<div>Notwithstanding allegations of sexual harassment by a former colleague, TERI Chief R K Pachauri was today appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the green body after new Director General Ajay Mathur took over the charge from him.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Pachauri headed TERI, which works in the field of sustainable development, energy and climate change, for the past 35 years.<br /><br />In February last year, a junior colleague had accused him of sexual harassment following which he had to proceed on leave but joined work in July with a court quashing the internal committee report that found him guilty of misconduct.<br /><br />He was removed as chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, an international body of scientists that makes periodic assessment of climate change science, as well.</div>
<div>Notwithstanding allegations of sexual harassment by a former colleague, TERI Chief R K Pachauri was today appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the green body after new Director General Ajay Mathur took over the charge from him.<br /><br />"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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Pachauri headed TERI, which works in the field of sustainable development, energy and climate change, for the past 35 years.<br /><br />In February last year, a junior colleague had accused him of sexual harassment following which he had to proceed on leave but joined work in July with a court quashing the internal committee report that found him guilty of misconduct.<br /><br />He was removed as chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, an international body of scientists that makes periodic assessment of climate change science, as well.</div>