Upendra Tripathy | |
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1st Director General of International Solar Alliance | |
In office 2016–2021 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Ajay Mathur |
Personal details | |
Born | Kahakapur, Ganjam, Odisha, India | 5 October 1956
Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) |
Occupation | IAS officer |
Profession | Civil 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]
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