Mr. Vijai Sharma joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1974 in the UP cadre. Headed various Indian delegations to international environment and climate change conferences and is credited as one of the architects behind the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. He was one of the nominees to head the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010. He joined as an Expert Member, National Green Tribunal at New Delhi on 06^th May 2011 and his tenure ended on 01^st March, 2012.