Vivek is a Senior Partner with KPMG in India and spearheads the Infrastructure and Industrial Development for Government and Public Services. He is a seasoned public policy practitioner and has advised policy makers across the spectrum of industrial, economic and infrastructure development ecosystem.
In his two decades of professional experience with leading professional services firms including KPMG, Mckinsey, Accenture, Ernst and Young, he has advised and led some of the largest programmes in the country including USD1.4 Tn National Infrastructure Pipeline, PM Gati-Shakti, India’s Foreign Trade Vision 2030, setting up national PPP (Public Private Partnerships) Centre of Excellence, Make in India, India SMB (Small and Medium Businesses) linkage in the domestic and global value chain, India Post Transformation, National Capacity development for G2C services and numerous other complex programmes. He was also instrumental in supporting the roll out of India’s first sovereign green bond.
Vivek has been deeply engaged with multilateral and bilateral development banks in converging the objective of sovereign, sub-sovereign and MDB’s (Multilateral Development Banks) and has provided technical assistance to several key programmes in the industrial and infrastructure development areas.
His work has significantly contributed to build and nurture bi-lateral and multilateral alliances between India and other regions that aim to foster investments, stimulate private sector development, and enhance trade. He has advised and supported collaborations across countries and regions including Europe, Far East, South Asia, and Middle East. He has been at the forefront of driving some of the transformative programmes in the Middle East and South Asia.
Vivek has also been the advisor to the Group of Union Cabinet Ministers on Aatmanirbhar growth objective. He was part of the National Industrial Policy working group and sits on various task force and working groups. Most recently, he was invited by the expert committee for infrastructure classification and financing headed by the Chairman of Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council to address the infrastructure development plan in the country.