Shyam has over a dozen years' experience in the energy sector including investment management roles at Conduit Ventures, a corporate backed early stage energy venture capital fund in London and Nadathur Holdings, a family investment office in Singapore. At Conduit Ventures, Shyam evaluated and invested in startups operating in the areas of energy efficiency, energy storage and emissions control across Europe.

Shyam was also a materials research engineer at Acumentrics Corporation and Fuel Cell Energy, fuel cell technology based energy businesses in Boston, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut from 2001-2004.

Shyam holds a Masters in Materials Engineering from the University of Missouri, a Bachelors in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Nagpur, India and advanced energy policy studies from the University Of California.