Co-authoring book: Corporate Governance In India: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability.

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As Vice President of NorCal Chapter of Association of Energy Engineers. Keep up to date with cutting edge Energy Industry changes, Industry relations, Organize Webinars and in-person site-visit programs for membership, Provide merit based scholarships. fundraising and new member enrollment.

At a Silicon Valley based startup, as the first hire for a new line of business - Energy Service Performance Contracting (ESPC/ESCO) helped grow the business from $0 to $43Mn revenue and final sale and consolidation of the business to a MNC. Scaled, the business initially serving, one building, small sites, as small as 25K sq ft., to serving large campuses, with 50-100 buildings and up to 2 Mn sq ft. applying principles of systems thinking. Wore multiple hats as part of a small agile team, supporting Technology, Business, Policy & Finance as needed, serving as a Utility Program Manager, Rate Engineer, M&V Manager, Project Manager, Datacenter Energy Practitioner, Energy Engineer, Electrical / Mechanical / Civil Engineer, Project Engineer, Construction Support Engineer, Sales support Engineer, Policy Analyst and Financial Research Analyst.Managed Utility incentives, rebates & grants, Utility & Renewable rate engineering, rate migration, Utility & Renewable data acquisition, policy analysis, established new mechanisms of financing energy projects, Provided guaranteed energy savings engineering calculations, performed ASHRAE Level-III Energy Audits, extensive engineering calculations, Lighting and HVAC solutions design, provided field engineering for verified savings, Design review, Commissioning, Contract review, Cost estimation & bidding, quantifying reduction in GHG emissions & related CO2e accounting of the energy savings, economic analysis, ROI, payback and proforma analysis, IRR, simple payback, Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCA) Created an inhouse tools such as a QR code-based check-in checkout tool to help scale the business.Tools eQuest, Universal Translator, SmartSheets, ELOG, Onset Hoboware, SAM System Advisory Model, PVWatts among others.Compliance to California Title 24, LEED, CHPS, CalGreen standards, MasterFormat, COBie and Revit BIM, Zigbee among others.

Surya Conversions is developing hybrid conversion kits for vehicles in developing countries. Our first product will be made for 4 stroke gas or compressed natural gas auto rickshaws in India. This cutting edge, low-cost conversion kit is dedicated to reducing pollution in India as well as saving fuel costs for rickshaw drivers who are struggling to support their families.Responsible for Product Road-map, Strategic Business Initiatives, Business plan review, Team building & Recruitment, Fund-raising, Digital Marketing, Campaigns & Strategic Business Development.

4N EcoTech is a US based company which provides Eco services. Our Focus is in Renewable Energy & Sustainable Sourcing of Resources. We are a Global company and help our clients create a better, more sustainable world.Responsible for Business Plan, Product & Services Road-map, Business Development, Team building & Recruitment, Workflow planning, Administrative processes, Investor relations and Financial Analysis of Solar PV projects in India. Identified stakeholders & developed client relationships, proposal development, prepared offerings, developed sales tools and channels for sourcing of recycleable commodities and established a global supply chain.

MBA at Leeds School of Business with a focus on Strategy, Operations, Technology management and Sustainability.

Developed go-to market strategy and business plan for NREL technology as part of start-up execution.

Founder and Proprietor of Arora Constructions. Oversaw a range of projects, from neighborhood planning to design, construction, and ongoing performance and operations of buildings. Implementation of a variety of client's Green-Building goals. Managed most functions of business, such as marketing, sales, operations, policy compliance, design & development and finance. Maintained local sourcing and a holistic Life Cycle approach to product acquisition.Policy Compliance defined by the Indian Green Building council (IGBC), GRIHA green building codes.

Product manager for Financial software product TCS BαNCSTechnical & Domain expert - Capital Markets, Investment banking, Custodian services, SWIFT/FIX/Clearing21/LIFFE Product development, Version upgrade, Implementation Management Pre-Sales, Multi-Client Relationship Management, Business Analysis, Product management, Product Roadmap & Strategy for Securities processing & Product design• Responsible for preparing RFIs & RFPs• Responsible for Competitors analyses & Product Differentiation• Responsible for preparing presentations addressing client's business needsAchievements:- Crafted Business & Technical solutions, which won 6 out of 8 bids and exceeded sales targets, efforts noteworthy during recession. The clients included Fortune 500 banks.- Played major role in winning a $75Mn project of Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore.- Was key techno-functional player in implementation of New Product Prototype for SIBOS, generating a major pipeline of new customers- Ensured New Product upgrades were delivered to all ongoing Projects including critical fixes.

Software development for an investment banks connected to Euronext LIFFE stock-exchange. Lead for Securities modules - Derivatives, Equities, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Repo/Reverse repo, Security Lending/Borrowing & IPOs, Financial Instruments, Product enhancements & Business Analysis. Managed large teams in different locations, in different time-zones and having diverse technical & business culture. Complete involvement in the entire SDLC of the product. Project management for a number of Banks.Achievements:- Responsible for interface updates ISO-15022 SWIFT/FIX/Clearing21/Liffe 2005-2009, including MiFID and subsequent integration with BaNCS Banking product.- Managed a large team of developers through go-live of clients Orbay - Rabo Bank, Sarasin Bank, Schretlen Bank. (product development & enhancement, bug fixing, version management,L2 support,co-ordination with project management & onsite teams under time & resource constraints)- Lead Product development/Project Management for Orbay, Rabo Bank, Sarasin Bank, Schretlen Bank, Royal Bank of Canada & Dexia Group- Developed and enhanced UNIX shell scripts on SUN Solaris/SPARC, AIX, and HP/UX.- Developed & implemented banking application server failover & autorecovery in Active-Passive mode- Co-ordinated concurrently with a number of cross-functional TCS internal teams - in Belgium, Netherlands, Gurgaon & Bangaluru as well as external teams - vendor at LIFFE Connect London, KBC IT Belgium and multiple clients.

Gap Analysis of Amsterdam Exchange's "Universal Trading Platform". A a multi-asset cash & derivatives exchange on Euronext LIFFE Connect.Also, rollout of test environments & client servers and design of organizational structure for new bank users and existing clients as well as daily running of the batch-profile.

Procurement & Vendor management for Electrical purchases. Also as a part of SAP MM user implementation team - migrating from paper based tenders to online RFQs as part of ISO 14001 & ISO 9001 certification for the firm.

Embedded system development of Transmit-Receive controller using mixed signal microprocessor. A ground based simulator for the first Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT -1 was developed for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Both Firmware & Software was written to optimize the results and generate desired output.