Amir Raza

I am an Indian Green Building Council - Accredited Professional (CII-IGBC-AP) with over 2 decades of global experience in sustainability consulting, research, business development and project management. 

I have worked with Siemens and Crompton Greaves in various parts of India before working on projects like Atlantis – The Palm & Burj Khalifa, (the tallest tower in the world) in Dubai, Yas Marina Abu Dhabi (largest LED Lighting and Controls installation in the world) as Project Manager (Lighting). As Business Development Manager for Westinghouse Inc. in Europe I promoted energy efficient lighting under the en-light initiative of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and worked as Advanced Research Engineer for a High Value Manufacturing Catapult Center of United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI). I am currently working as Consultant with Solas Automation Pvt Ltd., based in Lucknow (U.P, India).

I holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Marathwada University,
MBA from the University of Bradford, Master's in Global Sustainable Development from the University of Warwick, UK and GMP from IIM- Ahmedabad. I am currently pursuing research in curriculum development for sustainability in manufacturing sector.

MASc. Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick (U.K) with a research project at M/s Meaningful Business, London, in venture capital for social entrepreneurship and sustainable supply chain. I am currently pursuing PhD (Modular) in curriculum development for sustainability / ESG training from NITTTR Chandigarh.