ISUW 2022 Speaker

Vimal is Programme Lead, Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme in India, a five-year initiative funded by UK Aid of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), led by Loughborough University UK.   Vimal is Cofounder of Finovista, works extensively in the areas of In-country Representation, Program Management Consulting, Technology Transfer and Capacity Building. He possesses extensive expertise and experience in managing various National, Bilateral and Multilateral programs and Indo-German GINSEP's Ambassador.   At Finovista, he leads prestigious programs viz Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Programme India (UK Govt), India-UK Future Telecom Partnership Prog (UK Govt), UK-India Innovation Partnership Initiative (UKIPI) under COP26 (UK Govt), Tech4Good Innovation Challenge (German Govt), Social Enterprise (SoEnterprising) Development (Indian Govt), Promotion of CSIR Knowledgebase etc. Additionally, during the association with Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA), as a Head of Strategy & Partnership, conceptualised and managed Bilateral Collaborative Industrial R&D Programs with Canada, Finland, Israel, Italy, Spain, South Korea, UK etc; Multilateral Programs viz Inno Indigo (EU), Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) (EU) and ASEAN-India S&T Development Fund (AISTDF); and National Programs viz DRDO's Technology Development Fund (TDF), DPIIT/MSME's Technology Acquisition & Development Fund (TADF), DHI's Technology Acquisition & Fund Program (TAFP) etc. Vimal believes in integrating Innovation and Finance for societal development and economic growth.