Apr 2021 – Sep 2021 · 5 mos · Delhi, India

• Strategic impact investing and program management role at Delhi office of UK-based philanthropy foundation with US$5 billion endowment capital for transforming lives of children across countries including India
• As Program Manager GIRL Capital portfolio, covered financial services, skill-based vocational education and training, jobs and livelihoods sectors for underserved communities through products such as Impact bonds, grants, etc. in coalition with partners

Apr 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 11 mos · Delhi, India

• Key experience highlights:
• Advising enterprises in financial planning and execution strategies
• Advising institutional and private HNI donors on giving strategies
• Advising philanthropy foundation, impact fund and startups on impact and fundraising strategies
• Led advocacy initiative to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education in India esp. in IITs/IIMs
• Speaking engagements on impact investing and diversity and inclusion at investors’ and policy conferences
• Advised print and digital media outlets on Covid-19 public health data analysis, commentary and strategies, Column writer in national media

May 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Strategic impact investing and grant-making role at US-based Dell Foundation, a philanthropic institution endowed with US$1.3 billion capital for transforming urban poverty in US, India and South Africa
• Close to two years of experience in impact investing and managing social enterprises focused on providing financial services, skill-based vocational education and livelihoods to the bottom-of-the income pyramid households in India.
• Executed and managed investments in LabourNet, India’s largest skills training and livelihoods promotion company, and Kinara Capital, a small-business loans financing company in India. Achieved successful financial turnaround of LabourNet to a path of profitability.
• Thought leadership: Developed outcome-based Jobs strategy on solving India’s unemployment and poor job quality challenges using systems’ approach and recalibrated foundation’s investing approach towards jobs
• Developed India’s first ‘code of conduct for responsible lending by banks and NBFCs to underserved communities’ to track, improve and report their adherence to social performance standards. Managed RBI, banks, non-banking financial companies, consultants, multilateral and private donors and customers
• Organised flagship conferences in impact sector on financial services, skills, jobs and livelihoods

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

• Managed US$ 260 million private equity funds focused on India and China, funded privately held energy and infrastructure companies seeking growth capital.
• As an investments specialist, originated and evaluated deals, executed investments, managed portfolio and realized profitable exits for close to 5 years with AMP Capital
• Full investment lifecycle experience from raising sponsor and third party capital for funds, investing and managing capital with board-level participation in investees, generating exits and returning capital to shareholders
• Deal experience across Renewable Energy, Telecommunication Towers, Gas distribution and Port sectors in a principal, buy-side role based in India and a secondment stint in London office
• Grew within AMP Capital from Associate to Associate Director over 5 years

Jun 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

Sep 2011 – May 2014 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Originate & Evaluate Deals, Execute Investments, Manage Assets.
• Executed a profitable exit in a ports investment
• Manage investments in a large Indian telecom tower company and a Chinese gas utility company
• Executed investment in a diversified renewable energy company

May 2007 – Aug 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Over 4.3 years of corporate finance experience in originating and executing sell-side deals, business planning, financial modelling, business valuations, negotiating and raising funds as a member of India M&A advisory team
• Closed six marquee transactions cumulatively worth US$ 1.2 billion across industries (Energy, Port, Steel, Mining, Agrochemical and Pharmaceuticals) and products (debt, private equity, acquisitions and joint-venture)
• Key deal experience highlights:
• Raised US$ 800 million in rupee debt financing to build a greenfield thermal power project in India
• Raised US$ 22 million private equity funds from UK-based investor for an agrochemicals company
• Raised US$ 40 million in rupee debt financing for an integrated steel and thermal power project
• Advised a pharmaceutical MNC in divesting non-core business to a strategic buyer for US$ 60 million
• Sold Africa-based coal mining licenses to a large Indian conglomerate for US$ 300 million
• Advised Indian company in acquiring Australia’s US$ 1.5 billion port project through competitive bidding

Apr 2006 – Jun 2006 · 2 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Summer internship in Government Advisory business of PWC, worked on a live case with an Indonesian corporate setting up a mega Special Economic Zone in India.

Mar 2005 – Jun 2005 · 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Research Associate in School of Management, IIT Bombay. Worked on sponsored project "Scheme of R&D Drivers of Technological Innovation in the National Innovation System"

May 2004 – Mar 2005 · 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Operated diesel hydro de-sulphurization plant in an oil refinery
• Managed catalyst changeover and produced Euro-III complaint clean diesel
• Finished one year Engineer Training programme on fast track in seven months
• Represented the 40-engineers trainee batch at the refinery

May 2003 – Jul 2003 · 2 mos · Goa, India

• Summer internship during BTech in IIT Kanpur
• Worked in a NPK fertiliser plant in Zuari Agrochemicals, Goa on a process efficiency improvement project