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Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri is the Director-General of TERI (Tata Energy Research Institute). He is an internationally recognized figure in energy and sustainable development, having served on numerous boards and committees including Director of the Oil and Natural Gas Company of India; Director of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited; Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme; Director of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Environment Agency, Government of Japan; Board of the International Solar Energy Society; Member of the World Resources Institute Council; Work Group Chairman of World Energy Council Committee on Developing Countries; President of the Asian Energy Institute; Member of the Panel of Eminent Persons on Power, Ministry of Power; Member of the Advisory Board on Energy, Government of India reporting to the Prime Minister of India; Member, National Environmental Council, Government of India under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India; Member of the Oil Industry Restructuring Group, for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India; Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India; and a Member of the International Advisory Board of Toyota Motors. Dr. Pachauri has also held several teach positions including Director, Consulting and Applied Research Division at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad; Visiting Professor, Resource Economics at the College of Mineral and Energy Resources, West Virginia University; Senior Visiting Fellow, Resource Systems Institute, East -- West Center, USA; Visiting Research Fellow, The World Bank, Washington, DC; and McCluskey Fellow at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University. Dr Pachauri holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Economics from North Carolina State University. He has authored 21 books and several papers and articles. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan -- one of India's highest civilian awards that recognizes distinguished service of a high order to the nation in any field (January 2001). | 