Pachauri asked to step down, Ajay Mathur named new TERI chief

R K Pachauri, facing sexual harassment charges, was today asked to step down from the position of director general of the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), bringing an end to his uninterrupted reign at the Delhi-based organisation he has been associated with for over three decades.
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TERI’s governing council, comprising prominent corporate names like Deepak Parekh, Naina Lal Kidwai, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Hemendra Kothari, met in Bangalore today and decided to replace Pachauri with Ajay Mathur, who is currently director general of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) that functions under the power ministry.

A press release issued on behalf of TERI sought to give the impression that the decision had nothing to do with the sexual harassment case. It said the search for a successor began in September last year, almost six months before Pachauri was accused of sexual harassment by a junior colleague. Read More…

Pachauri asked to step down, Ajay Mathur named new TERI chief