Siddharth Desai

Siddharth is the Jt. Managing Director at Kishor Pumps, a leading custom engineered pumps manufacturing company based in Pune, India. He is a chemical engineer from Pune University with a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University along with a Public Policy Certificate from the Indian School of Business (ISB).

Siddharth has worked with Government Ministries & departments, municipal corporations, and water & sewerage boards across India on various aspects related to pumps & pumping equipment for the water & sewage sector. He is working with various entities on developing a water security roadmap for urban water management in India, particularly focusing on a decentralised approach for wastewater treatment, recycle & reuse.

Siddharth is an expert member with the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management Studies associated with the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. He also serves as the co-chair of the National Water Council at ASSOCHAM & on the advisory board of the Indian Biogas Association (IBA) and a member of the governing committee at International Water Association (IWA) India.