Vikas has extensive experience in investment management, business development & product management. He has been investing for more than a decade in the Climatech domain. He currently co-chairs the Power Investment vertical at Shell Ventures ($1.4B Fund) and his investment interests range from identifying new technologies and business models in the Power, Mobility, and the Industrial decarbonization space.
Before joining Shell, he led strategic marketing and corporate development at First Solar. He led several venture investments, divestures, and M&A deals. While at First Solar, he also led several corporate strategy, market incubation & operations improvement initiatives.

Before switching to the investment side, he has been an operator at several startups ranging from semiconductors to design & e-collaboration software to cleantech. He has launched several software and hardware products, developed & implemented go-to-market strategies and assisted with fund raising.

Vikas has an MBA in Finance from University of British Columbia and spent a semester at the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. In addition, he has a MS from University of Cincinnati, and a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in Materials Science & Engineering. He is also a joint inventor for two (2) US Patents.