LEADERSHIP

Rustam Sengupta is a renewable energy entrepreneur, impact investor and base of the pyramid (BoP) expert with extensive research experience of over a decade in sustainable social enterprise design and renewable energy access. He has an expertise in identifying, designing and analysing strategies that affect the products and services for BoP approaches with a geographical focus on South Asia (especially India). He is the author of the book De-Mystifying Impact Investing an Entrepreneurs’ Guide, which provides strategic, advises and recommendations on impact investment and has servedas an ultimate guide for several emerging entrepreneurs and investors.

Rustam is also the founder and Chairman of Boond (www.boond.net), an energy access enterprise that creates rural entrepreneurs and distribution channels for development products like solar rooftops and solar micro grids in remote parts of India. He was one of the top entrepreneurs who accompanied the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi as a part of his Startup India delegation to the US in 2015. In addition to his role in impact investment advisory and deal structuring to start-ups, he has had wide experience in private banking and strategic consulting and has worked in agencies like Standard Chartered (in Singapore), Syngenta (in Switzerland) and Deloitte Consulting (in the US). He is the board member and investor of Emsys Electronics (P) Ltd (a company that designs and manufactures high quality electronic products), Mynergy Solar (P) Ltd., (a company that specializes in leasing and asset management company for solar rooftop projects) and WithIndia (P) Ltd (a company that manufacturers environmentally friendly, insect and fire proof panels and tiles.

Rustam holds an INSEAD MBA graduate with MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Awarded ‘Echoing Green Fellowship’ for work in Climate Change in 2014 and ‘Chevening Science and Technology Policy Leadership Fellowship’ in 2017 to Oxford University.

As Associate Director of Sustainable Energy Business for ISEP, Rustam is charged with finding and implementing projects related to market-led solutions to sustainable energy policy.