Govt appoints Anurag Jain as new CEO of NITI Aayog for 2 years
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--Govt appoints Anurag Jain as NITI Aayog CEO for 2 years
NEW DELHI – The government Wednesday appointed Anurag Jain, chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh, as chief executive officer of NITI Aayog for two years. Jain succeeds Nidhi Chhibber, who has held additional charge as the think tank's chief executive officer since Feb. 24.
Jain, a 1989 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, will hold the position of NITI Aayog chief executive officer with effect from the date he assumes charge of the post, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said in a notification.
Chhibber has been director general at the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, attached to NITI Aayog, since May 2024. She took over the additional charge upon the completion of B.V.R. Subrahmanyam's tenure as chief executive officer Feb. 24. Subrahmanyam had joined the think tank as chief executive officer in February 2023. End
Reported by Shweta
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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