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25/04/22 08:44 AM IST

Suman Bery

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  • The Centre has appointed economist Suman Bery as Niti Aayog’s vice chairman after Rajiv Kumar stepped down from the post.
About Suman Bery
  • Suman Bery was the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) director-general for a period of 10 years from 2001 to 2011.
  • He was also a senior visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi.
  • He is a Global Fellow in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Asia programme in Washington, DC.
  • Also, he is a non-resident Fellow of Bruegel which is a Brussels based economic policy research institution.
  • He had earlier served as a member of India’s Statistical Commission, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, and Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy.
  • He was deployed as a Special Consultant to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1992 and 1994.
Source- PIB 

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