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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Research: Producing qualitative research on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and assigning ratings from AAA-CCC for companies across industries under the Retail - Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables, and Household & Personal products industries. • Analysis: Evaluating ESG performance along the key benchmarks for publicly traded companies, writing analyses on ESG issues for companies and publishing rating reports on a timely basis.• Monitoring:… Show more • Research: Producing qualitative research on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and assigning ratings from AAA-CCC for companies across industries under the Retail - Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables, and Household & Personal products industries. • Analysis: Evaluating ESG performance along the key benchmarks for publicly traded companies, writing analyses on ESG issues for companies and publishing rating reports on a timely basis.• Monitoring: Investigating and assessing core ESG risks pertinent to the following industries: Retail - Consumer Discretionary, Household Durables, Household & Personal products. Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Content Leadership: Independently managing subject matter expertise on all the Social Impact categories under the Sustainable Impact Metrics. This encompasses themes such as Nutrition, Sanitation, Healthcare, SME Finance, Affordable Real Estate, Education and Connectivity.• Client Connections: Regular interactions with clients including institutional investors to resolve queries pertaining to the ESG Screening product. This also includes responding to client queries regarding research on… Show more • Content Leadership: Independently managing subject matter expertise on all the Social Impact categories under the Sustainable Impact Metrics. This encompasses themes such as Nutrition, Sanitation, Healthcare, SME Finance, Affordable Real Estate, Education and Connectivity.• Client Connections: Regular interactions with clients including institutional investors to resolve queries pertaining to the ESG Screening product. This also includes responding to client queries regarding research on the Sustainable Impact Metrics. • Project Management: Managing multiple tasks and projects for scaling the ESG Screening product scope, improving operational efficiencies and quality assurance for the product while liasioning with global teams in Manila and Mumbai.• Quality Enhancement: Continual coaching of external data vendors to ensure quality and timeliness of deliverables. Development and implementation of improved quality control guidelines for enhancement of the Metrics methodology.• Net SDG Alignment product: Acquired knowledge of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and took responsibility for resolving client queries. Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Implementation: Operationalising Environmental & Social Policy Framework (ESPF) at ten IL&FS Group Companies encompassing Infrastructure Projects, Lending & Fund Transactions and Advisory Assignments on Infrastructure Development• Audit: Conducting internal review including site audit and coordinating external audit of the ESPF system • Analysis: Exploring integration of biodiversity conservation and social inclusion for elevating ESPF to a Sustainability Framework • Business… Show more • Implementation: Operationalising Environmental & Social Policy Framework (ESPF) at ten IL&FS Group Companies encompassing Infrastructure Projects, Lending & Fund Transactions and Advisory Assignments on Infrastructure Development• Audit: Conducting internal review including site audit and coordinating external audit of the ESPF system • Analysis: Exploring integration of biodiversity conservation and social inclusion for elevating ESPF to a Sustainability Framework • Business Responsibility Report (BRR): Collaborating with different departments and preparing the BRR for IL&FS Ltd.• Sustainability Reporting: Facilitating the process of GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting at IL&FS Group Companies• Research: Developing course content on Training by IL&FS Academy of Applied Development on the topic: “Integrating Environment, Social & Governance Perspectives In Sustainable Investment Decisions”• Employee Engagement: Managing sustainability awareness programs for employees Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Research on Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) at Financial Institutions • Compared and critiqued the Equator Principles, UNEP FI and UN PRI• Conducted a need assessment at 10 financial institutions in Mumbai through in-person interaction that helped discern ground-reality of ESG at financial institutions and helped collate mechanisms for implementing ESG • Identified and detailed 4 case studies highlighting loss due to non-implementation of ESG

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Managed Finance and Administration reporting for the Vice President of RFS IT in the United States• Performed multiple time-sensitive reports for the 6 retail business lines including financial, headcount and executive project reports and analysis• Interacted with senior Finance Directors and Chief Financial Officers in the United States on an ongoing basis to understand and modify reporting requirements• Automated the Monthly Executive Management Reports and Weekly Consolidated… Show more Managed Finance and Administration reporting for the Vice President of RFS IT in the United States• Performed multiple time-sensitive reports for the 6 retail business lines including financial, headcount and executive project reports and analysis• Interacted with senior Finance Directors and Chief Financial Officers in the United States on an ongoing basis to understand and modify reporting requirements• Automated the Monthly Executive Management Reports and Weekly Consolidated Headcount Report • Received 'Spot award', Quarter 1, 2010 for successful 'go live' of the Executive Management Reports• Received 'Team of the Quarter award', Quarter 4, 2010 for saving $1.5 million during the quarter• Formulated an Executive Key Projects monthly deck while collaborating with international colleagues to track the performance of 90 ongoing projects. Show less

Mba, Corporate Responsibility And Sustainability

Activities and Societies: Member, Net Impact Club • Research Assistant for Professor Jennifer Griffin, Strategic Management and Public.

Bachelor Of Management Studies, Finance

Activities and Societies: Elected Assistant Class Representative in the final year, Member of the Creatives Committee for the annual.

Post Graduate Diploma In Environmental Law, Dissertation Work In ‘Sustainable Development And Environmental Governance’, 'A' Grade

Masters In Commerce, Management

Studied while working full-time