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Well known for receiving the prestigious Prime Minister’s award for excellence in public administration in individual category, Mr Tripathy received several other awards for his innovations and ideas during his long career as a top civil servant. He is the first Director General of International Solar Alliance.

Awards received:
2007  Silver Award from Harmony for having brought fundamental changes in Transport system in Bangalore.

2007  International Gold Star Millennium Award under Persons of Indian Origin Conclave-Invest in India.

2008  Citizen Extraordinary Award-2008 for contribution in introducing innovative changes in Bangalore.

2009 Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Public Administration.

About
Shri Upendra Tripathy (born 5 October 1956) is currently the Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (Since 1st April, 2014). Mr Tripathy is also ex-offcio Chairman of Solar Energy Corporation of India, National Institute of Solar Energy, National Institute of Wind Energy, National Institute of Bioenergy and nodal secretary for Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency. He is also the Interim Director General of the newly formed International Solar Alliance. Shri Tripathy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka Cadre, known for his innovations, ideas and hard work. He has worked with local, provincial and union government in India over the last 36 years and is the 18th secretary of Ministry of New and renewable Energy, established in 1982, one of the oldest Ministries in the world in the area of new and renewable energy. He replaced Shri Satish Agnihotri as Secretary on 1st April 2014. From Kahakapur, a remote coastal hamlet in the tail ends of Eastern Ghats hills, close to the Asia’s largest lagoon – Chilika, Mr Tripathy studied in Ravenshaw College, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has published one volume poetry from Writer’s Workshop - Caged. Best known for his turning around of the city transportation in Bangalore, he received the Extra-ordinary Citizen award in 2008 from Rotarians in Bangalore, usually reserved for Chief Minister and doyens of the industry.

Career Path
Immediately before joining Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, he was Adviser (Agriculture and Marine Products) in the Indian Embassy in Brussels. He held the post of Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs and Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Central Government. He has multi-sectoral domain expertise and has  worked in several areas — Revenue Administration, Rural Development, Petroleum Conservation, Agriculture & Horticulture, Agricultural Marketing, Education, Environment & Transportation, Minority Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat  and renewable energy.

Education & Training
He has done his Master’s Degree both in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Public Administration from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has undergone various training programme in areas of programme implementation, financial management, sustainable development, quantitative methods and operational research for public policy and management and e-governance. He has also undergone a six weeks SIDA training programme in Sweden in areas of environmental management.

Awards
Mr Tripathy was awarded Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in individual category during 2009.[