Vivek Chandra is currently working as a Senior executive at an energy company in Dubai. United Arab Emirates. Trained as a geophysical engineer from Colorado School of Mines, Vivek also holds advanced management and economics degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and the Institut Francais du Petrole. He has also worked for ARCO and Schlumberger in South East Asia, Alaska, Texas, California, and, recently, for the Dolphin Energy project in the Persian Gulf.