Education
- Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences) with CSIR fellowship from Govt. of India
- M.Sc (Environmental Chemistry), Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India
- B.Sc. (Botany Hons.), University of Calcutta, India
Areas of specialization
- Climate Mitigation and Decarbonization Strategy
- Climate resilience
- Disaster Risk Management
- Climate Finance
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Agri value chain
- Environmental and Social Safeguard
- Development sector project and fund management
- Clean-tech innovation and financing
- Climate Change Risk and Opportunity
Dr. Manisha Mukherjee
Executive Director- Sustainability & Developmental Services
Manisha Mukherjee, with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, has 23+ years of experience in consulting related to Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Climate finance, Climate Fund Management, and the overall development sector.
Manisha started her career as a CSIR fellow and spent an initial 5 years in R&D. She was with PwC for about 8 years in the Climate Change and Sustainability consulting practice. Before joining the Nangia group, she worked with various funding agencies for almost a decade mainly through different modes of contracts. Manisha currently leads the Climate Change practice at Nangia Group.
Manisha has worked with funding agencies such as ADB, World Bank, IFC, GIZ, SDC, DFID, CDKN, and UN organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, WTO, and ILO where her role was either as a consultant, a subject matter expert, or as the fund manager. She has worked for both the state and central governments in India as well as Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sudan, Eswatini, South Africa, Nigeria, and Abu Dhabi. Manisha has also worked in the area of Sustainability Strategy, and Reporting for some of the top global corporates in different sectors.