R K Pachauri removed as TERI chief, Ajay Mathur to take over

23 Jul 2015

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Nobel laureate and chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), RK Pachauri, who is facing sexual harassment charges, has been removed as director-general of the green body.

Ajay Mathur, director-general, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, has been appointed as the new director-general of TERI. The decision was taken at a meeting of TERI's the governing council (GC) in Bangalore today.

"The Governing Council (GC) of TERI at its meeting held in Bangalore took a decision to appoint Ajay Mathur as the director-general of TERI.

"Dr Mathur will take up his new responsibilities as soon as he is in a position to do so, subsequent to being relieved from his current responsibilities by the Government of India after a brief period of transition," an official TERI release said.

Mathur holds a Ph D and a Master of Science from the University of Illinois. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Roorkee. He began his career at TERI in 1986.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Pachauri issued a statement that he has informed the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that he has resigned from his position.

The 75-year-old Pachauri also said he was ''committed to providing all assistance and cooperation to the authorities in their ongoing investigations."

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