Rajiv Kumar takes charge as NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
Economist Rajiv Kumar on Friday took over as the Vice Chairman of policy think tank NITI Aayog. Kumar replaced Arvind Panagariya, who left NITI Aayog to return to academia. Notably, Kumar was the Secretary General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) earlier. He has also served as chief economist of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).