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is the Distinguished Research Fellow, and Director General, Indian Institute Of Sustainable Development (IISD), a Public Policy Think Tank and Scientific Research Institute at New Delhi, who is also a Leading Indian Sustainability Thought Leader. He is a well known Indian Policy Maker and Technocrat, who has worked with the Various Ministries and Planning Commission of Government Of India, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Bank. He is a Member of National Strategic Knowledge Mission and National Steering Committee Member Of TIFAC. He represented India in International Climate Change Negotiations in UNFCCC and also Known as Chief Architect Of Indian Carbon Market. He is awarded the National Science Popularisation Award by Hon’ble Prime Minister Of India, for his extraordinary contribution and commitments to popularize Science among the common mass and is Recognized by UNEP for his Valuable Contribution and Leadership in Catalyzing Environment Actions, on World Environment Day, 2007.

Dr Panigrahi has earned his formal Degree in Civil Engineering, then received Master Degrees, Environmental City Planning, Management & Business Administration and Doctorate in Public Policy, Specializing Science Policy, from credible Universities Of India and abroad, including Technical University Of Dresden (TUD), Germany, IIT Delhi, School of Planning & Architecture and JNU at New Delhi; followed by a Research Fellowship from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA. He was also an UNEP/UNESCO Fellow, where he delivered Guest Lectures in five prestigious Universities of Europe, at Hamburg, Dresden, Prag, Vienna and Zurich, and Other 27 Universities (Other than India) of the Globe later.