Madhav Bhagwat

Madhav specializes in the field of ‘climate sensitive urban development’, climate change,  engineering project management.

He is the founding partner of 2000-Watt Smart Cities Association, Switzerland. The vision of a ‘2000-Watt Society’ was developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland. It is a model for energy management policy which demonstrates how it is possible to consume only as much CO2 as much as the earth can absorb it back and which is justifiable in terms of the impact on the environment in a democratic way. 2000-Watt Smart Cities has certified the first campus of Symbiosis International University Lavale Pune with its transformed and Indian adopted framework as India’s first carbon neutral campus.

The organization has recently signed a cooperation agreement to support the Department of Environment and Climate Change of the Government of Maharashtra to support its objective to reach Net-Zero goals. 2000-Watt Smart Cities has measurable and verifiable tested methods and tools, based on proven scientific methods to guide adaptations and mitigation measures of cities, regions and nations.

Madhav is also the CEO and partner at Nuesch Development, India, which is a sustainable real estate consulting group from Switzerland.  To add to his feats,  he is also a partner in Progov Solutions Pvt Ltd, a project management, architectural & engineering design company based in Mumbai working on several redevelopment projects in the Mumbai metropolitan region.

A civil engineer by profession, Madhav has studied at IIT- Roorkee, and further at the University of Stuttgart Germany. He has extensive work experience in urban infrastructure development projects in the Middle East.