Mr Rajani Ranjan Rashmi is engaged with the Green Shipping Programme of TERI as Distinguished Fellow. At TERI, Mr Rashmi works on issues relating to climate policy, strategy, carbon markets, and environmental sustainability.
A retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service, Mr Rashmi is an expert on climate change related policies, strategy, actions, and international negotiations. He has held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Government of Manipur and Special Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India. He has also served in the Ministry of Commerce as Additional Secretary, and Adviser in India's Mission to European Union in Brussels.
Mr Rashmi was India's principal negotiator under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change for several years and contributed to the framing of national policy as well as international negotiations in the run-up to and after the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. As Special Secretary in the Ministry, he guided work and policy relating to national and state level climate action plans, pollution, environmental clearances, and Green India Mission.
In 2018-19, Mr Rashmi served on the Sub Committee of the Ministry of Finance on Climate Finance. Currently, he is a member of the Technical Advisory Body of the International Civil Aviation Organisation for administering CORSIA since 2019, and a member of the National Steering Committee on Carbon Markets. Since 2022, he also serves as member of the Core Committee on Environment set up by the NHRC, and as Adjunct Professor at the TERI School of Advanced Studies.
In 2009, he was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for his contribution to management of finances in the state of Manipur.
An alumnus of Patna University with BA (Hons) in Economics, Mr Rashmi is also a management graduate from the Free University (Vriet Universitiet) of Brussels.
Email: rr.rashmi@teri.res.in