Rajendra Pachauri

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, former Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is at the forefront of global efforts to address climate change. Dr. Pachauri served as an assistant professor at the School of Economics at the University of North Carolina from 1974 to 1975 and as a guest lecturer from 1976 to 1977. I have also served as a visiting professor of resource economics at the School of Mines at the University of West Virginia. Later, he returned to India and joined the Indian School of Administration in Hyderabad, where he served as a senior faculty member from 1975 to 1979 and as the director of the Advisory and Practical Research Department. He has been serving as the director of the Energy and Resources Research Institute (TERI), a non-profit scientific and policy research institution in India, since 1981. The Institute of Energy and Resources provides professional support to government departments, institutions, and enterprises worldwide in the fields of energy, environment, forestry, biotechnology, and natural resource conservation. In 1999, Dr. Pachauri was hired by the Indian Oil Company and the Japan Institute of Global Environmental Strategy. In 2001, Pachauri was appointed by the Prime Minister of India as a member of the Economic Advisory Committee. On April 20, 2002, Pachauri was elected as the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations. In 2007, the IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Arnold Gore. On December 11, 2007, Pachauri represented IPCC and Arnogor at the award ceremony held in Oslo, Norway, and delivered a speech. On the same day, the United Nations Climate Conference was held in Bali, Indonesia. In his speech, Jopari cited the Hindu philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam to express the view of the cosmic family, stating that we must be committed to using global power to protect our planet.