Dr R K Pachauri: the visionary institution builder

To grow, within 30 years, from a small, rented room and fewer than half a dozen people to more than 6000 square metres at Delhi’s prestigious India Habitat Centre and a staff of over a thousand – let alone self-owned real estate and functioning laboratories and offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Panaji (Goa), and Guwahati and a sprawling 40 hectares campus barely 35 km from Delhi and presence in USA, the UK, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates – is a remarkable story. That it was achieved by the vision, the drive, and the capabilities of just one individual may be considered an exaggeration—that it is the truth will be evident to the readers of this book from the voices of many, all hand-picked by the same individual, who have contributed to this volume—a tribute to Dr R K Pachauri. Although published to honour his memory, this volume is not a eulogy but a guide to all those who seek to set up, expand, or run institutions, especially research and academic institutions