… incl. carbon foot-printing, carbon trading and mitigation projects. Holding degree in Chemical Engineering from NIT Durgapur, Subhendu Biswas began his career in operational management roles in the Refinery & Petrochemical industry, before moving to become a specialist in climate change-related matters, including carbon foot-printing, carbon trading and mitigation projects. He worked for Det Norske Veritas, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and First Climate India over the past 13 years. Subhendu is co-founder of AquaZoom, and has acted as AquaZoom’s India Head since the beginning.

… promoting and implementing solar PV technology, as well as being program director in zeroPoverty Social Business. Holding a Master’s in Electronic Engineering from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Arun Amirtham spent 24 years with Philips Semiconductors in product development, engineering, marketing and business leadership roles before becoming active in several entrepreneurial roles promoting and implementing solar PV technology, as well as being program director in zeroPoverty Social Business in Switzerland and India. Arun has accompanied and supported the activities of AquaZoom from day one as a non-executive board member.

Bianca is a certified accountant (ACCA) and an experienced Project Manager. She served clients in different industries in audit, finance, and M&A advisory at PWC for five years. At an international manufacturing company, she led group-wide finance and international expansion projects. Bianca holds a degree from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In her free time, she loves being active and outside, exploring whatever mountains she can find.

Markus’ Specialties are Software Development, Data Modeling, Database Architecture & Administration, Network & Database Security, C#, Java, MS SQL, Oracle, PHP, MySQL, LDAP, Web Servers. After working as a Network Security Engineer for the largest Bank in Switzerland, Markus has developed Software for various industries. In his free time, he enjoys rock climbing, paragliding and back country skiing.

Following his engineering degree, Damian also received an EMBA degree. His professional career includes development, project management and commissioning of highly integrated automation systems and drives for newspaper printing machines. His top achievement was head of printing, i.e. having the worldwide responsibility of ABB’s printing department.

and other Renewable Energy Projects.

Jayanti founded “Inca Solar Energy Pvt Ltd” in 2007 which offered turnkey solutions in the primarily Solar technologies. These included Rooftop solar installations, Street lights, Solar thermal Applications. She has experience in other Renewable energy domains and had closely worked with Ministry of New and Renewable energy and several state agencies. She spearheads the business development activities of AquaZoom in India through Cluotech Energies (India) Pvt. Ltd.

For several years Michael worked as a research assistant at the Technical University of Rostock with a focus on electrical machines and then switching to automotive engineering. In the following years, the development / construction of electro-hydraulic auxiliary units for motor vehicles at a multinational company was the focus of activity, initially as a project manager and later as head of development. Following a position at a medium sized company as head of technology and production he founded Ventego AG in 2010, developing, producing and selling renewable energy systems, with a focus on small wind turbines. Michael is expert in fluid kinetics, as well as drive and control technology.

With an extensive professional background in geotechnical site investigation, focused on infrastructure and offshore energy, Jacob began studying Environmental Management and Technology with The Open University. As his studies developed alongside his career, he became increasingly conscious of environmental impact, which led to a move from oil and gas to renewable energy – in particular hydropower. Jacob has a wide skill set of technical and practical ability, from advanced laboratory engineering to quality management, allowing him to take a project from an idea, through to a fully licensed installation.