BA (Hons) in Economics, St Stephen's College, Delhi University; MBA, Cornell University.

Over 16 years' global management and finance experience in France, UK, Hong Kong, India and the United States. Founder & CEO of Bharat Light & Power, and Industry.AI (BLP Group). Leading wind and solar power generation company in India (IPP). Group has 3 independent companies - large utility scale wind/solar, distributed solar and an industrial AI and IoT company - Industry.AI. Industry.AI leverages proprietary failure prediction models, big data analytics & machine learning to help industries improve productivity, sustainability, quality, safety and optimize energy consumption. Provides predictive intelligence for over 2GW of wind & solar farms globally. Also, AI based solutions to industries such as auto, FMCG, mining, oil & gas, steel, airports, ports etc. Earlier with General Electric (GE) for 14+ years. Was President & CEO of GE India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh in last role. Previous roles included GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS), 1996: roles in marketing, structured finance and risk management; 2005, opened GECAS office in Delhi; Senior Vice-President and Country Head, India, arranged more than $1 billion in financing for India's airline industry; President & CEO, GE Commercial Finance, India; 2007.

At present, Chairman of the Board, APM Terminals (Maersk Group) - Gujarat Pipavav Port; Member, Board of Directors, SRF, Anand Group, Tube Investments of India (Murugappa Group), Eicher Group (Royal Enfield), and Indian Energy Exchange. Senior Advisor to AP Moller Capital. National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum and on WEF YGL Foundation Board. Co-Chair of WEF GFC on Energy. Aspen Institute Fellow. YPO member. Interests: national swimmer, golf, classical music and Formula 1.