Gaurav founded the Asia practice of Dalberg Advisors and leads their energy access and monitoring and evaluation practices globally. Gaurav has been a founding partner in a string of social ventures including two eco-resorts, a sustainable tourism online platform, an organic tea plantation, and an eco-friendly fair trade fashion label. He founded a leading Indian environmental NGO on climate change and also helped establish a leading public policy think-tank on Australian aboriginal issues.

Prior to Dalberg, Gaurav spent 6 years at Boston Consulting Group in Sydney and London. He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University and a postgraduate degree in development economics from Yale University.