Mar 2016 – Present · 10 yrs

• Creating the Vision & Mission and values and overseeing operations to achieve organization’s objectives.
• Planning and Proposing CSR projects to organisations, aligned with their thematic area, to support communities with climate change adaptation projects on afforestation and water conservation led by employee engagement activities.
• Project designing as per UN Sustainable Development Goals and project management to ensure smooth implementation of projects.
• Managed stakeholder relationships between SayTrees, Government agencies, Corporate Social Responsibility of organisations and NGO partners.
• Fundraising of over $1.46 million for various projects in 4 years.
• ‘Identifying, planning and implementing’ turnkey programs & campaigns across seven Indian states. Social audits, risk assessment and mitigation for various climate change adaptation related projects.
• Collaborated with scientists & research departments of premier institutions for scientific consulting.
• Organised volunteer training workshops in environmental advocacy, campaign activities and Personal Social Responsibility.
• Invited to speak at various sustainability workshops and forums at corporate offices and institutions
• Managed a Cross-Functional Agile team for spearheading partnerships with non-profit organization and with over 50 multi-national corporate clients including Deloitte, EY, Goldman Sachs, HP Inc, Daimler Group, Fidelity Investments etc.
• Collaborated with rural NGOs to enhance know-how on environment related activities and support CSR and technical engagements.

Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 · 11 mos

• Managed countrywide operations of SayTrees.
• Responsible for Fundraising for strategic organizational growth and client-acquisition with aligned vision statements in environment conservation.
• Used social media campaigns to amplify the impact of volunteer engagement, effectively increasing volunteer participation with many individuals taking up environmental initiatives at remote places.
• Implemented automation in compilation of progress and audit reports of projects, published to donor corporates for impact assessment.
• Coordinated overall planning and management of all plantation and maintenance drives.
• Project site visits, identify environmental risks, and determine appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Led environmental advocacy sessions in schools and colleges across various states in India.
• Working with Farmers, NGOs and Government Agencies on Agroforestry and Urban Forestry projects.