SHAUNAK VAIDYA
Business Owner’s Secret Sauce
Over two decades of experience in formulating corporate & business strategy and creating a strong economic moat for businesses. I can help create and execute strategies that are pivotal to your business's success.
SHAUNAK VAIDYA is Head of Strategy & New Business Development
at GMR Energy
(Previously worked with Adani, L&T, RIL, Linde, Refex)
He has extensive experience in innovative strategy formulation for energy companies and in mergers and acquisitions. He has also executed challenging energy projects in India & in Middle East.
He has done extensive work in solar, wind, battery storage (BESS), renewables, energy transition, green hydrogen, power distribution, e-bus, ev charging, power transmission, thermal power plants, smart meters, hydro power plants, pumped storage, oil & gas and infrastructure sector.
His pedigree includes IIM – Ahmedabad (E-MBA), EMERITUS Institute of Management (PGDBM), and Maharaja Sayajirao University (BE-Mech). This prestigious university has honed his thinking models.
Arun Sharma
Advisor to the Chairman of Adani Group
"Shaunak is a very thoughtful and diligent professional with significant experience in strategy development, business analysis, and program management, especially in the energy sector, including renewables, hydrogen, and ESG."
"It has been wonderful working together with Shaunak. His hands-on approach to strategy planning & deployment, sectoral insights, and diligence won him the respect of the team. Is always capable of adapting to new working environments. Very positive attitude towards work. You can depend on him to successfully deliver with favorable results despite deadline pressure."
Sameer Kaji
Advisor & Head of Promoter Office, Adani Group I Sr Advisor, McKinsey & Co I Group Senior Advisor & Board Member, Binani Industries I Sr. Advisor, Edelweiss
"Shaunak is a highly focused individual. He silently achieves the tasks set forth by the top management in a timely & methodical way. I commend his work ethic , intelligence , team work & positive attitude."
Patel Yogesh
Sr.Vice President -HR at Reliance
"Shaunak is a smart engineer with the right kind of personality and attitude for the kind of job he does. He is a dedicated, dependable, well-behaved professional that anybody would like to relate to. He was one of the few " A Players" at Reliance - had he continued with us, he would have gone to places. Wish him all the very best."
Arun Vijaykumar
President - Projects at Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
"It is a pleasure to have a person like Shaunak in team. Managing Project Control for a Mega project like OMPL, with so much variability and challenges, is a very demanding task. He has done the job admirably. He is thorough, detail-oriented, and understands the strategic perspectives very clearly. Extremely good at managing data, analyzing it, and bringing out the key areas that need management attention. Very good in Primavera and other planning software and has a great understanding of resource management and the time value of money."
