Govt. appoints former commerce secretary BVR Subrahmanyam as the next NITI Aayog CEO

Govt. appoints former commerce secretary BVR Subrahmanyam as the next NITI Aayog CEO

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 22 2023

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  • Former commerce secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has been appointed as the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog.
  • He will replace the current CEO Parameswaran Iyer.
  • Iyer was appointed as Niti Aayog CEO for a period of two years on June 24, 2022.
  • Subrahmanyam is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
  • Subrahmanyam worked in the PMO between 2004–2008 and 2012-2015, serving under both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi.
  • Mr Iyer, who was working as Niti Aayog CEO, has been appointed as Executive Director, World Bank headquarters, Washington DC, USA for a tenure of three years.
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