Sumedh Rao Email & Phone Number

Project Planning and Communications

One of the first few members of the Sustainability advisory team at Capgemini Invent.• Developed a Biomethane Roadmap offering and built capability around it to offer to allCapgemini clients• Working with other team members and domain experts to develop Go-to-marketstrategies and new service offerings in the sustainability advisory space• Leading the “Renewable Energy and Decarbonization“ Go-to-market and new serviceofferings globally for Capgemini Invent• Project manager for a " Decarbonization blueprint project" for global team, mapping keytrends in sustainability across 500 multinational companies

Bangalore

• Integral part of a small core team, donning many hats in different areas of Design, Operations, Business Development, Project Management, Recruitment and Strategy for Waste-to-Biomethane plants• Worked with Key accounts like Shell India, Mahindra, Tata Projects to build various businesses and business models around Bio-CNG in India• Increased sales volume from Rs. 70 lakhs to Rs. 7 crore + recurring revenue p.a. under the business verticals managed by me – Business Services and Gas Sales• Advised several organizations on decarbonization, sustainability pain points and profitability. Exposure to carbon audits, carbon reporting, carbon markets and ESG impact for both internal and external projects• Worked on Proposals/RFPs, Government Tenders, Business Offering presentations, and Detailed Project Reports• Built a Go To Market Strategy for Bio-CNG to Commercial Kitchens and Industries in 4 states and groomed a team to execute it• Held Key accounts with large corporates and government entities like Mahindra, BBTC, BBMP, Taj and several others

Bengaluru Area, India

• Head of Projects for two proprietary technologies: Large Scale Biomethanation Plants and Water Recovery/Treatment Plants• Design and Engineering of complete plant including Technology Selection, Drawings and Layout, BOQ, Procurement and Automation• Complete management of project from interaction with customers during conceptual stage to commissioning of plant• Proficiently execute presentations and pitching to potential customers including preparing Techno-Commercial proposals, Detailed Project Reports, Consultancy Reports and Budgetary Reports

Bengaluru Area, India

Rural Hybrid Energy Enterprise Systems Project – Ongoing pilot project to set up one-of-a-kind sustainable village in Karnataka.• Leading a team for all activities under the project including, survey, feasibility study, design of biogas plant and gasifier specific for this project.• Extensive study and survey of unelectrified villages in Karnataka through visits, meetings, participatory exercises and questionnaires.• Design and engineering of the entire electrical system including developing load profile, biogas sizing & construction and monitoring systems

Solar EngineeringInventor of – “Retro-fitment of Reflectors in solar PV plants” - named as inventor in patent application.Complete handling of Research Projecto Designing, setting-up prototype and carrying out testing on site. o Developing customised mathematical model for optimization of angle. o Detailed documentation and drawings for patent application.  Detailed plant design and engineering including complete BOQ, technology selection, layout design, shadow analysis, cable sizing and detailed project report. Involved in complete process of setting up large scale solar PV plant; radiation analysis to complete plant layout and engineering.  Proficient in using PVSyst to Generate Reports, Analysis and Tilt pitch optimisation using the software above and beyond it's standard features. Performance analysis and monitoring data through SCADA for all plants- Largest in Asia and other plants. Attended a workshop on SCADA to understand implementation, structure and complete working of system.  Techno –commercial evaluations, report writing and presentation on various topics.Research on existing and emerging PV technologies. Constant source of information to top management through reports and presentations.

Modules- Low Carbon Technologies Energy Delivery and Network Integration Energy Markets and Risk Energy and the Environment Research and Development Project-Micro-Hydro power generation using a pump in reverse.The project involved designing and constructing a Pump-as-Turbine device. The expected output of the project was the complete specifications of a micro-hydro system for a first target application in a developing country.

Master Of Science (Msc), New And Renewable Energy

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Industrial Engineering And Management