Shri Upendra Tripathy Appointed as Full Time Interim Director General of ISA

Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Government of India, and Ms Ségolène Royal, Minister for Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs Government of France jointly decided to appoint Shri Upendra Tripathy, as the Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full- time basis.

Shri Upendra Tripathy was the Former Secretary, MNRE from April 1, 2014 to October 31, 2016. The ISA was launched on November 30, 2015 as a coalition of the solar resource-rich countries jointly by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and Mr François Hollande, Hon’ble resident of France in the presence of Mr Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the united Nations on the first day of the Paris Climate Conference (CoP21).

Source: pib.nic.in