Team

Nawaz Khan2025-11-12T09:49:30+00:00

The programme draws together the joint capabilities of IIHS and Infosys: bolstering institutional capacity and technical expertise, and a common belief in and commitment to India’s sustainable future.

ASSURE delivers on its vision to transform India’s carbon and energy-intensive real estate sector by promoting High Performance Buildings (HPBs) to a diverse set of stakeholders through its Supervisory Group (SGs) and Core Team.

Supervisory Group (SG)

Aromar Revi
Director, IIHS

Aromar Revi is the founding Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and a renowned expert with 40 years of experience in interdisciplinary practice. He serves as Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and sits on several international commissions related to climate change, water, cities, and sustainable development. A key figure in climate science, Aromar was a Coordinating Lead Author for the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which informs global climate targets. He has led over 240 major assignments worldwide, influenced development investments totaling over $15 billion, and advised various governments, UN agencies, and international institutions on urban development, infrastructure, and strategic planning.

Aromar Revi

Director, IIHS

Manish Dubey
Chief – Practice, IIHS

Manish is an expert on public policy, governance, and infrastructure development. Over a nearly three-decade long career, he has advised national ministries and 20+ state governments on policy and administrative reform, anchored large national and state-level infrastructure sector programmes, and developed strategies, work plans, and results management frameworks for a number of international development agencies.

Manish Dubey

Chief - Practice, IIHS

Niladri Prasad Mishra
Senior Vice President, Head – Global Infrastructure & Climate Action

Niladri Prasad Mishra is Senior – Vice President and Head Global Infrastructure and Climate Action.

He has been working with Infosys for the past 27+ years and has over 29 years of experience. He has extensive experience in Transforming Real Estate, Financial System & Process. Setting up Distributed Workplace strategies expanding to tier-2 & tier 3 cities as well as influencing significant positive changes to Govt Policy and Process.

Since 2020 as a head of Corporate Real Estate orchestrated a paradigm shift in workplace dynamics, revamping building interiors to accommodate hybrid work models. His strategic prowess and dedication have been instrumental in shaping Infosys’ trajectory, exemplifying his commitment to innovation and organizational excellence.

He has a Chartered Accountant membership from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Niladri Prasad Mishra

Senior Vice President, Head – Global Infrastructure & Climate Action

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar
EVP, Global Head – Corporate Accounting & Taxation, and Group Head – Facilities, Infrastructure and Security, Infosys

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar is currently Executive Vice President, Finance at Infosys Ltd. He is responsible for Global Taxation, Corporate Accounting, Treasury & Group Head Infrastructure, Facilities and Physical Security. He is also the Global CFO for the Consulting, BPM, Products and Platform businesses. He is the Trustee of the Infosys Foundation the philanthropic arm of the Infosys Group.

Sunil has worked with Infosys for about 16 years and has previously worked with 21^st Century FOX based out in Hong Kong.

He was awarded with the Stars of the Industry award for Best Automation in Finance, conferred with Best In-house Tax Director in Asia award by International Tax Review (a Euromoney Publication) in 2021 and, is the recipient of the CFO Next 100 award instituted by CFO India. He is a speaker at both national and international forums and is on the editorial panel of International Tax Review. He is the Chair of the Direct Tax Committee of Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Sunil is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Rank Holder from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India also trained at the National Defence Academy in India.

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar

EVP, Global Head - Corporate Accounting & Taxation, and Group Head - Facilities, Infrastructure and Security, Infosys

Core Team

Amir Bazaz
Head – Infrastructure and Climate, IIHS

Amir specializes in climate and energy policy, sustainable development, and urban transitions. Besides anchoring several global and national initiatives in the climate action space, he has been the Lead Author for the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure’s (CDRIs) Global Infrastructure Resilience report, the Green Climate Fund’s 2021 report on scaling up climate finance, and the 2022 summary of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report for urban policymakers. Amir holds a PhD from IIM Ahmedabad and an engineering degree from IIT Roorkee.

Amir Bazaz

Head - Infrastructure and Climate, IIHS

Guruprakash Sastry
AVP and Head – Climate Action, Infosys

Guruprakash is a sustainability leader and a green building professional with over 19 years of experience. He is currently driving Infosys’ globally celebrated decarbonisation and environmental sustainability initiatives and has been instrumental in implementing innovative building design, energy, water and waste management technologies that have set new efficiency benchmarks. Guruprakash has a Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He is an IGBC Fellow, LEED Accredited Professional and a Certified Energy Auditor.

Guruprakash Sastry

AVP and Head - Climate Action, Infosys

Manoj Hedge
Lead – Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Manoj, an electrical and electronics engineer, has over 15 years of experience in MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) design and project management, specialising in energy-efficient building technologies. This includes a 12 year stint at Infosys where he led the design and execution of 20 million sq ft of greenfield and retrofit projects and contributed to innovations around radiant cooling systems and water and wastewater treatment technologies.

Manoj Hedge

Lead - Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Padma Venkataraman
Head – Communication and Design, IIHS

Padma anchors communications for ASSURE and is Head- Communication & Design, IIHS. She has over two decades of experience in advertising, PR, corporate communications, and marcom, across sectors, industries and geographies. At IIHS, Padma anchors the communication and design of the institution’s vast portfolio of knowledge products, including strategising and managing content, stakeholder outreach, and digital marketing to build and nurture the institution’s brand and reputation.

Padma Venkataraman

Head - Communication and Design, IIHS

Prasad Vaidya
Senior Advisor, IIHS

Prasad Vaidya leads Solar Decathlon India (SDI). He is a LEED Fellow and has worked on 150+ high performance buildings across the United States of America, India, UAE, and South Korea in a career spanning over three decades. Prasad has been a Professor and Area Chair for Building Energy Performance at CEPT University, a principal at The Weidt Group, and a member of the Technical Resources Group for the Clinton Climate Initiative.

Prasad Vaidya

Senior Advisor, IIHS

Rakhi Sahay
Lead – Programme Management and Resource Development, ASSURE, IIHS

Rakhi has over two decades of experience in sustainable development, with particular focus on partnerships and program management. She has worked across markets in South and South East Asia, leading multi-country initiatives with UN agencies and consulting firms. She is a TISS alumna and holds the US Department of State’s IVLP Fellowship.

Rakhi Sahay

Lead – Programme Management and Resource Development, ASSURE, IIHS

Rohan Parikh
Head – Partnerships and Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Rohan led Infosys’s infrastructure and sustainability initiatives, steering the design and execution of high performance campuses in India and China while managing goals of carbon neutral water positive and zero waste to the landfills. He has overseen construction of 14 million sq. ft. of high-performance buildings, achieving 60 per cent greater efficiency and saving USD 100 million in electricity costs. Post-Infosys, Rohan has advised major corporations such as Walmart India and UPL on net zero energy strategies and designed high-performance campuses, including the National Law School in Nagpur and the Iskon School in Bangalore. Rohan holds a Master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Rohan Parikh

Head – Partnerships and Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Sandeep Kumar Rachapalli
Regional Manager, Infosys

Sandeep has nearly 15 years of experience in energy auditing, designing super-efficient buildings, and building automation. His work encompasses aspects of sustainable practice and system integration and has optimised performance in some of the country’s largest building projects.

Sandeep Kumar Rachapalli

Regional Manager, Infosys

Sandhya Patil
Lead – Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Sandhya is a sustainability expert with over 20 years of experience, specialising in climate-adaptive design, green building programs, and energy-efficient concepts like high-performance, net-zero, and grid-interactive building designs. She has successfully managed over 100 projects across both public and private sectors, encompassing a wide range of building typologies.

Sandhya Patil

Lead - Technical Assistance, ASSURE, IIHS

Team

Team

Supervisory Group (SG)

Aromar Revi

Manish Dubey

Niladri Prasad Mishra

Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar

Core Team

Amir Bazaz

Guruprakash Sastry

Manoj Hedge

Padma Venkataraman

Prasad Vaidya

Rakhi Sahay

Rohan Parikh

Sandeep Kumar Rachapalli

Sandhya Patil

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