As Co-founder and Advisor at VGEI, he leverages extensive leadership experience as Founding Member and GM of The Unati Co-op and Advisor to the BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has managed high-impact projects funded by DBT, DST, ICAR and the World Bank across rural biotechnology, biofuels and bioresource management, while serving on key advisory bodies such as IBSD.

His core expertise lies in ground-level engagement with farming communities building resilient cooperatives, implementing sustainable land management and structuring carbon credit frameworks. At VGEI, he shapes organizational vision while guiding field teams to monetize sustainability practices for local farmers and scale community-led enterprise models across regional and international networks.