Upendra Tripathy

Upendra Tripathy
1st Director General of International Solar Alliance
In office
2016–2021
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byAjay Mathur
Personal details
Born (1956-10-05) 5 October 1956 (age 68)
Kahakapur, Ganjam, Odisha, India
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University
Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
OccupationIAS officer
ProfessionCivil servant

Shri Upendra Tripathy (born 5 October 1956) is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka Cadre. He is the first[1] Director General of the International Solar Alliance. Well known for receiving the prestigious Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration in individual category, Tripathy received several other awards for his innovations and ideas during his career as a civil servant. He was the first and founding Director General of International Solar Alliance which the first treaty based International Organisation head-quartered in India.[2] ISA is an alliance of 121 countries worldwide focusing on solar power utilisation, co-operation, and sustainable energy.[3][4][5]

Previously, Mr. Tripathy was the Secretary to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy from 1 April 2014 until 31 October 2016.[6][7] Mr. Tripathy has been appointed as Advisor cum working president and chairman of executive committee of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya on 3 August 2021 [8] after the death of previous Advisor cum chairman Dr. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo in June 2021 due to covid [9]

  1. ^ Vishwa Mohan (4 December 2017). "Legal framework for International Solar Alliance to kick in this week". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "International Solar Alliance: How India is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions". Qrius. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ Bhaskar, Mayank Aggarwal,Utpal (22 March 2017). "India's Upendra Tripathy to head International Solar Alliance". livemint.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Upendra Tripathy appointed as Interim Director General of ISA". Jagranjosh.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. ^ Jai, Shreya (10 March 2018). "ISA Summit aims to create a $1 trn global solar market: Upendra Tripathy". Business Standard India. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ www.ETEnergyworld.com. "Upendra tripathy News - Latest upendra tripathy News, Information & Updates - Energy News -ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Ex-MNRE Secy Upendra Tripathy to be ISA Director General". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Odisha CM appoints retired IAS officer Upendra Tripathy as Advisor of Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan". www.aninews.in/. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Odia educationist Bijaya Sahoo passes away due to post-COVID complications". www.newindianexpress.com/. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.