policy advice to a key UN agency on environmentally-sound technologies for developing nations. Jairam has accepted the offer to serve as a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) which gives strategic policy advice to the Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the programmatic direction of International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC). On 19 December 2020, Jairam tendered apology to Vivek Doval and his family in regard to defamation case filed by latter, after Jairam accused Vivek Doval of dealing with black money syndicate as per an article published in The Caravan under the title of The D Companies. Jairam was out on bail issued in May 2019 by Delhi High Court. On 16 June 2022, Jairam was appointed head of Media, including social & Digital media of Indian National Congress Party. Jairam Ramesh became a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Indian National Congress Party nomination. Journalism Jairam's been a columnist for the Business Standard, Business Today, The Telegraph, Times of India and India Today, sometimes under the pen-name "Kautilya". He has also anchored a number of popular television programmes on business and the economy, including Business Breakfast and Crossfire. Jairam is the author of the books: Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India (2005), Foreword by Strobe Talbott. Mobilising Technology for World Development (Co-editor, 1979) To The Brink and Back : India's 1991 Story (2015) One History, New Geography (2016) Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature (2017) Intertwined Lives: P.N. Haksar & Indira Gandhi (2018) A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon (2019) THE LIGHT OF ASIA (2021) See also Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) Ministry of Power (India) References Citations External links An interview with Jairam Ramesh 27 June 2009 Rajya Sabha biodata National Advisory Council Profile Profile on Rediff.com Resources on Ministry and Environment and Forests (MoEF) 1954 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian economists Union ministers of state of India IIT Bombay alumni Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni People from Chikkamagaluru Members of the Cabinet of India Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Telugu politicians Scientists from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka