Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,
which means "the whole universe is one family" is a theme that Chairman
Pachauri
often quotes to define global efforts to protect the globe from climate
change. Dr. Pachauri will discuss the need for collective scientific
endeavors, the need for shaping necessary public policy for
sustainable development to meet effective objectives toward lowering
the global impacts of climate change asserting that threats to health
and the global economy are too great if robust global action is not
taken.
Rajendra Pachauri, Ph.D., is
Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
On behalf of the IPCC, co-received the coveted Nobel Peace
Prize
with former Vice President, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. in December 2007.
Dr. Pachauri is also the Director-General of The Energy and
Resources Institute - an institute dedicated to sustainable
deveopment.
Born in Nainital, India, 1940, Dr.
Pachauri did his graduation from La Martiniere College in Lucknow. Dr.
Pachauri
started his career at the Diesel Locomotive Works (Varanasi) serving
various managerial positions. Dr. Pachauri went to North Carolina State
University for higher studies. He did his MS in Industrial
Engineering (1972), Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. in
Economics.
From August 1974 to May 1975, he served as Assistant Professor, and
Visiting Faculty Member (summers 1976-1977) in the Department
of Economics and Business. Dr. Pachauri became the Member Senior
Faculty in
the
Administrative Staff College of India (1975). Dr. Pachauri became the
Director
of the Consulting and Applied Research Division (1979).
Dr. Pachauri served as
the Visiting Professor of Resource Economics at the College of Mineral
and Energy Resources, West Virginia University (1981). Served
as
the Senior Visiting Fellow at the Resource Systems Institute (1981).
-Served-
1985 - Executive
Committee of the India International Center.
1987 - Governing Council of India Habitat Center.
1988 - President of the International Association for Energy
Economics.
1989 - Chairman of the International Association for Energy
Economics.
1992 - President of the Asian Energy Institute.
1993 - Chairman of the World Energy Council.
1999 - Board of Directorsof the Indian Oil Corporation.
2001 - Member of the Economic Advisory Council, Honored with
Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
2002- Chairman of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Board of Directors of National
Thermal Power Corporation.
2003 - Board of Directors of the GAIL India, Ltd.
For
more information on this seminar please contact:
Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or send email to: pmathews@arb.ca.gov
For information on this Seminar Series please contact:
Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or send email to: pmathews@arb.ca.gov
For
a complete listing of the ARB Chairman's Series and the related
documentation for
each one of the series please
check this page
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