ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BE/BTech: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani BE (Hons) Chemical, Chemical Engineer

MBA/PGDM: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta - Finance & Economics

PROFILE SUMMARY

A leadership skills and systems thinking trainer who delivers programs for corporates, government officials, and academic institutions. He has been Visiting Faculty at BITSoM, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, Indian School of Public Policy, and Symbiosis Center for Management & Human Resource Development, where he teaches systems thinking, infrastructure financing, and conducts leadership training using improv theatre techniques. He has over 25 years of prior experience at PwC India, KPMG, and CRISIL Limited, advising developers, financiers, governments, and regulators on infrastructure investment, PPP programs, and sector reforms. He is also Co-Founder of AskHow India

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

4 years

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Career Trajectory

Independent Director
Highway Concessions One Private Limited
Sep 2022 - Present · 11 mos

Co-Founder
AskHow India
Jul 2021 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Jagriti Enterprise Centre - Purvanchal
Chair - Rurbanisation COE
Jul 2021 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Project Mumbai
Advisory Board Member
Jul 2021 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

PwC India
Partner, Leader - Capital Projects & Infrastructure
PricewaterhouseCoopers India
May 2011 - Jun 2021 · 10 yrs 2 mos
Mumbai
Transport, Industrial and Urban Infrastructure
Planning Industrial Corridors.
Enabling PPP Projects

Partner, Infrastructure Advisory
KPMG
Jan 2007 - May 2011 · 4 yrs 5 mos
Partner at KPMG, leading Advisory projects in power, ports, airports, roads, urban transport, water & sanitation, etc.

PwC
Associate Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
2003 - 2007 · 4 yrs
Power sector regulation and reform, to enable private investment.

KPMG US
Manager
KPMG Corporate Finance
Aug 2001 - Sep 2003 · 2 yrs 2 mos

CRISIL Limited
Head - Energy
Jun 1995 - Jul 2001 · 6 yrs 2 mos
Power Purchase Agreements, Credit assessment, Tariff negotiations

Some marquee projects, that required application of first-principles

▪ Bid advisory for Private Train Operations, Station Redevelopment, Metrorail, Power
distribution privatization, Airport privatizations
▪ Concession Agreement for Pune Mumbai Hyperloop project
▪ Digital ticketing solution across all public transport in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
▪ PPP model and Swiss Challenge Process for private sector management of cities
▪ Planning of Economic Corridors (East coast of India, Sri Lanka)
▪ Institutional capacity building in AP Electricity Regulatory Commission
▪ Design of bankable risk sharing and bid process, across ports, power, mining
▪ Development of methodology for State and SEB ratings, and Escrow-able Capacity of States

Teaching & training experience

▪ Improv Theater for leadership skills, 12 hour training at a boutique consulting firm, and at a
robotics training center
▪ Systems Thinking, 12 hour compulsory course at BITSoM
▪ 6 hours on energy and related issues, in the full course on Economics of Corporate
Sustainability at IIM Calcutta
▪ Capacity building in PPP and Infrastructure Development, MDP for 35 Government
officials, at IIM Kozhikode
▪ Sessions on Infrastructure Development & Regulation, as part of Mahatma Gandhi National
Fellowship program, at IIM Kozhikode
▪ Design, development and part-delivery of a 21-hour MOOC on Public Policy for Young
Professionals, for Indian School of Public Policy
▪ Project Feasibility & Financing, a 45-hour compulsory course at 2-year MBA program on
Infrastructure Management, at Symbiosis.
▪ Advanced Feasibility & Financial Engineering, a 30-hour elective for second year students.
▪ Infrastructure Policy, a 20-hour elective course at Indian School of Public Policy
▪ Research & report writing, 4 hours (part of the full course) at BITSoM
▪ Financing Urban Rail projects, 3-hour session as part of Project Finance course for EPGP
class at IIM Indore
▪ Basics of Infrastructure Financing, guest lecture at ISB Hyderabad and IIM Kashipur
▪ PPP in Private Train Operations, guest lecture at Adani Institute of Infrastructure
Management
▪ Challenges in PPP and Infrastructure Financing, guest lecture at IIM Bangalore
▪ Responsible for Learning & Development program of 500+ infrastructure team at PwC
▪ Lecture on Infrastructure Financing & Regulation, to MLAs, organized by PRS
▪ ADB appointed expert for course on Value For Money, at Manila, Philippines
▪ World Bank appointed expert for course on Cost of Capital Estimation for Central Sector
Power Utilities in India; at Core Training Course on Infrastructure Regulation & Reform
▪ Statistics Tutor, for first year students, during second year at IIMC