Ceo of niti aayog

By Feb 26, 2023 B.V.R. Subrahmanyam joined as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on Saturday. An Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1987 batch (Chhattisgarh cadre), Subrahmanyam has held important assignments over the last three decades in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jammu & Kashmir, along with a stint at the World Bank. He takes over for Parameswaran Iyer, who has been designated the World Bank’s Executive Director. Shri Subrahmanyam, a 1987-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, has previously served as Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir. — NITI Aayog (@NITIAayog) Subrahmanyam has held posts in the Prime Minister’s Office as well as the ministries of commerce and industry. He served as chief secretary for Jammu and Kashmir and principal secretary for the government of Chhattisgarh. Subrahmanyam remarked upon taking over the public policy think tank of the Government of India, “I am humbled by the trust and responsibility reposed in me by the Hon’ble Prime Minister and will try my best to rise up to his expectations.” The 56-year-old officer served as then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s private secretary from 2004 to 2008. He returned to the Prime Minister’s Office in 2012 after working for the World Bank. Subrahmanyam was employed by the PMO until 2015, at which point he relocated back to Chhattisgarh, where he first served as a principal secretary before rising to the position of Additional Chief Secr...

The government on Monday appointed former Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Subrahmanyam appointment for a period of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post, a Personnel Ministry statement said. Iyer will now take over as the Executive Director of A 1988 batch IAS officer, Subrahmanyam served as the chief secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir when the State was bifurcated into two Union Territories in 2019 before being moved to the Ministry of commerce as secretary in 2021. A seasoned IAS officer, he has also worked in Manmohan Singh Prime Minister’s Office as Joint Secretary. In September 2022, just days ahead of his retirement, the government appointed Subrahmanyam as the chairman and managing director of India Trade Promotion Organization on contract basis for a period of two years. Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp. • Balaji arrest: Tamil Nadu BJP chief reacts • Cyclone Biparjoy: Over 30,000 evacuated • Uttrakhand: Section 144 imposed in Purola • Bombay HC pulls PNB in Nirav Modi case • Balaji's arrest: Oppn slams ED's actions • Senthil Balaji sent to judicial custody • Internal war within BJP over K'taka poll debacle • 'I'm a victim of Congress' politics' • Watch: CM Stalin visits Senthil Balaji in hospital • Cyclone Biparjoy: Red alert in 6 Gujarat districts

In News • Former IAS officer BVR Subrahmanyam was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog by the government. About NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog • NITI Aayog was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on 1 January 2015. • Functions: As the apex think tank of India’s government, NITI Aayog provides both directional and policy inputs. • It is developing itself as a state-of-the-art resource centre with the necessary knowledge and skills that will enable it to act with speed, promote research and innovation, provide strategic policy vision for the government, and deal with contingent issues. • Objectives: The numerous objectives of the NITI Aayog include fostering cooperative federalism, evolving a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active involvement of states, and developing mechanisms to formulate credible plans at the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher levels of government. Governing Council of NITI Aayog • The Governing Council is the premier body tasked with evolving a shared vision of national priorities and strategies, with the active involvement of States, in shaping the development narrative. • It comprises the Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories with legislatures and Lt Governors of other Union Territories. The Prime Minister is the chairman of the Governing Council. IE