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Rajiv Kumar as the new vice chairman of NitiAayog
August 6 , 2017
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• Economist Dr Rajiv Kumar was named as the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, five days after the incumbent Arvind Panagariya announced that he would quit to return to academics.
• He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board between 2006 and 2008.
• He has also served as the chief economist of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and held senior positions in the Asian Development Bank, the Indian Ministry of Industries, and the Ministry of Finance.
• Kumar is also a member of boards of several international and national institutions, including the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and Asia in Jakarta, the State Bank of India, and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
• The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog.
• Kumar is also a member of boards of several international and national institutions, including the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and Asia in Jakarta, the State Bank of India, and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
• The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog. 
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