Former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) RK Pachauri has been appointed executive vice-chairman of the organisation despite an ongoing inquiry in a sexual harassment case against him. The post was recently created for Pachauri.

Ajay Mathur, former chief of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, has been appointed director general of Teri, the position held by Pachauri until the harassment complaint was filed by a junior colleague last year. Pachauri, who was also chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, had resigned as IPCC head following the FIR.

The governing council of TERI is chaired by scientist B V Sreekantan, and has Deepak Parekh, Naina Lal Kidwai and Hemendra Kothari among its members. Pachauri is also the founding director of Yale Climate and Energy Institute and honorary professor of the University of Eastern Finland.

TERI

• The Energy and Resources Institute, also known as TERI (formerly Tata Energy Research Institute), established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi that conducts research work in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.
• TERI has over 1200 employees, with research professionals from disciplines pertaining to issues of environment and energy.
• TERI University was established on 19 August 1998, and was recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as a deemed-to-be University in 1999.