Noted economist Dr Rajiv Kumar becomes new vice chairman of NITI Aayog
The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog, an official spokesman said.
Noted economist Dr Rajiv Kumar was named the new vice chairman of NITI Aayog. He replaces Arvind Panagariya who stepped down from the post of vice chairman last week.
The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog, an official spokesman said.
Kumar, who holds a DPhil in economics from Oxford and a PhD from Lucknow University, is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR).
Earlier, he was Secretary General of the FICCI and had also served as Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board between 2006 and 2008.
He has also served as the chief economist of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and held senior positions in the the Asian Development Bank, the Indian Ministry of Industries, and the Ministry of Finance.
Kumar is also a member of boards of several international and national institutions, including the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and Asia in Jakarta, the State Bank of India, and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
Paul
has
done
substantial
work
in
public
health.
The
appointment
for
the
post
of
NITI
Aayog
Vice
Chairman
was
necessitated
as
the
incumbent
Panagariya
on
August
1
had
announced
that
he
will
leave
the
government
think
tank
on
August
31
and
return
to
Columbia
University.
PTI