As a Visiting Faculty to the BSE Institute, (a subsidiary of BSE Ltd.), started coaching aspiring financial professionals on the subject - "Introduction to ESG". It is a fairly new subject to these participants and has been a great experience for me too!!

ESG is an acronym for Environmental, Social and Governance. The firm’s ESG work is based on Research. It works extensively in the areas of Reporting, Impact on Supply-Chain, and Decarburization journey. It delivers work in the environment, social and governance - through its knowledge-building and dissemination approach. It conducts surveys, bespoke research, interviews, and fire-side talk, to name a few activities. Through these processes, it shares the findings, its thoughts and ideas which are, in the present day, critical for every enterprise. The core idea is to bring on board the experience of several stakeholders on these critical subjects which eventually will help every FUTUTRE-focused enterprise.Please check more details here - https://lodhaco-esgplus.com/

Mentor of Change Program is a strategic nation-building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students in thousands of Atal Tinkering Labs that Atal Innovation Mission has established/is in the process of establishing across India.#mentorofchange #india #ATL #innovation #entrepreneur #mentor #startup

About:(AIC) Atal Incubation Centre- Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) Foundation has been set up in alignment with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog to nurture, handhold and support New Age Entrepreneurs for New Age India. The focus is on job creation through entrepreneurship in the domains of Agriculture, Education & ICT. It also aims to create & support sustainable business models at grassroots level including social enterprises. Vision:• To inspire, nurture and handhold New Age Entrepreneurs for New India by steering the power of innovation and entrepreneurship.Mission:• To assist, mentor & support startups or budding organizations focused on solving people’s problems.• To motivate youngsters and entrepreneurs to innovate, to build and run successful working (business) models and to use information communication technology to support and strengthen self-help groups, cooperatives, agriculture sector, education sector and social sector.• To build a credible and sustainable world-class social impact incubator. More details are https://aic-rmp.org/index.php

Promoting Responsible Business for a Sustainable Future:Bala Vikasa International Center (BVIC) is a flagship institution actively promoting Social Entrepreneurship and Business Responsibility and striving to emerge as a Center of Excellence in Responsible Business. BVIC is a division of Bala Vikasa Social Service Society (one of the largest Indian nonprofits with high-impact multi-sectoral interventions in the South and Central states of India for over four decades). BVIC is rapidly emerging as a leading Knowledge Hub promoting Social Entrepreneurship and Responsible Business Practices. BVIC, with a state-of-the-art facility in Ghatkesar, Hyderabad, houses one of the biggest social incubators in the country driving social innovation and providing incubation support to early-stage social start-ups.I have recently been co-opted on BVIC Mentor Network. This Network is with the purpose of strengthening the Social Enterprise Ecosystem. About this Mentor Network, in their own words – “We invite you to become part of an exclusive, esteemed, accomplished, innovative, knowledgeable, and passionate group of people in our alliance of mentors, who can nurture social entrepreneurs and early-stage social start-ups into strong and successful organizations through our Social Entrepreneurship Programs at BVIC.”I am happy and honoured by being part of BVIC Mentor Network.

SmartGaon is a ‘Not for Profit’ foundation, provides outreach platform to different organizations & stakeholders to come together and work towards an Integrated Development of Rural India. It works with innovative & collaborative approach with the latest web and app technology.The mobile application ‘SmartGaon (Smart Village Management Platform)’ deployed by the Foundation to implement its various initiatives was appreciated by Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi during his one of the addresses of Mann Ki Baat. This mobile application has various smart features like tracking village development activities, good Panchayat Governance, online education, online healthcare, helpline, survey, phone directory, event calendar, need assessment & impact analysis, news section etc.It is also strategic support to several initiatives and programs of Government of India like Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Make in India and Skill India. Started by three social entrepreneurs Rajnish Bajpai, Yogesh Sahu and Gaurav Surana, and completed their 1st project (proto-type) in 2018, in Taudhakpur, a remote village in Raebareli, Utter Pradesh. In two years, they were able to convert Taudhakpur gaon into a SmartGaon by implementing various schemes like digitized public address systems, CCTV, smart farming practices, global connectivity and other modern amenities for education, healthcare and administration.SmartGaon vision is to empower villagers with smart technologies so that they can make smart decisions and become self-reliant. It’s mission is to transform Indian villages into sanitized, self-reliant & digitally empowered society.SmartGaon project is working in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. And as of now (December 2020) the work is in progress in 21 villages in these states.गांव आत्मनिर्भर, तो भारत आत्मनिर्भर !!

Business services: solutions through technology • Advising for 'unlocking growth' to mid-size companies• Creating and implementing enterprise knowledge management systems, information architecture and evaluation models and services for transforming into a digital enterprise - an enterprise growth differentiator• Advising and mentoring startups• Conceptualized and implemented many innovative and unique projects with eBay Inc. including drop-off stores, selling of pre-owned cars online, selling 'experience' as group buying, flash deals, cross-border trade, selling of certified diamonds and ‘build-your-own-jewelry’ systems• Set up Trading Assistant project (ISO Certified) for selling merchandise online. Over 200 brands were successfully serviced end-to-end for their eCommerce business– calling it ‘Brand eCommerce.’• Implemented price discovery process for pre-owned items through auctions for a clip to cars successfully

NMIMS’s School of Design is a definitive pathway for those students who harbour a creative and artistic bent of mind while also being enthusiastic about technology. Today, the role of a designer is varied—it combines design with technology and cognitive and behavioural sciences to serve business and social needs. It entails designing communications to designing businesses. Responding to the fact that Design is much more than mere visual appeal now; but a strategy, a solution that builds business value, the school relays a trans-disciplinary approach wherein design is crafted based on user-centricity, scientific inferences and expected business outcome which is enabled or opportune digitally.I have been part of the Creative Entrepreneruship Program of the School (Sem V) and shared my thoughts with young vibrant and aspiring entrepreneurs.

DIICE (Doozie Innovative & Incubation Center of Excellence) is an initiative to develop entrepreneurial skills amongst budding entrepreneurs & foster a community of entrepreneurs across the globe. More details are at https://diice.org/

iStreet Bazaar, a store with virtual inventory, is an assisted eCommerce business promoted by iStreet Network Ltd. iStreet Bazaar revolutionized the retail space by combining the advantages of the online and offline worlds to deliver the best shopping experience to consumers residing in the remote parts of India. iStreet Bazaar has taken a step into the future of retail where technology (eCommerce), along with assistance, is changing the way the common man of India buys and benefits. Few facts:• Adapted the traditional eCommerce model for the ‘last mile’ of India comprising of ~833 million Indians with limited to no access and/or understanding of the Internet, thus enhancing their lives.• 13,000 retailers were empowered and educated to face the challenges of emerging modern and online retail.• iStreet Bazaar has stores in 1200 cities and towns across India, access to more than 150million people.• iStreet Bazaar also generated self-employment, enhanced the income of micro and small retailers with no additional investments, and had a huge social impact.

Founded the business of chemicals and pharmaceuticals trading business in July 1988. In 1994, set up a medium-sized World Health Organization standard Specialty Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals products manufacturing facility• It was a greenfield project• Led a high-performance team of 120+ people for the project where the team performed highly complex chemistry for manufacturing high-value products: bromination, Friedel Craft’s reaction, Grignard reaction, high-pressure oxidation, hydrolysis (Alkali Fusion)• Ran multi-location operations through outsourcing or contract manufacturing arrangements• Manufactured several APIs and intermediates including Beta Blockers and ACE inhibitors.• Signed up manufacturing and supply contracts with large international companies• Successfully led the IPO of the company in 1994 for Rs. 40 millionExited the business in 2012.

Founded - B2B Chemicals Exchange in 1998:• In 1998, started with an idea of setting up one of the world’ largest ‘Chemical Exchange’, a B2B marketplace.• It was implemented successfully – from a basic idea to a world-class product. The exchange had an extensive reach of over 4,000+ participants globally. Products/deals worth billions of dollars were posted on the exchange regularly. A real exchange. The buyers would put their requirements and the sellers would put their bids. Compelte anonymity for both - buyer and bidders. • Equity participation by Price Waterhouse Cooper – one of the biggest alliances that time. Exited the business in 2002.

• As a project consultant, provided services to Entrepreneurs for starting up a new project.• Implemented Pharmaceutical Finished Formulation project for a client right from scratch.• Executed affordable housing project - 40,000 sq. ft. in an eastern suburb of Mumbai.