Diversified experience in Project Management, Fund and Portfolio Management, Infrastructure planning and roll-out, Consultancy and Independent Assessments across continents. Economist with Verdurous Solutions, a consultancy and investment advisory focusing on Renewable Energy and Environmental Finance (www.verdurous.in). Authored over 35 research papers in areas covering Environmental Finance, Renewable Energy -markets, policy, financing, real-options, socio-economics, microfinance, externality-valuation etc. Book on Project Finance "Long Term Investments: Project Planning and Appraisal"​, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group is used as a Graduate level reference / text book. Book on appropriate application of Renewable Energy, "Rational Exuberance for Renewable Energy"​ (International Edition), collection of research papers and monographs "Enabling Environment: A Worm's Eye View of Environmental Finance"​, and most recently a compilation of case studies: "Cleaner Energy Investments: A Case Book: are all published by Springer Verlag of Germany. Development Editor for a compilation of articles on the subject of Externality Valuation published by Nova Publishers, New York, USA. Documented case studies have been published by Richard Ivey School of Business, Ontario Canada.Civil Engineer (India) with a graduate degree in Business Administration -Finance (Saudi Arabia), graduate qualification in Architecture (India), graduate qualification in Environmental Law (India) and graduate qualification in Economics (Austria), Doctoral Degree - Social and Economic Sciences (Business Economics - University of Vienna, Austria).Specialties: Green investment banker, Renewable Energy and Environmental Finance specialist; Researcher / Writer / Editor / Project Assessor; Analysis of socio-economics and Individual motivations towards sustainability, Specialist faculty in Project Finance, Economics, Trade, and Business Strategy.