Indian Economist Ligia Noronha appointed as Assistant Secretary-General of UN
- Leading Indian economist Ligia Noronha has been appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi.
- Noronha, who is working with UNEP since 2014, is an economist with over 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development.
- Prior to joining the UNEP, Noronha worked at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi as Executive Director (Research Coordination) and as Director of the Division on Resources, Regulation and Global Security.
- UNEP Headquarter: Nairobi, Kenya