Current UNIDO Goodwill Ambassadors

Rajendra K. PACHAURI, India

Rajendra K. Pachauri has been the Chief Executive of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) since 1981, designated initially as Director and since April 2001 as Director-General. In April 2002 he was elected as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988.

IPCC, along with former US Vice President Al Gore, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2007.

Pachauri has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and a PhD in Economics. He has been on several international and national committees including membership of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, the Advisory Board on Energy (ABE) which reported directly to the Prime Minister of India, and has been a Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.

He has been President (1988) and Chairman (1989-90) of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and President of the Asian Energy Institute since 1992. In April 1999, he was appointed Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, and continues to hold this appointment. Pachauri was awarded the "Padma Bhushan" in 2001 by the President of India and was also bestowed the "Officier De La Légion D'Honneur" by the Government of France in 2006.

He has been active in several international forums dealing with the subject of climate change and its policy dimensions. He was conferred with the "Padma Vibhushan", the second highest civilian award, for his services in the field of science and engineering in January 2008 by the President of India.