 Mr. Gautam Kirtane
Fellow
Joined ORF
March 2010
Expertise
Urban Environmental Issues.
Background
Gautam is a graduate in Life Sciences and a post graduate in Environmental Sciences from the University of Mumbai. His post graduation thesis was on the land use and environmental health of the Mithi River.
Upon completing his post graduate studies, Gautam began his career with the All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mumbai, where he worked as a program officer with the Solid Waste Management Cell of the Government of Maharashtra. He worked on planning for collection, transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste in the cities of Kharghar, Kalamboli, Kamothe, Dronagiri, Urve and New Panvel. In addition, he was invited to judge the prestigious 'Sant Gadge Baba Swachatta Abhiyan', a competition for water supply and sanitation among all cities in Maharashtra state.
Gautam was subsequently deputed to work in Yokohama, Japan with CITYNET- a network of cities and NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region. Here he was entrusted with the TCDC (Technical Cooperation among Cities of Developing Countries) program where he facilitated knowledge and technology transfer between several CITYNET members. Returning home, he worked with the prestigious Mumbai Transformation Project where he was entrusted with monitoring the progress of all the projects being executed by various agencies as well as planning of review meetings for the same.
After completing the first phase of the Mumbai Transformation Project, Gautam moved into the corporate world at Mahindra and Mahindra ltd. as an assistant manager with their Infrastructure Development Sector. He was also drafted into Mahindra's newly-formed Corporate Sustainability Cell. Here he made a significant contribution working on the successful release of the group's first Corporate Sustainability Report in 2008. At Mahindra, Gautam helped setup a Masons' Training Academy in Patan, Gujarat. In addition, he worked on the economic viability of Mahindra's Solid Waste Management Plant in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He also contributed to the development and monitoring of resettlement and rehabilitation packages for a proposed SEZ in Maharashtra.
Returning to the AIILSG, Gautam led a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the development of data collection formats and indicators related to Water Supply, Sanitation, Sewerage and Solid Waste Management for all cities in Maharashtra state. He played a key role in the collection, collation, verification and presentation of the data collected for 250 cities.
Presently
At ORF he is working on a report on the Mithi River.
E-mail ID: gautamkirtane@orfonline.org
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