, financing options, etc. helpful in taking strategic decisions • Monitoring the performance of subsidiaries on various operating, financial and investing parameters and presenting analysis to leadership.



Evalueserve

• Gurgaon, India

• Research Lead

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2014

  Part of Financial Services Group. Provides sell-side research and Financial Modeling support. Key Research Responsibilities include: • End-to-end financial modeling including building revenue and cost drivers, analyzing key metrics & ratios and forecasting financial statements for companies in coverage, which form the basis of analyst’s valuation and recommendation • Valuation of companies based on DCF method, EV and other multiples, SOTP method and analyzing their future outlook • Was supporting a US based Investment Bank in preparing and maintaining equity research models in Media and Entertainment, Advertising Agencies, Local Broadcasting, and Information Services domain Team Management Responsibilities: • Managing and monitoring client deliverables by guiding team members so as to ensure that quality services are delivered as per client's need • Project management activities such as tracking team utilization and productivity, managing team efficiency, Client MIS trackers, invoicing, etc. • Training and mentoring of junior analysts for effective role orientation and integration with the organization • Talent Acquisition and Recruitment



Copal Partners

• Gurgaon, India

• Senior Analyst

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2010

  Was part of Equity Research team, covering Indian Banks and Financial firms. Key Responsibilities included: • Building and maintaining financial models for individual companies, which form the basis of analyst’s valuation and recommendation • Valuation of companies based on DCF method, EV and other multiples, SOTP method and analyzing their future outlook Other responsibilites included handling ad-hoc client requests including analyzing and preparing reports, such as exhaustive/brief company profiles, industry analysis reports, comparable company analysis, and other ad-hoc research reports