B.C.E. (Honours, Civil Engineering, 1966) & M.C.E. (Environmental Engineering, 1970) from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Key Areas of Professional Expertise: More than 40 years of experience in Urban Development, Housing, Urban / Municipal Infrastructure Development, Water & Sanitation- both Urban & Rural, Waste Disposal and Management; Project Engineering – Feasibility, Detailed Design, Bid Process & Implementation Management, Operation and Maintenance; Programme Management; Poverty Alleviation & Policy Development; Environmental Quality and Regulatory Framework, River Basin Studies & Basinwide Water Quality Improvement; Environmental & Social Assessments, including EIA, SIA; Resettlement & Rehabilitation of Project Affected Persons; Environmental & Social Safeguards; Environmental Due Diligence and Environmental Audits; Monitoring and EvaluationWorked with several multi-lateral and bi-lateral developmental institutions- ADB, DFID India, FAO, NORAD, NEDA, USAID and the World Bank. Has worked as Team Leader In large number of assignments assisted by these institutions as well as Government of India and various State Governments; Development Finance Institutions such as HUDCO, IL&FS etc, as well as Private Corporate Sector. Apart from India Worked in Iran, Mauritius, Oman, U.A.E. and Yemen. Presented and published several papers on diverse topics – Pollution Control, Project Management, Municipal Services, various topics related to Environmental Impact Assessments, Cleaner Production etc. in National and International journals. Several Reports prepared as Consultant have been published by the Central Pollution Control Board. Special capabilities: Ability to handle multi-dimensional and complex projects; proven leadership in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment; excellent writing and presentation skills; Team building; . Interested in Consulting assignments both short and medium term.