Vinay Deodhar

Area of Expertise:

• Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
• Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
• Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
• Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
• Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility

Professional Experience:

Out of my 30 years of experience, I worked for five years in process industry, 12 years in development finance institution and 13 years in consulting. I was actively involved in managing three USAID India projects during 1988-97 and 2000 - 04. These programs were in the field of promoting innovative clean energy technologies, climate change, carbon finance and environmentally safe technologies. In the past decade I am involved extensively in promotion of clean development mechanism and Joint Implementation projects under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. I reviewed 34 new baseline and monitoring methodologies, reviewed 385 CDM projects from 35 developing countries, assessed several designated operational entities. Since 2007 I formed and led a team of International and national consultants in Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Development Bank. Under the ADB's Carbon Market Program the team offered technical support to over 100 projects in accessing carbon finance.