Our Team
Mr. Pavitra Anand
Founder & Managing Director
Mr. Pavitra Anand who has been an Ex Investment banker and has been involved in the Indian Capital Markets for the past 22 years. Anand has served and gained experience and in depth knowledge in several assignments roles working in Multinational banks like Citibank N.A., ABN Amro NV, Societe Generale, and Barclays.
Mr. Anand has gained experience in the field of Credit Risk – Investment / Corporate Banking, Equity Portfolio Management, setting up Structured Product Platform, and Wealth Management / Financial Management.
Anand has also gained In-depth knowledge on Debt Rating Model, to evaluate the credit worthiness of large, medium and small corporate. Putting forth 22 years of experience in Strategic Tie Ups, Fund Raising in the form of debt and Equity for SME, and MME in the field of Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Real Estate, BPO (Business Process Units), Chemical Industry, Hospitality and Education.
Since the past few years Mr. Anand a 3rd Generation Entrepreneur who has been looking at opportunities within the Indian environment sector to create a difference. He has been successful in collaborating with institutes and technology companies in the field of Waste Management, Ambient Air Quality Systems to cater the Indian markets, which has given an innovative hi-tech technology to control the ambient air quality ( PM2.5 and PM 10) in Indian cities.
Mr. Anand has earned a double Master Degree in Business Administration specialising in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Masters in Applied Finance specialising in Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance from Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Marisha Sharma
Dr. Marisha Sharma is a Civil Engineer with Masters in Environmental Planning and a PhD from IIT, Delhi. She is a PG Diploma in Analystical Chemistry and has PG certificates in participatory management of displacement, resettlement & rehabilitation as well as Disaster Management. She is a BEE certified energy auditor. She has been practicing as an environmental consultant since 2001 and is Director (Technical) of Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, a 40 year old company active in mine designing, environmental & social impact assessments, hydrogeological studies, R&R studies, surveys etc. with and inhouse environmental laboratory accredited by NABL and recognised by MoEF&CC.
The company is also ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 certified and NABET accredited for mine planning as well as EIA consultancy. She is also visiting faculty to School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She has been member of various panels at DDA, Guru Gobind Singh Inderprastha University, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University and been advisor to National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and other research & technology oriented private entities.
In her private time, she is active in organising state, national and international level Scrabble competitions amongst students and adults in the capacity of founder President of Scrabble Association of Delhi since last 18 years. She is also active in conducting “Trash-to-Treasure” workshops and motivational talks for young minds through SPA’s ENVIS centre and at various universities, colleges & NGOs. She is passionate about recycling CDs and derives happiness when her passion inspires young minds to follow suit. Her other hobbies include reading, painting, handicrafts, travelling and photography, with her photographs having been published by National Geographic and exhibited in various national and international competitions.
With respect to the topic of panel discussion “Lifestyle for effective management of solid waste and liquid waste”, her family and company members have imbibed several lifestyle changes over the last decade and a half. Some of these are shared in an article titled “Micro habitats on Urban Balconies” as a part of a published book “Civic Ecology – Stories About Love of Life, Love of Place” by Cornell University in 2015[1]. The self-initiated endeavour was started for a common love of birds after Sparrow was announced as State Bird of Delhi in 2012. In the last decade, from about 2 broods of sparrows reared in our balconies every year, the numbers have risen to almost 6-8 broods per year. In addition, the household practices include 100% composting of organic kitchen waste, 100% reuse of RO waste water, 100% reuse of old clothes & woollens and even collecting & giving the daily hair fall for commercial use. Like every other typical Indian household, the papers, cardboard, plastics, glass and metals are collected and find their way to the informal recycling sector. The expired medicines, blood sugar strips and other biomedical waste is collected in a small packet and handed over to her dentist friend , who has a BMW authorization. The small e-waste is dropped into a bin available at MOEF&CC, New Delhi or and the larger ones are picked by e-waste recyclers. Only problem is with the used AA and AAA batteries, which have been collected and kept but no proper channel for safe disposal could be identified. Use of metro or cycle or electric scooter despite having a CNG car is preferred by all in her home and office. The next step in the families endeavor to reduce their ecological footprint will be to install solar panels on roof top.
