Santhosh Jayaram is Adjunt Professor of Practice at School of Sustainable Futures at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetam, Amritapuri Campus in Kerala. He currently teaches Corporate Sustainability Managesment and Impact Measurement and Management. He also functions as Advisor – Sustainability for HCL Technologies where he previously held the responsibility of Global Head for Sustainability. In his previous role with KPMG he lead one of the biggest sustainability consulting teams in Asia. Has worked across 20 countries and multiple sectors in the space of sustainability and climate change. He is a fellow with Institute of Directors, India. After Graduating in Mechanical Engineering (Calicut University) he did his Masters in Environmental Science and Engineering (IIT Mumbai). In 2010 he completed a course covering sustainable technologies from University of California, Berkeley Campus. His expertise in the area has been sought in developing standards in the sustainability space. He has functioned as a member of the technical committee for the development of the international Stakeholder Engagement Standard – AA1000SES and also as a member of the GRI G4 working group on Application Level. He was a member of the ESG advisory committee set up by SEBI. He also contributed to the development of the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy for India being part of the task force set up by Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He has also contributed as a technical committee on Social Stock Exchange set up by SEBI. Some of his work with clients are case studies with leading institutes like Harvard and INSEAD. He is also part of the Global Future Council at the World Economic Forum. He regularly writes and speaks in national media. He has a passion for teaching and has conducted classes in leading educational institutions in India. His other interests include Nature Photography and creating awareness of the nature around us. He paints occasionally. He has functioned as an independent director of board and chair for standards committee for Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies in Sri Lanka (2006 to 2008), a consortium of NGO’s. He also functioned as a board member at Trustea.