Shantanu Srivastava

Shantanu Srivastava leads the sustainable finance and climate risk research at IEEFA South Asia, supporting the development of a strong sustainable finance ecosystem across the region. He works closely with financial regulators and intermediaries on managing climate-related risks and transition opportunities. He is a member of the Jharkhand Just Transition Task Force and works with NITI Aayog’s ASSET programme in Odisha. He has led capacity-building initiatives for the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) in support of India’s G20 sustainable finance agenda, for SEBI on climate risk disclosures, and for corporations including NTPC and Indian Oil Corporation on climate finance.

He has more than a decade of experience advising corporations, investors, and government institutions across corporate finance, strategy, and ESG investing, including investment research and financial modelling for global hedge funds and private equity firms. He began his career as a process engineer. He is a CFA Charterholder, a Gold Medalist in PGDM Finance from the Institute of Management Technology, and holds a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from NMIMS University, Mumbai.