Partners

Paritosh Gupta

Renowned Structured Finance & Infra Expert ( PPP)

R. K. Srivastava

Critical Areas of industrialization

Alok Bhargava

Management Consultant

Rajiv Vijay Nabar

Retired Indian Revenue Services Officer, Taxation & Market Regulation Expert

Pawan Anand

Director, Mentor/Advisory Roles, Distinguished Fellow, the Ex Secretary General of Highway Operators Association (I)

Sandeep Malhotra
Vineet Agarwal

Management Consultant

Vishal Thakkar

Infrastructure Sector Expert

Arvind Sagar

Transport & infrastructure expert, with an early career in ship-owning & logistics management. Expertise in project development, and alternate models of project funding, for EPC and/or PPP mandates

Paritosh Gupta

Renowned Structured Finance & Infra Expert ( PPP)

Mr. Gupta is a key business leader and strategist with over 35 years of broad-based  experience of leading, developing, financing, and delivering sustainable infrastructure  projects across various sectors, under Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework with  extensive exposure to business partnerships with international agencies and foreign  Governments. Till recently he was the founder CEO of the Kukuza Project Development  Company, a joint venture promoted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export-  Import Bank of India (Exim Bank), State Bank of India (SBI), and RSBGI Group which has  been set up to take up project development/financing of large infrastructure projects in  the African Continent and act as a bridge between the ADB and the Indian financial  institutions.

His key areas of expertise include development and management of infrastructure projects  in the areas of transport, special economic zones, industrial corridors, energy, urban,  industrial & social infrastructure, international business and creating new organizations. His  major specialization is in the areas of Structured Infrastructure Financing and Private  Equity.

Mr. Paritosh Gupta holds master’s in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a  master’s degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)  Lucknow with specialization in Marketing and Finance.

R. K. Srivastava

Critical Areas of industrialization

Mr. Srivastava holds a Masters in Technology with Honours from Indian Institute of  Technology,(Indian School of Mines), IIT (ISM), Dhanbad.

 He possesses over 38 years of varied experience in working in different Ministries of Government of India,  Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, UNIDO/UNDP, Trade, Corporate and Autonomous  Organizations of Government of India.

Mr. Srivastava has largely served in critical areas of industrialization, technology transfers  & employment generation such as setting up of Process & Product Development Centres  (PPDCs) under UNDP Programme in India, Director- Special  Projects in Export Promotion Council For Handicrafts (EPCH), Setting up of India  Expo Centre & Mart etc.

He is also on the Board of some prestigious organizations and member of important  Committees.

Mr. Srivastava has unmatched experience of working across the sectors especially Govt. of India pertaining to rules, regulations,  procedures, setting up of entities including FDI, investments, Labour Laws, Land Allotment  and other critical areas such as execution of projects etc.

Inter-Ministerial coordination  and seamless execution of projects is one of the areas of specialization.

Alok Bhargava

Management Consultant

Mr. Alok Bhargava, an industry veteran with over 35 years of cross-functional, diverse business experience covering Management Consulting, Corporate Planning, Investment Banking, Private Equity, ICT based Education Services, and integrated Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

Have been associated with organizations and businesses at the conceptualization, incorporation, startup and operational stages, with related man management and business development exposure.

 Alok has also extensive experience in day-to-day operational, planning and strategic roles, including over 17 years at the leadership – ED/CXO levels.

Currently, and since October, 2018, focusing on areas of Strategic Management, Environment and aspects of ESG related themes, Skill Development, and Social Inclusion (CSR).

Rajiv Vijay Nabar

Retired Indian Revenue Services Officer, Taxation & Market Regulation Expert

Mr. Rajiv Vijay Nabar is a seasoned IRS officer (1986 Batch) with a rich experience in diverse aspects of Direct Taxes,  International Taxation, Exemptions and Representation before Tribunal  in International Taxation cases.

Recipient of accolades for outstanding work, leadership,  and innovative initiatives.

Mr. Nabar is the Chairman, SEBI Committee for Cash Flow Statement and Listing Agreement  Member Secretary, G S Patel Committee on Carry Forward of Transactions  (Badla), Member Secretary, CBDT Committee for Speculative Transactions, Member, National Evaluation Committee for recognizing outstanding officers  SEBI Representative on the Boards of Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Jaipur,  and Rajkot Stock Exchanges.

Pawan Anand

Director, Mentor/Advisory Roles, Distinguished Fellow, the Ex Secretary General of Highway Operators Association (I)

Major General Pawan Anand, a highly decorated Engineer Army man with deep understanding of security and infrastructure matters and currently advisor to the NSC. Recently awarded with Ati Vishisht Seva Medal by the President of India. He guides us on matters relating to security and risk mitigation.

Experienced Director General with a demonstrated history of working in Government at the Strategic Level, Infrastructure Development, Administration, and in Procurement both Indigenous and Foreign. Grounded experience in Operations Management, international and industrial Negotiations, Analytical Skills, and Organisation/Team Building. Well accepted as a lecturing and strong business development professional.

Sandeep Malhotra

Mr. Malhotra, holds a Mater’s degree from IIT Delhi in Systems and Management and a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from NIT, Kurukshetra in Electronics and Communication.

He is an experienced mult-disciplinary professional with more than 35 years of experience in financial and corporate sector, last position held was Managing Director of IFFCO Kisan (a subsidiary of IFFCO and Airtel ), a midsize company in agriculture sector.

He started his career  HCL and worked with Uptron and Siemens before moving to ICICI Bank where he worked in various positions including Head - Government Banking, North Zone and Corporate and Investment Bank.

During his career he has developed keen expertise in developing, vetting, evaluating business models,  and financing in various sectors like IT, Infrastructure (telecom, road, power), Auto and Agriculture, agriculture technologies etc.

Vineet Agarwal

Vineet Agarwal is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience with organisations like GE Capital, IFC, L&T, IL&FS and Kotak Bank

His areas of expertise are Infrastructure Finance, Financial Services, Capital Markets and Banking.

Vineet holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore

Vishal Thakkar

Infrastructure Sector Expert

With experience in the Oil and Gas, Infrastructure and Finance sectors for over 20 years’, Vishal has extensive expertise in business development, project planning and fund raising, M&A, commercial negotiations and contract management, partner identification, infrastructure concession and sub-concession agreements.

Previous roles include operations at Shell, and M&A and equity raising at Essar Group. He currently runs a boutique investment bank focused on Western India.

Arvind Sagar
  • 38-years’ experience spans infrastructure/ transport/ logistics/ SEZ/ Oil & Gas/ renewable energy/ social projects including greenfield ports, LNG/LPG terminal, gas/water pipelines, smart cities, economic corridors, rail, metro, expressways domains.
  • Procured large-value EPC/PPP projects based on ECA, EPC-F, G2G, CFS, Swiss Challenge, HAM, Co-finance, Alternate Sovereign Guarantee models of project funding.
  • Held leadership roles with Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Adani Group, MARG Ltd, Shell-Hazira, Essar, Precious Shipping Thailand.
  • Extensive knowledge of infrastructure & construction markets in India, Latin America (Peru, Colombia, Chile), Africa (Mozambique, Mauritius, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Madagascar), Middle East, CIS, SE Asia. Interacted with business & political leaders and established strategic relationships.
  • MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) 1985, and B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) 1983.