Economist Dr Suman K Bery named new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog

April 22: Economist Dr Suman K Bery has been appointed the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog after Dr Rajiv Kumar stepped down from his post on Friday. Bery was the Director-General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) from 2001-2011.

Dr Rajiv Kumar took over as Vice Chairperson in 2017 after his predecessor Arvind Panagariya exited the government think-tank to return to academics.

Dr Suman K Bery appointed as Vice-Chairman of the NITI Aayog after Dr Rajiv Kumar stepped down from his post. pic.twitter.com/6vQ9HWUSNJ

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