SDC Team Members

Dr. Jonathan Demenge

Sakshi C Dasgupta

Andrin

Dr. Jonathan Demenge

Head of cooperation – SDC India

Dr. Jonathan Demenge is currently the Head of cooperation for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in India. He was previously the Country director of the international NGO Geres in Tajikistan, working on energy efficiency in housing and agriculture.

Trained as an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathan holds a PhD from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in political ecology (on road construction in Ladakh). He calculated the first ecological footprint of subsistence farmers (in Ladakh).

He has worked for the Netherlands Development Organization, the Overseas Development Institute, various NGOs, and as a researcher in Nepal, India, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, and West Africa.

Sakshi C Dasgupta

Senior Thematic Advisor

Sakshi C. Dasgupta, is the Senior Thematic Advisor with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). She is managing projects like CapaCITIES, Clean Energy Policy etc. and is responsible for SDC’s Urban and Environment portfolio. She has more than 15 years of professional experience in the urban development/environment sector. She was earlier associated with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) on projects related to Sustainable Development of Smart Cities and Support to National urban Sanitation Policy in various states and cities. She has worked with organizations like TERI, Centre for Science and environment (CSE) on aspects related to water resource management, green buildings amongst others. She has extensive experience working with reputed bilateral organizations for development cooperation, research/ advocacy institutes, and state and city governments. Sakshi holds a master degree in urban and regional planning from the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad. She completed her masters and bachelor’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics and Miranda House, Delhi University respectively.

Andrin

Programme Officer

Andrin is a Programme Officer at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). He is currently overseeing the SDC’s global engagements on renewable energy and energy access and various other climate-related initiatives. Prior to his current position, Andrin has worked for the SDC on climate change mitigation in India and has held various positions in the private sector in emission reduction project development and sustainability management consulting.

Andrin holds a Master of Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in General Management from University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Project Implementation Members

Martin Stadelmann

Soumya Chaturvedula

Gaetan Hinojosa

Beat Meier

Nadine Freuler

Mehul Patwari

Vaibhav Jain

Samiksha Dhingra

Vivek Jain

Ashish Rao Ghorpade

Monalisa Sen

Avantika Arjuna

Ankit Makvana

Nilesh Prajapati

Jay Shah

Sella Krishnan

Souhardo Chakraborty

Bhupandra Salodia

Nagendran

Harshith Gokulendra

Mukesh Patir

Subuhi Parvez

Senthil Kumar Arumugam

Bedoshruti Sadhukhan

Ritu Thakur

Rahul Singh

Nikhil Kolsepatil

Sony Ramapurath

Sasi Madambi

Vijay Saini

Martin Stadelmann

Deputy Co-team Leader and International Finance Expert

Soumya Chaturvedula

Deputy Co-team Leader & State Coach – Tamil Nadu

Gaetan Hinojosa

International Finance Expert

Beat Meier

Senior Project Manager Climate Specialist; Economic Analysis; Climate Adaptation; European Energy Award City Advisor

Nadine Freuler

Research Associate – Climate Specialist

Mehul Patwari

National Finance Expert

Vaibhav Jain

National Finance Coach

Samiksha Dhingra

Climate Change and Communications Expert

Vivek Jain

Communications Expert

Ashish Rao Ghorpade

State Coach – Gujarat

Monalisa Sen

City Coach – Siliguri

Avantika Arjuna

City Coach – Udaipur

Ankit Makvana

State Project Associate, Gujarat

Nilesh Prajapati

City Project Associate, Rajkot

Jay Shah

City Project Associate, Vadodara

Sella Krishnan

Senior City Project Associate, Coimbatore

Souhardo Chakraborty

City Project Associate, Siliguri

Bhupandra Salodia

City Project Associate, Udaipur

Nagendran

City Project Associate, Tirunelveli

Harshith Gokulendra

State Project Associate, Tamil Nadu

Mukesh Patir

National Project Coordinator, NIUA

Subuhi Parvez

Communications Expert

Senthil Kumar Arumugam

Climate Mitigation Expert

Bedoshruti Sadhukhan

Senior Climate Change Adaptation Expert

Ritu Thakur

Solid Waste Management Expert

Rahul Singh

Climate Change Adaptation & Solid Waste Management Expert

Nikhil Kolsepatil

Climate Change Mitigation Expert

Sony Ramapurath

Biodiversity Expert

Sasi Madambi

IT Expert

Vijay Saini

Transport Expert

State and City Coaches

Ashish Rao Ghorpade

Monalisa Sen

Avantika Arjuna

Ashish Rao Ghorpade

State Coach – Gujarat

Monalisa Sen

City Coach – Siliguri

Avantika Arjuna

City Coach – Udaipur

Supported by sector experts and on ground city project associates