Vladimir Aleksandrovich Grachev (born 3 March 1942 in Taimanikha, Rodnikovsky District, Ivanovo Region) is a Russian scientist, politician, and ecologist.

In 1960 Grachev graduated from the Ivanovo Industrial College, and in 1961 enrolled in the Penza Polytechnic Institute specializing in foundry.

[1] After graduating with honors from the Ivanovo Industrial College in 1960, Grachev worked for 15 years (until 1974) at the Penza compressor plant where from shop foreman he grew to chief metallurgist of the head laboratory.

Since 1974, Grachev is senior lecturer, associate professor, and since 1980 - Head of the "Machinery and Technology Foundry Department" of the Penza Polytechnic Institute.

[2] He worked as head of the department at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and the Academy of Labour and Social Relations.

In 1990 Grachev was nominated candidate for People's Deputy of the RSFSR by the staff of the Penza Polytechnic Institute, and elected at the Pervomaisky district No.

In the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation he advocated for expense reduction in defence, space exploration and the maintenance of bureaucracy.

[3] In 1999, Grachev became chief of staff of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Science, Culture, Education, Health and Environment.

He heads working groups for 18 of them, including the following: Under the leadership of Grachev the Federal Law "On Environmental Protection"[14] has been developed and brought to the adoption.

On the initiative of the environmental community and the efforts of Grachev on 23 July 2007, Vladimir Putin established by decree a professional holiday - Day of the Ecologist, celebrated 5 June.

Grachev is author and active promoter of the concept that large-scale introduction of nuclear power will solve global environmental problems.

[18] «GREENLIGHT» is an international public environmental organization created to promote the establishment and development of clean and safe forms of energy production, to actively promote, conserve and restore the natural environment and interested in continual improvements in the areas of environmental protection and health care.

He defends the interests of the Russian Federation on issues of ecology, environment, nuclear energy, science, education, agriculture, culture etc.

He repeatedly raises the question of adequate assessment of the global ecological role of Russia in the world in his discourses at the PACE: "With only 2% of GDP, Russia contributes no less than 10% of the worldwide ecological system: we have 13 million km2 of pristine ecosystems, more than 11 million km2 of forests, which make 25% of the world's forests.

Presenting the award and a diploma, the PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu pointed out the importance of Grachev's work in the Parliamentary Assembly in 2000-2008:"It's an honour for the Committee on the Environment and its members to have had as a colleague a person who was chairman of the Committee on the Environment of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and a recognized expert in the field of energy and the Kyoto Protocol.

"The international community needs to effectively address three interrelated challenges - energy security, economic growth and environmental protection.

At a meeting of the PACE in 2010, he said:"Nuclear power is the most viable, technologically proven, environmentally friendly and competitive alternative to hydrocarbon energy.

[19][20][21] Grachev, while chairman of the Committee of Environment in the State Duma, paid great attention to issues relating to nuclear and radiation safety of Russia.

Through effective collaboration with the State Corporation "Rosatom" in 2006, it became possible to achieve concrete results in addressing the issue of the resettlement of the Muslyumovo settlement residents, as well as to solve problems of Techa cascades of water.

[22][23] Grachev's activities in the field of nuclear security, including cooperation with international organizations are highly appreciated by the leaders of the State Corporation "Rosatom".

In 2010 the adviser to the director of "Rosatom" State Corporation, chairman of the board of the ecological international NGO "GREENLIGHT" Grachev, was awarded a medal for outstanding achievements in the nuclear industry.

As a result of his inventions and innovations all heating and drying ovens with liquid and solid fuels were transferred to natural gas, bringing the plant considerable economic effect and significantly reducing the adverse impact on the foundry environment.

In recent years, under the leadership of Grachev a fundamentally new design of furnaces for melting aluminum alloys has been established, a number of problems in the field of environmental engineering practice has been solved.

A number of them can be seen below: The result of Grachev's academic research can be seen in more than 615 published works, 26 monographs, 7 textbooks for high schools, 15 manuals.