Pankaj Routhan

Project Manager

India4 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in Nature-Based Solutions and carbon offset projects.
Proven track record in managing high-impact carbon projects.
Strong entrepreneurial and communication skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in Environmental Consulting with a focus on carbon management and sustainability initiatives.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementCarbon Management

Other Skills

AdaptabilityBusiness DevelopmentCRM SoftwareCarbon AccountingCarbon MarketsCarbon ScienceCarbon SequestrationCommunicationCritical ThinkingDigital MRV SystemsEmotional IntelligenceForeign Exchange ManagementForeign Trade PoliciesGreen StrategyInternational Business

About

Project Development Manager with 4 years of experience in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), carbon offset project development, and environmental consulting across Asia and Africa. Proven track record of managing and developing carbon projects under Verra, developing PDDs, coordinating with VVBs, and supporting clients in building robust carbon portfolios. Skilled in carbon accounting, sequestration modeling, and digital MRV systems. Commercially driven with strong entrepreneurial and communication skills. Passionate about advancing global climate goals through impactful, scalable, and science-based solutions.

Experience

Equilibrium

Project Manager

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Equilibrium (formerly Climes Projects) originates high-integrity, high-quality, high impact carbon-removal projects in the global south.
Our Key Focus Areas:
💵 Capital - We design bespoke financial vehicles to absorb and deploy different sources of capital designated for climate & carbon-removal impact (Blending Finance across concessionary & commercial capital sources)
⚛︎ Carbon Science - We quantify carbon-emissions with scientific rigour and accuracy (Building out proprietary carbon-models in collaboration with leading research institutions)
🌐 Technology: We build and deploy our proprietary technology (Digital - MRV) to keep the trust quotient high in our climate solutions
We are currently working on 6 projects across
🌾 regenerative agriculture
🌿agroforestry
🌳mangroves &
🟤 biochar
in Central and South India.
Our mission is to restore earth's balance through scalable carbon-removal solutions. If it's something that excites you please reach out to me at pankaj@equilibriumearth.com

Carbon MarketsProject ManagementCommunicationCarbon ScienceTechnologyCarbon Management

Climes

Consultant - Nature Based Solutions

Nov 2023 – Sep 2024 · 10 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Emergent ventures india

2 roles

Consultant

Apr 2023 – Nov 2023 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Associate Consultant

Jan 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Sourcing nature based solutions (NBS) opportunities from developing countries globally.
Coordinating and building formal partnerships with proponents based in diverse geographies.
Supporting clients to meet their net zero and climate neutrality targets by developing a carbon offset portfolio of NBS projects.
Conducting preliminary assessments on MS Excel to check the eligibility of NBS, cookstoves, System of Root Intensification (SRI), and Smart Agriculture under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Verra (VCS) and Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS4GG), using their relevant methodologies.
Calculating the carbon sequestered by different tree species with the help of allometric and volumetric equations to assess the carbon potential of NBS projects.
Understanding and identifying gaps in project implementation budgets.

Nature Based SolutionsCarbon SequestrationPartnership BuildingPreliminary AssessmentsCarbon ManagementProject Management

Allied market research

Summer Intern

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos · Remote

Identified different industrial sectors globally for reporting market scenarios of each sector.
Generated over 500 leads for the firm.
Refined organizational and financial data of various companies for market research.
Used a CRM software to process refined data.

Market ResearchCRM SoftwareLead Generation