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San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, United States

Project manage a new funder collaborative focused on advancing knowledge, funding, and action in industrial decarbonization.

San Francisco, California, United States

Identify, award, and manage grants with a focus on reducing emissions from heavy industry, including steel, cement, and chemical sectors.

Remote

Screened ~100 early-stage companies working to address food insecurity in Central America. In the process of conducting deep due diligence on two companies to recommend one company for a US$50k equity investment.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Assessed progress against voluntary forest-related pledges/ commitments of select countries - in areas spanning finance, sustainable supply chains, governance, inclusion of indigenous peoples and local communities - towards positively influencing COP27 outcomes and beyond.Climate Focus is an international advisory company committed to developing policies.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Consulted with over 20 nonprofits and social businesses working across multiple Sustainable Development Goals in areas of strategy advisory, program design and management, leadership and fundraising capacity, organisation design and change management.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sattva is a global development consulting firm which partners with businesses, philanthropists, and social organisations to help them maximise the return on social investment. They offer research, strategy design, implementation, programme management, impact assessment, social audit, and talent solutions.Sattva has driven social impact action in.

Bahrain

Supported a 4-member core team in executing their startup accelerator program for local and international startups in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The program offers seed funding, strategic mentorship, workspace and entrepreneurship-focused business training to enable bright and passionate entrepreneurs launch their ideas.

Mumbai Area, India

Consulted with over 25 businesses, high net worth individuals, domestic and international foundations to help define and achieve their philanthropy vision; including co-creating a philanthropy strategy, identifying and evaluating high-impact projects in select domains, onboarding partners, building the grantees' institutional capacity, reporting and.

Mumbai Area, India

Dasra acts as a catalyst in India’s philanthropic sector by driving collaborative action with hundreds of non-profits in India and philanthropists from around the world, to ensure India achieves the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.To date, Dasra has shaped the philanthropic movement, with 70+ research reports, and actively worked with 500.

Mumbai Area, India

Facilitated and co-managed 15+ employee-led, pro-bono, capacity building projects between Edelweiss employees and EdelGive's portfolio nonprofits in areas of finance, human resources, marketing and communications, and technology. EdelGive Foundation is a grant-making organization, helping build and expand philanthropy in India by funding and supporting the.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Development And Environmental Policy, International Business

Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders and K C Mahindra Fellow Relevant courses: - Food Systems Policy, Climate Change Law & Policy, Development.

Bachelor In Management Studies, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Vice Chairperson of Drishti, inter-college management youth festival, spearheaded 4 departments and 35 members

Primary And Higher Secondary Education, Commerce

Activities and Societies: School House Captain, Dance, Creative Writing