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type: profile
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status: verified
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sources: [manohargupta.com, resume page, local repositories]
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updated: 2026-06-07
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tags: [identity, profile]
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---
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# 👤 Manohar Gupta
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> *Engineer turned finance professional driving renewable energy — and a builder at heart.*
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**Location:** Gurugram, India
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**Headline:** Renewable Energy Project Finance Professional & Builder
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**Web:** [manohargupta.com](https://www.manohargupta.com) · **Edu email:** pgp09manoharg@iimrohtak.ac.in
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## Professional Summary
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Manager at **[[Renewables Overview|ReNew]]**, one of India's leading renewable-energy companies, specialising in **project finance for utility-scale solar (50MW–300MW)**. Brings together a technical foundation (**IIT Roorkee**, Mechanical Engineering) and financial expertise (**IIM Rohtak**, MBA, Gold Medalist) to structure deals that make clean-energy projects economically viable. Beyond finance, a prolific builder of IoT projects, web apps, and AI-integrated tools that bridge technology and sustainability.
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The throughline: **the intersection of technical knowledge and financial acumen** — making renewable-energy projects bankable while building software that scales impact.
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## Personal Mission
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> To make clean-energy projects economically viable and to build technical solutions that solve complex problems and scale impact.
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*(Stated on manohargupta.com. Expand in your own words — see open prompts below.)*
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## Core Identity (multi-hat)
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- **Finance professional** — project finance, financial modeling, due diligence
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- **Renewables expert** — utility-scale solar, 8760 simulation, rooftop design
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- **Technical founder / builder** — see [[Tia]] and the [[#Featured Builds]]
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- **Software developer** — Next.js, Python, full-stack
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- **AI builder** — agents, LLM apps, AI-integrated products
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- **Investor / market operator** — see [[Investment Philosophy]]
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- **Systems thinker & research-driven learner**
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## Domains of Focus
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[[MOC - Renewables|Renewables & Energy]] · [[MOC - Investing|Finance & Investing]] · [[MOC - AI|AI & Agents]] · [[MOC - Startup|Startup Building]] · [[MOC - Software|Software & Self-hosting]] · [[MOC - Learning|Knowledge Management]]
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## Technical Expertise
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- **Energy:** PVsyst, Helioscope, AutoCAD, 8760 hourly simulation, solar feasibility
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- **Finance:** project-finance modeling, DCF, debt sizing, due diligence, IM preparation
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- **Software:** Next.js / React / TypeScript, Python (FastAPI/Flask), PostgreSQL + Drizzle, Docker
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- **AI:** LLM application development, agent frameworks, MCP, prompt engineering
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- **Infra:** self-hosting, Dokploy, Cloudflare R2, Tailscale (see [[Self-Hosting]])
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## Strengths
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*(inferred from track record — confirm/edit)*
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- Rare finance × engineering × software combination
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- High shipping velocity (20+ repos; [[Tia]] alone has 400+ commits)
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- Translates messy real-world problems into working systems
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## Featured Builds
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[[Tia]] · [[REModel]] · [[Credit Analyzer]] · [[TradeBuddy]] · [[Clawd Ecosystem]] · [[Economic Survey Visualizer]]
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## ✍️ Open prompts (fill these in — nothing fabricated)
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- [ ] What is the *one-sentence* mission in your own words (not the website copy)?
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- [ ] Top 3 **values** you make decisions by?
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- [ ] Biggest **weakness / growth edge** you're actively working on?
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- [ ] 3–5 year **ambition** — what does success look like?
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- [ ] Who are the 3 people who most shaped your thinking?
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## Related
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[[Home]] · [[Timeline]] · [[Decision Log]] · [[Investment Philosophy]]
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