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{{Short description|Indian Climate Change Council member}}

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| name = Jyoti Kirit Parikh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|3|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], India
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| citizenship = [[India]]
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| workplaces = [[TIFAC]], [[DST]], [[IIASA]], [[National Institution for Transforming India|National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog)]], [[United Nations University|UNU]], [[IGIDR]]
| alma_mater = [[UC Berkeley]], [[University of Maryland, College Park]]
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| awards = Nobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007, Boutros Ghali Award, Bhasin Award
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'''Jyoti Kirit Parikh'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irade.org/Dr.JyotiKParikh_2.html|title=IRADe : Jyoti Kirit Parikh|website=Irade.org|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> is the current Executive Director of Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irade.org/Dr.JyotiKParikh_2.html|title=IRADe|website=Irade.org|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> She was a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India<ref>{{Cite web|title=PM's Council on Climate Change : PM's Committees & Councils : Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004 - 26th May 2014)|url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/committeescouncils_details.php?nodeid=7|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Archivepmo.nic.in}}</ref> and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded To IPCC authors in 2007. She was a Senior Professor at [[Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research|Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)]], Mumbai. She also worked at the [[International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)]], Austria and served as a senior energy consultant at the [[National Institution for Transforming India|National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog)]] (1978–80). She was a visiting professor at the [[United Nations University|Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)]] of UNU, Tokyo (1995–96). She was the Acting Director of [[Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research|IGIDR]] for 1997-98.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igidr.ac.in/conf/AES2012/links/jyoti.pdf|title=Professor Jyoti K Parikh : CV|website=Igidr.ac.in|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> She has experience for nearly thirty years on energy and environment problems of the developing countries.

==Education==
She received her [[M.Sc.]] in Physics and Mathematics from [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1964 and [[PhD]] in Theoretical Physics from [[University of Maryland, College Park]] in 1967.

==Career==
Parikh has served as an energy consultant to the [[World Bank]], the [[U.S. Department of Energy]], EEC, Brussels and UN institutions such as UNIDO, FAO, UNU, UNESCO, and as an Environment Consultant to [[UNDP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://persmin.gov.in/MajorEvents/GlobalWarming_ClimateChange/CVs.htm |title=Dr. Jyoti K Parikh |publisher=Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |date= |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161519/http://persmin.gov.in/MajorEvents/GlobalWarming_ClimateChange/CVs.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1976-78 and 1980–86, she worked at the [[International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis]] (IIASA) in [[Austria]], and from 1978–80, she served as a senior energy consultant for the [[Planning Commission of India]] in New Delhi. From 1986-2003, she served as Senior Professor and Acting Director of the [[Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research]] (IGIDR) in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.direc2010.gov.in/pdf/jyoti-parekh.pdf |title=(Ms.) Dr. Jyoti K Parikh |publisher=Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 2010 |date= |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155539/http://www.direc2010.gov.in/pdf/jyoti-parekh.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She has published more than 250 research papers and edited and co-authored 25 books and monographs. The publications are in the areas ranging from policy analysis of energy and environment, climate change policies, modeling, technology assessment, power sector, natural resource management, agriculture, health, poverty and gender.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irade.org/MicrosoftWord-ListofCCpub.pdf|title=List of publications on climate change|author=Dr. Jyoti Parikh|website=Irade.org|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> and natural resource management.

She has carried out a number of national and international projects. Her work spans over areas such as environment, energy demand modeling, power system simulations, biomass allocation in rural energy systems, energy policy, demand-side management in the electricity sector, impacts of climate change, mitigation, negotiations, [[climate change adaptation|adaptation]], power system planning, natural resource accounting, sustainable development and restructuring consumption patterns, incremental costs and Global Environment Facility (GEF), supporting globally efficient projects by GEF, North-South issues in IPCC response strategies, Joint implementation of climate change projects: opportunities for North-South cooperation, trade and environment, and large scale survey on rural energy, water and sanitation, environmental economics for sustainable development into the decision-making process. It covers four major focal areas: Air Quality; Water Quality; Community Land Regeneration and Biodiversity within the overall framework of sustainable development.

Dr Parikh was a member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/committeescouncils_details.php?nodeid=7|title=PM's Council on Climate Change : PM's Committees & Councils : Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004 - 26th May 2014)|website=Archivepmo.nic.in|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/ipcc-wg3-ar5-authors.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-20 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053859/http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/press-releases/ipcc-wg3-ar5-authors.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is tasked with coordinating national action for assessment, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change.

As head of [[IRADe]], she has motivated the institution to pursue independent social, economic, and scientific policy research with a focus on development and inclusive growth. The research is conducted within a multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder framework in order to integrate different socio-economic perspectives and build on policy-level understanding by working on South Asia Power Tarde, Urban [[climate resilience]] and urban environment, Energy, Power and Climate Change.

==Personal==
Parikh is married to Dr. [[Kirit Parikh]]. Her son Maulik Parikh is at Arizona State University<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://physics.asu.edu/people/faculty/maulik-parikh |title=Maulik Parikh | Arizona State University Department of Physics |access-date=2013-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055642/http://physics.asu.edu/people/faculty/maulik-parikh |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and her daughter Anokhi Parikh is at Johannesburg, South Africa.

==Honors and awards==
* As one of the [[IPCC]] authors, an organization whose work was recognized by the joint award of the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize|2007]] [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session29/inf2.pdf |title=Session 29 Minutes |publisher=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |date= |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-date=2010-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219073434/http://ipcc.ch/meetings/session29/inf2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Recipient of Women achievers award - 2000
* Recipient of Special Energy Award by IBPL Urja Research Foundation on the occasion of 50 years of independence of India - 1998
* Golden Jubilee for India's independence award for energy efficiency (1997)
* Recipient of second prize [[International Federation of Operational Research Societies|IFORS]] in "Operations Research for Development" (1996)
* Fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]
* Recipient of a Gold Medal from the Systems Society of India
* Recipient of Boutros Ghali award by Japan Foundation for United nations
* Recipient of O P Bhasin prize for Science and Environment

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://irade.org/Jyoti%20K%20Parikh%20detailed%20CV.pdf|title=Professor(Dr.) Jyoti K Parikh : Resume|website=Irade.org|access-date=22 February 2022}}

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