
Rajendra K. Pachauri is an economist, academic, civil servant born in Nainital (India).
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020) was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2002 to 2015, during the fourth and fifth assessment cycles. Under his leadership the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and delivered the Fifth Assessment Report, the scientific foundation of the Paris Agreement. He held the post from 2002 until his resignation in February 2015 after facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment. In March 2022, he was exonerated of the sexual harassment allegations (The Court of Additional Sessions Judge in Saket Court). He was succeeded by Hoesung Lee. Pachauri assumed his responsibilities as the chief executive of The Energy and Resources Institute in 1981 and led the institute for more than three decades and demitted office as executive vice chairman of TERI in 2016.
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| Born | 20 August 1940, Nainital |
| Profession | economist, academic, civil servant |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | North Carolina State University, La Martiniere Lucknow |
| Awards | Dorothy McCluskey Visiting Fellowship in Conservation, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of the White Rose of Finland, honorary doctor of the Yale University, Padma Vibhushan in science & eng |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Purva Bhadrapada (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Scorpio |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 26 of them (8%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Rajendra K. Pachauri, and 13 (4%) share the Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #7 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Rajendra K. Pachauri was born on 20 August 1940 in Nainital. Birth details come from a published reference (source: 765 Notable Horoscopes) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Rajendra K. Pachauri's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Purva Bhadrapada, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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