Seasoned ESG / CSR Leader with strong expertise in ESG, leading employee volunteering, and managing social impact initiatives aligned to business and sustainability goals. 17+ years of cross-regional and cross-functional experience, across roles in business development, IT project delivery, ESG, employee engagement, and corporate social responsibility. A proven track record of using excellent personal, communication and organization skills to lead and improve ESG department, design and executing impactful programs for the community, and improve ESG disclosure efficiencies. A Leader with excellent communication skills, team management skills, high quality of work, driven and highly self-motivated.
Current Roles
Global ESG Lead for Human Rights & Supply Chain transformation
Anchored end-to-end project management and governance for the first ESG report of Cognizant published in May 2021.
Handled auditing of 200 qualitative and quantitative claims in the ESG report
ESG Human Rights – working to report Human rights actions under United Nations Guiding Principles Reporting Framework
ESG Sustainable Supply Chain – Anchored validation and revision of Supplier Standards of Conduct, Inclusion of ESG criteria in Supplier onboarding as part of Supply Chain Transformation across the organization
Closely working with Environment team towards identification of right partners like CDP, EcoVadis in establishing a sustainable supply chain
As the Primary Coordinator of UNGC for Cognizant, responsible to submit Communication of Progress reporting
Head of India for the Employee Volunteering platform – Cognizant Outreach
Responsible to enable volunteering opportunities for 200,000 employees across India under two focus areas supporting inclusion in tech and increasing community impact.
Enabled donation of 44,000+ de-bonded desktops donation in India working in tandem with all stakeholders.
Managed multi-million dollar Covid19 relief projects across India.
Signed multiple partnerships with Technology partners, NGOs and Government institutions for co-creating volunteering programs and executing CSR projects. Received multiple awards for the programs designed and excellent service.
The India CSR Forty under 40 ESG Leader Award
India CSR is proud to present him with “India CSR Forty under 40 ESG Leader” for his extraordinary work in Environmental, social, governance (ESG). ESG 40-Under-40 initiative of India CSR empowers young, promising social service sector leaders to contribute their voice in shaping the sector’s future, build collegiality, and leverage on newfound connections to make change happen.
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