Looking forward to serve nation: Niti V-C elect

Looking forward to serve nation: Niti V-C elect

FPJ BureauUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 04:26 AM IST
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New Delhi : Noted economist Rajiv Kumar Sunday said he is looking forward to serve the country as the new Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog. “Look forward to serve the nation with my role @nitiaayog @pmoindia,” Kumar tweeted. He was named the new Vice chairman of the government think-tank Saturday, five days after the incumbent Arvind Panagariya announced that he would quit to return to academia. 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 industry chamber 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 chief economist of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and has held senior positions in the Asian Development Bank, the Ministry of Industries and the Ministry of Finance.

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