Birthday:
December 22
Birthday: December 22
Birthday:
December 22
Company
FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (FICCI)
Department
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Position
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
City
New Delhi
Country
INDIA
Professional Background
I am an environmental professional and have been working in the field for past 3 years and 10 months. I did my Masters in Environmental Studies from TERI University, New Delhi, India and started my environmental career with an environmental consultancy. My work profile in my first job consisted of primary and secondary research, field studies, data collection, analysis and interpretation and compilation of reports and presentations. My work areas were primarily municipal solid waste management, environmental clearances, rural drinking water assessment etc. subsequently I joined the Environment and Climate Change division of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). FICCI is India’s largest and oldest business association and is the policy voice of the Indian Industry. I joined FICCI as a research associate in July 2011 and am working presently as an Assistant Director for Environment and Climate Change. My work profile here consists of the following: 1. Policy feedback from the industry to the Indian Government. My role is to read through and summarise the policies related to the Environmental legislature in the country and formulate a statement of impact for the Indian Industry, consolidate their feedback and present it back to the Government. I have worked on E Waste Rules, implementation guidelines to the E Waste Rules, amendments to Hazardous Waste Rules, National Biodiversity Act, Environment and Forest clearance regulations, Biomedical Waste Rules etc and have contributed to FICCI's submissions to the UNFCCC on technology transfer, Green Climate Fund and Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban Platform. Organisation of seminars, conferences, workshops etc that act as an interface between relevant stakeholders for various policy discussions. In FICCI, I am responsible for Coordinating meetings and activities under FICCI Environment Committee, FICCI E-Waste Subgroup and FICCI MSW subgroup Organisation of India Carbon Market Conclave – Annual Organisation of India Sustainability Conclave – Annual Organisation of India International Cleantech Summit – Launch event Launch event of GEF-MSME-UNIDO Cleantech Project – May 3, 2013 UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group – Low Carbon Economy Summit – held on April 18, 2012 3. Secondary and primary research, analysis, interpretation and report preparation regarding the national and international issues of environmental importance. I do the ground work and draw upon various discussions, outcomes and recommendations from the meetings, conferences and other reading material and contribute towards the various FICCI Publications in the Environment and Climate change space. The various reports that I have done with FICCI are mentioned in my CV. Other than these ongoing activities, I am involved on a continuous basis in the various initiatives of the organisation towards promotion of low carbon growth and climate mitigation. I also represent FICCI at relevant internal and external meetings, in order to put across FICCI’s views on the relevant issues and expanding FICCI’s networks.
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