Shrashtant Patara

Shrashtant is Chief Executive Officer at Development Alternatives, Executive Vice President at Development Alternatives Group, and Chief Executive Officer at Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA). He has been instrumental in the establishment of several social businesses within the Development Alternatives Group and currently leads the team that is incubating “TARAurja”, a renewable energy-based micro-utility business, and the Indian Micro Enterprises Development Foundation, a platform to deliver enterprise support services at scale. He has been with the Development Alternatives Group since 1988, providing research expertise, management capability, and strategic direction to teams working in the areas of Habitat, Renewable Energy, Water and Sanitation, Waste Recycling, and Livelihood Support Systems.

His work is at the forefront of designing multi-stakeholder-based approaches to the resolution of complex development challenges; establishing sustainable service delivery models that are directed towards local economic development, regeneration of the environment, and greater social equity. He is a Fellow of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Program on Social Innovation and a member of several advisory groups, including the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction and Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy.