Jyoti Kirit Parikh

Jyoti Kirit Parikh
Jyoti Parikh
Born (1941-03-20) 20 March 1941 (age 83)
Ahmedabad, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materUC Berkeley, University of Maryland, College Park
SpouseKirit Parikh
AwardsNobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007, Boutros Ghali Award, Bhasin Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsTIFAC, 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.

  1. ^ "IRADe : Jyoti Kirit Parikh". Irade.org. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ "IRADe". Irade.org. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ "PM's Council on Climate Change : PM's Committees & Councils : Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004 - 26th May 2014)". Archivepmo.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. ^ "Professor Jyoti K Parikh : CV" (PDF). Igidr.ac.in. Retrieved 22 February 2022.