The Modi Government on Saturday appointed former Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar as the first CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
Ms. Khullar, a 1975 batch UT cadre IAS officer, was appointed Planning Commission’s Secretary in April 2012. She continued to hold the post even after the Modi Government scrapped the Cabinet resolution in August 2014 through which the Planning Commission was set up.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed noted economist Arvind Panagariya as Niti Aayog’s Vice-Chairman. He also appointed Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO Chief V K Saraswat as full-time members.
Mr. Modi is the Niti Aayog’s Chairman.
He also made Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh as Ex-Officio members. Union Roads and National Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot were made Special Invitees to the Niti Aayog.
