Sriram worked as a Domain expert, impact specialist & Country Program Manager for Government Affairs & Development Aid Projects with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands for 17 years: As the lead program manager for India at the Embassy of The Netherlands, New Delhi, he successfully embedded the nation’s (NL) footprint in the development cooperation sphere and drove social development impact in India. By realigning the engagement strategy and making value-driven decisions, he developed operating frameworks and managed crucial relationships with both the Dutch and Indian Governments and demonstrated successful outcomes. Additionally, he extended the program to include policy initiatives, overseeing and managing projects tailored to enhance trade and collaboration in diverse sectors such as agriculture, science & technology, and education. His strong focus on execution, process control, and efficient stakeholder management played a pivotal role in achieving impactful contributions in promoting sustainable, inclusive growth that benefits vulnerable populations while enabling Dutch expertise to contribute & grow into fulfilling partnerships.
Government Relations: External interface, protocol & liaison, policy & advocacy role involved leveraging enhanced networking capability to build/sustain long term relationships, evolving the collaboration strategy, insightful & industry specific stakeholder mapping & matchmaking, managing policy implementation, intelligent communication & engagement in stakeholder management including but not limited to GOI, Dutch Government, affiliate agencies, across regional, state & national levels. Influence the regulatory landscape towards impactful achievements in economic & trade relations, market access, business support, workforce flexibility, development aid (NGOs, PPP & bilateral) and Government partnerships. Catalysing a conducive environment into a competitive advantage by appropriate visibility & positioning, public diplomacy, lobbying & reputation management for brand and lead as a pathfinder to business goal enablement & regulatory risk analysis/mitigation across the Development Cooperation, Trade & Economic Affairs, Press/Information & Culture, NFIA (NL foreign investment agency), Defense, Agriculture, Science & Technology and Consular frameworks.
Business Operations: Sriram also led the India business operations portfolio for the Embassy of The Netherlands. This included end to end responsibility for contracts & vendor management, administration and finance & accounting verticals
