New Delhi The government on Monday announced the appointment of retired civil servant BVR Subrahmanyam as the new chief executive of federal policy think-tank NITI Aayog.
This follows the appointment of current CEO Parameswaran Iyer as Executive Director at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC, following separate official orders issued on the decisions taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Subrahmanyam has been given a two-year term in the NITI Aayog. Iyer’s appointment to the World Bank is for three years and comes in the wake of repatriation of senior civil servant Rajesh Khullar from the multilateral agency to his parent cadre on the request of the Haryana state government, an order said.
Between 2016 and 2020, Iyer served as Secretary to Government in the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and led the implementation of India’s $20 billion Swachh Bharat Mission, which provided 550 million people with access to safe sanitation. Website of NITI Aayog.
The CEO plays a key role in policy formulation, which includes energy transition, promotion of manufacturing, asset monetization, development of sunrise industries and various socio-economic programmes. NITI Aayog identifies critical gaps that require policy solutions in areas such as the water crisis.
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