Climate Policy Initiative India (CPI India) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) for developing and disseminating knowledge on green and sustainable finance to policymakers, regulators, and industry players. CPI India is an analysis and advisory organisation dedicated to driving economic growth while addressing climate change.
CPI India and IIMA will jointly conduct research and analysis to generate research outputs applicable in the sustainable and green finance space. Through this association, IIMA and CPI India will also jointly conduct capacity-building program on green and sustainable finance, design sustainable financial policies and regulations, undertake climate risk assessments, and other possible joint efforts.
At the signing ceremony, Professor Amit Garg, Professor of Public Systems Group, IIMA said, “We are happy to associate with CPI India’s Center for Sustainable Finance to further our research agenda on sustainable finance theory and practice, and curate capacity-building program for executives in the financial ecosystem and to educate them about best practices in the green and sustainable finance space, while managing climate risks.”
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Prachurjya has over 16 years of experience in investment banking with Acuity Knowledge Partners. At Acuity, he has led sector and product-specialist pilot teams across Capital Markets, ESG, Debt Advisory, Loan Syndications, Metals & Mining and Real Estate. He has been actively involved in setting up and on-boarding new ESG Advisory, ESG DCM and Sustainable Finance teams for various bulge bracket investment banks. Within DCM and Rating Advisory, he has been instrumental in helping the clients achieve over 30% in annual savings on both regular and adhoc tasks through standardization of the outputs and deployment of our proprietary BEAT tools.
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Puja has 7 years of extensive experience in ESG, Climate Change & Sustainability and she is supervising the ESG team at Acuity. She also has diverse experience in conducting ESIA, EHS compliance audits, ESG Risks and Controls, EHS & ESG Due Diligence assessments. Prior to joining Acuity, she was working with companies like KPMG Global Services, EY India and ERM India. She has expertise in provisioning extensive research requirements for clients through preparation of Peer Benchmarking, Target Compilation, Sustainability report, Sustainable Finance Updates and Sectoral ESG Thematic Detailing Engagement.
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