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Rajendra K. Pachauri

1940 - 2020

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Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020) was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2002 to 2015, during the fourth and fifth assessment cycles. Under his leadership the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and delivered the Fifth Assessment Report, the scientific foundation of the Paris Agreement. He held the post from 2002 until his resignation in February 2015 after facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment. In March 2022, he was exonerated of the sexual harassment allegations (The Court of Additional Sessions Judge in Saket Court). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajendra K. Pachauri is the 472nd most popular social activist (down from 428th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from India (down from 513th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Rajendra K. Pachauri ranks 472 out of 840. Before him are Pjetër Arbnori, Surya Sen, Mary Edwards Walker, Nazik al-Abid, Hereward the Wake, and William Lloyd Garrison. After him are Donald Watson, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Sugathakumari, Pretty Boy Floyd, Dewi Sartika, and Nelly Diener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Rajendra K. Pachauri ranks 346. Before him are Viktor Savinykh, Godfrey Reggio, Uwe Timm, Rex Cawley, Renato Pozzetto, and Albert Razin. After him are Fakhruddin Ahmed, Sue Grafton, Wolf Kahler, Ole Ernst, Bill Medley, and Michael Ruse. Among people deceased in 2020, Rajendra K. Pachauri ranks 412. Before him are Vatroslav Mimica, Marcello Abbado, Pamela Tiffin, Valentina Prudskova, Rika Zaraï, and Lê Khả Phiêu. After him are Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Mike Resnick, Saeb Erekat, Vladimír Zábrodský, Doug Rogers, and Giuliana Minuzzo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajendra K. Pachauri ranks 609 out of 1,861. Before him are Barry Hay (1948), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Humpy Koneru (1987), Samantha Akkineni (1987), Brian Horrocks (1895), and Nayanthara (1984). After him are R. K. Narayan (1906), Roshan Seth (1942), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Waheeda Rehman (1938), John Shepherd-Barron (1925), and Purushottam Das Tandon (1882).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Rajendra K. Pachauri ranks 34. Before him are Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), and Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911). After him are Sugathakumari (1934), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Kamala Nehru (1899), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), and Charu Majumdar (1918).

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