Tejas Advisors provides independent ESG and energy transition advisory to boards, lenders, and DFIs. We find and fix problems before the assurance provider arrives — and advise boards on strategy, emerging risks, and investor response.
About the Practice
Forty years in the energy sector. Thirty in thermal power, ten in renewables. Four countries. My role is upstream of assurance — finding and fixing problems before the assurance provider arrives — and downstream of it, advising boards on strategy, emerging risks, and investor response.
Muralidaran Rajagopalan is the founder and principal advisor of Tejas Advisors. He has delivered a 300 MW solar programme displacing 396,000 tCO₂ annually, conceived 100% ash utilisation for a 6,300 MW coal project, and conserved 13.4 billion litres of water through floating solar — bringing rare operational depth to every advisory engagement.
A mechanical engineer by training (B.E., NIT Trichy), with an MBA in Finance from Osmania University and a Leadership Development Program from IIM Bangalore, he combines deep technical fluency with financial and strategic acuity. His credentials — Fellow of the Energy Institute, London (FEI), Chartered Environmentalist — CEnv (in progress), GRI-CSP, and executive education in ESG Strategy from IIM Kashipur and NSE Academy — establish the professional standing that boards rely on.
Every listed company has a statutory auditor and a CFO. The auditor audits the accounts and suggests corrections in line with his findings if any. Tejas Advisors works with our clients like an independent internal auditor. Independent ESG advisory works the same way — complementing your assurance engagement, not replacing it.
Why Advisory Counsel
BRSR Core assurance is mandatory. Your assurance provider will verify whether the numbers are correct. But who ensures the numbers are good before the assurance provider arrives? Who advises your board on ESG strategy, regulatory changes, and emerging risks — including EU CBAM exposure, AI environmental impact, and Scope 3 gaps — that the assurance provider is not mandated to flag?
"I find problems before your assurance provider does — so you fix them quietly now rather than explain them publicly later."
— Muralidaran Rajagopalan, Tejas AdvisorsYour assurance provider is mandated to verify. Tejas Advisors is engaged to improve — identifying ESG gaps, data inconsistencies, and strategic blind spots before they become public findings. We ensure your disclosures are robust before they are examined.
After assurance, boards face a different set of questions: What does this mean for our ESG strategy? How do we respond to investor queries? What is our EU CBAM exposure? What is the environmental impact of our AI adoption? These are advisory questions — and assurance providers are not mandated to answer them.
Every listed company has a statutory auditor and a CFO. The auditor audits the accounts and suggests corrections in line with his findings if any. Tejas Advisors works with our clients like an independent internal auditor. Independent ESG advisory works the same way — complementing your assurance engagement, not replacing it. Tejas Advisors is your ESG auditor.
EU CBAM exposure. AI environmental impact on Scope 2 emissions and water consumption. Scope 3 gaps across the value chain. These are emerging material risks that most listed companies are yet to identify and quantify in their reports as it is not part of any requirement as of now. Tejas Advisors identify them and suggest corrective measures. Tejas Advisors feel that companies have to be prepared for these disclosures which may be a requirement in the near future.
300 MW solar delivered. 396,000 tCO₂ displaced annually. 13.4 billion litres of water conserved. 6,300 MW coal project environmental clearances secured. Our advisory is grounded in real project experience across India, Ghana, Nigeria, and Myanmar — not frameworks applied from a textbook.
Services
All engagements are advisory in nature. We advise boards, lenders, and DFIs — upstream of assurance to fix problems before they become public findings, and downstream to guide strategy, regulatory response, and investor engagement.
Pre-assurance advisory review of your BRSR, GRI, or ISSB disclosures — identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and areas of non-compliance before your assurance provider examines them.
Independent counsel directly to boards and ESG committees on ESG strategy, regulatory changes, and investor response — the advisory layer that assurance providers are not mandated to provide.
Strategic advisory on net zero commitments, carbon accounting, and energy transition planning — grounded in 40 years of operational experience across thermal and renewable power sectors.
Assessment of your organisation's exposure to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — quantifying financial risk and advising on mitigation strategy before regulatory deadlines.
Assessment of the incremental environmental impact of your organisation's AI adoption — quantifying AI's contribution to Scope 2 emissions and water consumption, with mitigation recommendations.
Independent E&S advisory for lenders, DFIs, and project finance transactions — assessing environmental and social risk against IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, and BRSR frameworks. Also available as an ongoing advisory retainer.
What Sets Us Apart
In a market crowded with ESG consultants who prepare reports and provide assurance, Tejas Advisors occupies a distinct position — the independent expert who advises decision-makers before and after the assurance process, with no conflict of interest in the outcome.
Tejas Advisors provides advisory services without any commitment or involvement in the preparation of reports, fieldwork or assurance. This structural independence means every opinion is free of conflict — which is exactly what boards, lenders, and investors need when they commission independent advice.
Most advisors operate either before or after the assurance process. Tejas Advisors operates at both points — finding and fixing problems before assurance begins, and advising boards on strategy, regulatory response, and investor engagement after it concludes.
EU CBAM exposure. The environmental impact of AI adoption on Scope 2 emissions and water consumption. Scope 3 gaps across the value chain. These are emerging material risks that Tejas Advisors actively assesses and suggests corrective measures for companies to be prepared for future disclosure requirements.
FEI (London), CEnv (in progress), and GRI-CSP — held by very few practitioners in India. These internationally recognised designations mean that an opinion from Tejas Advisors can be cited to regulators, presented to investors, and relied upon in board minutes.
300 MW solar delivered. 396,000 tCO₂ displaced. 13.4 billion litres of water conserved. 6,300 MW coal project environmental clearances secured across India and Ghana. This is not framework knowledge — it is practitioner knowledge applied to advisory.
Selected Experience
Clients
Tejas Advisors works with listed companies, power generators, infrastructure developers, lenders, and DFIs across India and internationally — each seeking credentialled, independent ESG and energy transition counsel that complements rather than competes with their assurance providers.
Client names shown are illustrative. Actual client relationships are held in confidence. References available upon request for serious enquiries.
Global Reach
Tejas Advisors advises boards, lenders, and DFIs across five markets: India (primary — BRSR, GRI, ESG readiness), GCC & Middle East (ESG pressure from sovereign wealth and DFIs), UK & Europe (where FEI and CEnv carry the highest recognition), Singapore & Southeast Asia (rapid energy transition and ESG investor pressure), and USA (energy transition and ESG advisory). All engagements available in person or remotely.
How We Engage
Whether we meet across a boardroom table in London or across a screen in Singapore, the quality of counsel is identical. The engagement model is chosen for your convenience, not ours.
Fully effective for the majority of advisory engagements — structured video sessions, written counsel, document review, and responsive availability across time zones.
For engagements that benefit from physical presence — board sessions, site visits, regulatory meetings, or stakeholder workshops — we travel to the client, wherever they are.
For ongoing client relationships — a combination of regular remote sessions throughout the year, with scheduled on-site visits for key decision points, board meetings, or critical engagements.
Geography has never been a barrier to good counsel. Tejas Advisors is available to any organisation, anywhere in the world, that values independent and credentialled expertise on energy and sustainability.
— Tejas AdvisorsDocument Portal
A dedicated, password-protected folder is created for each engagement — with separate spaces for documents shared by the client and documents shared by Tejas Advisors. Each client receives a unique folder name and access credentials.
Create your secure folder or sign in to an existing one using your folder name and password.
Internal portal for reviewing client submissions and sharing documents with client folders.
Get in Touch
Whether you are a listed company preparing for BRSR assurance, a board seeking independent ESG counsel, a lender requiring E&S due diligence, or an organisation assessing EU CBAM exposure — we welcome an initial conversation, with no obligation.
We respond to all enquiries within one business day.