Arun Kumar R S, Strategic Advisor, Energy and Environment Resource Group Inc..

Arun Kumar R S, Strategic Advisor, Energy and Environment Resource Group Inc..

Summary

A development professional since 2000, with a strong understanding of project management in the sanitation sector. Presently Research Scholar at WASH R&D Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Previous roles include:

  • Lead - Sanitation at Tide Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., a Bengaluru based environmental consultancy company, specifically looking at developing innovative solutions for better sanitation products and services. 
  • Project Manager at Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, a Bengaluru based environmental consulting organization, specifically looking at developing innovative solutions for better sanitation products and services.
  • CEO at Ecosan Services Foundation, a Pune based non-profit, working in the ecological sanitation space
  • Executive Director in World Toilet Organization, a Singapore based non-profit in the field of sustainable sanitation advocacy and projects.
  • Team Leader – Enviro Group in Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), an NGO based in Bengaluru
  • Founded a social enterprise - Energy and Environment Resource Group Inc., in an attempt to demonstrate sanitation as a business by empowering access to sustainable sanitation solutions. 

Contact info

Location: Durban, South Africa

Industry Experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work Experience

Industry Expertise

  • Engineering
  • Non Profit
  • Public Private Partnerships in Water
  • Consultant
  • Non Government Organisation
  • Waste Water Technology
  • Project Management
  • Phytoremediation
  • Constructed Wetlands
  • Sustainable Sanitation
  • Grey Water
  • Environmental Consulting
  • Renewable Energy
  • Research
  • Waste Management
  • Technologies
  • Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
  • Partnership and Capacity Strengthening
  • Climate Change
  • Urban Engineering
  • Scientific writing
  • Faecal Sludge/Septage Management
  • Environmental Engineers & Consultants