Sandeep serves as a Co-founder and Director at VNV Advisory Services, a social enterprise based in the global south working on community owned nature based removals, sustainable farming for small holders and rural energy access. His on ground work encompasses around 7 million rural households in over 17 countries in Asia and Africa. He has been working for the past 18 years in using market mechanisms and carbon finance to fund sustainable development activities and serves on the board of several NGOs and social organisations as well as on carbon market initiatives such as ICROA and VCMI. He is a Salzburg global fellow, an avid follower of tennis, and a fan of fiction reads.