Mr. Bindhya Nath Jha

The President of IDRG , Mr. Bindhya N. Jha, who had education in India and U.K., has worked for over 35 years at provincial, national, regional and international levels in different countries some of which include Asia (India, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives), Africa (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe), North America (Canada) and South Pacific (Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
,W. Samoa).

Mr. Jha was Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries in India ,where he developed policies and programs for sustainable industrial development wherein to all the heavy industries and public enterprises environmental protection and promotion norms were provided .These included tree plantation, cleaner production and green productivity practices, process and technology improvements, minimizing use of water in heavy water-consuming industries, clean energy programs etc.

Mr. Jha has been Director General, National Productivity Council in India ,which is the apex body for developing and executing Cleaner Production programs in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, and international bodies, such as UNEP ,UNIDO and Asia Productivity Organization ,Tokyo. He developed several programs, including training programs, for disseminating knowledge about the Kyoto and Montreal Protocols in the field of Environment and worked closely with UNIDO and UNEP in this regard for clean energy, energy efficiency and green productivity program s.

Mr. Jha has been President for the International Centre for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), Lublajna, Slovenia, an Organisation comprising of 70 developing countries. He was on the Board of Governors of all the four Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow.

Mr. Jha has worked as Consultant for the Asian Development Bank and UNDP in Bhutan on several projects. He has been associated with Agriculture and Surveys and Impact Assessment and transport sector projects since 1996.