The Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) on Friday announced the appointment of Dr P Balaram, former director of the Indian Institute of Science, as chairperson of its Board of Trustees (BoT), effective April 2023.
Balaram is currently co-chair of the BoT. The current chairperson, Dr Kamal Bawa, stepped down from the BoT on Friday. One of India’s leading biochemists, Balaram is a Padma Bhushan recipient. He has been associated with ATREE’s BoT since 2020 and has played a significant role in steering the organisation during the pandemic, ATREE said in a statement on Friday.
Bawa has been the chairperson of ATREE’s BoT since its inception in 1996 and has played a critical role in shaping the institution’s research and conservation agenda. Balaram said he looked forward to “building on Dr Bawa's legacy”.
Published 31 March 2023, 20:54 IST