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A huge letdown
Published : Feb 11, 2016, 10:38 pm IST
Updated : Feb 11, 2016, 10:38 pm IST
It is shocking that the The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) board has made R.K. Pachauri its executive vice-chairman — a designation carved out specially for him.
It is shocking that the The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) board has made R.K. Pachauri its executive vice-chairman — a designation carved out specially for him. The former Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman has survived a sexual harassment case while the victim has been forced to leave Teri.
Mr Pachauri’s appointment is an indictment of how lightly sexual harassment is taken in India. It is also a huge letdown for women who are targeted sexually in the workplace. Aparna Singh Poddar New Delhi
