Pachauri to be first executive vice chairman of TERI

February 09, 2016 00:06

Notwithstanding allegations of sexual harassment by a former colleague, The Energy and Resources Institute chief R K Pachauri was on Monday appointed executive vice chairman of the green body after new director general Ajay Mathur took over the charge from him.

"Dr Ajay Mathur has joined as director general of TERI. The Governing Council of TERI has appointed Dr R K Pachauri as the executive vice chairman with immediate effect," a TERI official said.

The post of executive vice chairman has been recently created and Pachauri will be the first to hold the post.

Mathur is a former director general of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, an institution under the Power Ministry.

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