Ajay Mathur, who heads the New Delhi-based The Energy and Research Institute, is set to become the next director general of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), with Mauritius withdrawing from the race, said two people aware of the development.
ISA, co-founded by India and France, is the first treaty-based international government organization to be based in India. The alliance has become a significant public policy tool for India and is considered a counter to China’s ambitious One Belt One Road initiative.
A special virtual assembly of ISA is scheduled for 15 February where Mathur’s name is slated to be approved and announced, with him taking charge from 15 March, said one of the two people cited above requesting anonymity. Mathur will replace Upendra Tripathy, a former secretary in India’s ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE).