A co-creator, nurturer and eager learner, Abhishek actively sows and nurtures ideas that develop into significant programs and reforms in infrastructure governance and cooperation management. Key past initiatives include PM GatiShakti, Integrated Infrastructure Planning, Infrastructure Digitalization, De-risking & Resilience, Alternate Financing Mechanisms, Smart Cities, RURBAN, City-Regions (Growth Hubs), District Area Development Approach, Leveraging Tourism, Vibrant Village Program, and Hierarchical Spatial Governance.

Multi-sectoral collaborations, member of various committees, appraising ~1700 mega-projects ($640bn) and convergence framework for 5000 micro projects and facilitating bilateral and multilateral engagements are key recent highlights.

Past associations include NITI Aayog, GIZ, UNDP, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, IL&FS, GIFT City, Gujarat Tourism Opportunities (GUJTOP), Gujarat Industrial Infrastructure Projects Limited (GIIPL), and partnerships with various Industrial Development Authorities and Municipal Corporations.

Abhishek is an alumnus of the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) of the Department of State (Govt. of US) for ‘Cooperation on Infrastructure for the Indo-Pacific’.