Mr Dhawal Marghade serves as Assistant Vice President, Climate Change and Sustainability at MITCON Consultancy and Engineering Services Ltd., bringing over a decade of expertise in carbon footprint reduction, carbon markets, and sustainability. He leads multidisciplinary research, particularly in Nature-based Solutions and agroforestry with a focus on mahogany tree-based agriculture, and oversees the Measurement, Reporting, and Verification team. A certified energy auditor from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Dhawal is a key contributor to decarbonization strategies, ESG frameworks, biodiversity conservation, and carbon credits management, with specialization in CBAM, TCFD, Life Cycle Assessment, and BRSR.