Manish Dabkara is the Chairman & MD of EKI Energy Services Ltd. - a leading Carbon Credit Developer & Supplier across the globe. He founded EKI (erstwhile EnKing International) in the year 2008 with the objective to lead companies worldwide to a future of net-zero carbon emissions.

With a deep passion to contribute towards the betterment of planet Earth at its heart, EKI offers strategic services and solutions to organizations for their carbon asset management -including carbon credit generation, supply and offsetting.

Under Manish’s leadership, EKI has grown to become a catalyst for carbon offsets not only within India but globally and has supplied over 200+ million offsets as on date. Today, the company has over 3500 clients across 40+ countries globally.

A subject matter expert in the field of energy, climate change, carbon and quality management, Manish is a Certified Energy Auditor & Manager under Govt. of India’s - Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Ministry of Power). He also has certifications in quality and management from IIM-A, IIM Indore, CII and GIZ, in addition to a Masters in Technology in Energy Management.

He continues to be among Fortune's 40Under40 for the year 2023, having already been included in the list in 2022 as well. He was also awarded as the 'Global Net Zero Champion of the Year' award by Environmental Finance in September 2023. Manish is also an elected member of the State Council (MP) of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23, He is also the first President-elect of the Carbon Markets Association of India (CMAI) – a strategic alliance of India’s climate market experts. Manish is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award 2014 & Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in Business “Climate Change – International Industry” by Indian Solidarity Council, New Delhi.