Manoj Kumar Rawat is a senior banking and development finance professional with over three decades of experience spanning rural banking, agricultural and MSME finance, commodity and warehouse finance, microfinance, and climate-aligned finance.
He began his career as a Scientist-Engineer with ISRO before transitioning to development and commercial banking. Over the years, he has held leadership roles with NABARD, Fullerton India (Temasek), and RBL Bank as Group EVP , Business Head and Management Committee member, and served as Managing Director & CEO of an RBI-registered NBFC.
Currently, he works as an Independent Strategic Advisor and Consultant, supporting multilateral and development partners, financial institutions, and corporates on agriculture, rural and MSME ecosystems, commodity and climate finance. He also serves as Senior Consultant & Technical Architect to IFAD (United Nations) in designing a national agri-finance platform.
EDUCATION
An alumnus of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, he is a B.Tech (Gold Medallist), M.E., MBA (Finance), and CAIIB, and an IICA Certified Independent Director. He has completed leadership programmes at Cornell University (USA), Wharton School(USA) and IIM Ahmedabad.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Finance, Business and International Management, Multidisciplinary
FUTURE PROJECTS
Institute for Climate Economy and Finance
Applications Invited
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework A Structured Approach to Emission Accounting, Financial Modelling, and Carbon Market Research in India and Global Markets MK Rawat ResearchGate 1 (1), 84 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy M Rawat ISBN : 9789334362824 1, 248 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Emission & Financial Dataset – India & Global M Rawat OSF Preprints 1 (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/PEKU3), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework – India & Global M Rawat Figshare 1 (DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.30572186), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy M Rawat Figshare 1 (DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.30509672), 248 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework – India and Global M Rawat Zenodo 1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17556697), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy MK Rawat Zenodo 1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17246953), 248 , 2025 2025
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework A Structured Approach to Emission Accounting, Financial Modelling, and Carbon Market Research in India and Global Markets MK Rawat ResearchGate 1 (1), 84 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy M Rawat ISBN : 9789334362824 1, 248 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Emission & Financial Dataset – India & Global M Rawat OSF Preprints 1 (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/PEKU3), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework – India & Global M Rawat Figshare 1 (DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.30572186), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy M Rawat Figshare 1 (DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.30509672), 248 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit Methodology and Framework – India and Global M Rawat Zenodo 1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17556697), 30 , 2025 2025
Carbon Credit: A Beginner’s Guide – Demystifying the Carbon Economy MK Rawat Zenodo 1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17246953), 248 , 2025 2025
RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)
Book Carbon Credit : A Beginner’s Guide Demystifying the Carbon Economy Available globally in print & digital format
▣ ISBN (Paperback): 978-93-343-6282-4
▣ ISBN (eBook): 978-93-343-7713-2
