Mr. Manoj Kumar Rawat brings over three decades of experience spanning ISRO, NABARD, IFAD, RBL Bank, and beyond, with a rare depth of expertise across agriculture, rural finance, clean energy, climate finance, and development policy. An engineer turned rural and climate finance strategist, he has worked from field-level implementation to designing multilateral finance programmes and risk-sharing mechanisms across Asia and Africa. As Founder & CEO of Rural Rethink Advisory LLP, he advises financial institutions, development partners, and corporates on climate-aligned rural finance. He is also a writer and practitioner exploring the intersections of agriculture, rural finance, and India’s emerging carbon economy.