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Jyoti Kirit Parikh | |
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Born | Ahmedabad, India | 20 March 1941
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | India |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley, University of Maryland, College Park |
Spouse | Kirit Parikh |
Awards | Nobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007, Boutros Ghali Award, Bhasin Award |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | TIFAC, DST, IIASA, National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog), UNU, IGIDR |
Jyoti Kirit Parikh[1] is the current Executive Director of Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe).[2] She was a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India[3] and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007. She was a Senior Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. She also worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria and served as a senior energy consultant at the National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) (1978–80). She was a visiting professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of UNU, Tokyo (1995–96). She was the Acting Director of IGIDR for 1997-98.[4] She has experience for nearly thirty years on energy and environment problems of the developing countries.