Suman Bery named NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson as Rajiv Kumar steps down

Economist Dr Suman K Bery has been appointed the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog after Dr Rajiv Kumar stepped down from his post on Friday. Kumar took over as Vice Chairperson in 2017 after his predecessor Arvind Panagariya exited the government think-tank to return to academics. Bery was the Director-General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) from 2001-2011.