NITI Aayog

M P Kulsreshtha

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M P Kulsreshtha

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 15:49

mpk[at]nic[dot]in

Designation

Senior Director (IT)

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HoD

NIC

NITI Aayog

Sh. Mohd Zubair Ali Hashmi

niti_admin — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:21:28 +0000

Sh. Mohd Zubair Ali Hashmi

Fri, 03/10/2023 - 11:51

Zubair[dot]hashmi[at]ias[dot]nic[dot]in

Designation

Director

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Data Management & Analysis, & Frontier Technologies

Managing Urbanisation

NITI Aayog

CEO, NITI Aayog

niti_admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:52:18 +0000

CEO, NITI Aayog

Mon, 01/23/2023 - 12:22

Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam

CEO, NITI Aayog

Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam joined as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 25.02.2023.

An Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1987 batch (Chhattisgarh cadre), Shri Subrahmanyam has held important assignments over the last three decades in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jammu & Kashmir, along with a stint at The World Bank. He has been Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir, Principal Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, and has held positions in the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Dr VK Paul

niti_admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:47:04 +0000

Dr VK Paul

Mon, 01/23/2023 - 12:17

Dr Vinod K. Paul

Member, NITI Aayog

Dr. Vinod Paul served on the faculty of the Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, from 1985 to 2020, and was Head of the Department for nearly a decade. He is a globally recognised medical scientist and a public health exponent.

Government of India appointed Dr. Paul as a Member of the National Institution for Transforming India, the NITI Aayog, in August 2017 where he leads the Health, Nutrition and Education verticals. He has played a pivotal role in formulating the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, the Ayushman Arogya Mandir scheme and POSHAN Abhiyaan.

Prof. Paul also served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors in supersession of the Medical Council of India in 2018-20. This tenure was recognised for a record increase in undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats and introduction of telemedicine guidelines, district residency scheme and a plethora of other reforms.

Dr. Paul has been a part of the core team of the Union Government for Covid-19 pandemic response. He chaired the National Task Force on COVID-19, the Empowered Group on Emergency Management Plan and Strategy, Empowered Group on Vaccination as well as the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC).

Prof. Paul has over 400 scientific publications and an h-index of 62 to his credit. He featured among the world’s top 2% scientists in the field of paediatrics according to a study conducted at Stanford University in 2020. He is a Fellow of all the three Science Academies of the country, and a recipient of the pre-eminent Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Dr. Paul was conferred with the prestigious Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by WHO at the 2018 World Health Assembly for his globally recognized service in the field of family health.

Room No

115

Contact Detail

23096809/ 23096820, 23096810- Fax

vinodk[dot]paul[at]gov[dot]in

Designation

Member

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NITI Aayog

Prof. Ramesh Chand

niti_admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:32:44 +0000

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Mon, 01/23/2023 - 12:02

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Member, NITI Aayog

Prof. Ramesh Chand is Member of National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog, the apex think-tank of Government of India, and Chairman of the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. In addition, he is also member of the Integrated Partnership Board (IPB) of the CGIAR and member of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In the past, he was Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of Government of India, Member of Board of Trustees of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico and Member of Global Future Council on the Future of Food Security and Agriculture, World Economic Forum for 2016-18 term.

Prof. Chand has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India. He has been actively involved in policy research and formulation in the areas of agriculture and allied sectors, food security, nutrition, science policy, impact analysis, food systems etc. and has worked in senior academic positions at National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Institute of Economic Growth and Punjab Agricultural University. He was Visiting Professor at University of Wollongong, NSW Australia and at Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba Shi, Japan. He has also been Consultant with international organizations such as FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, UNCTAD, Commonwealth and World Bank.

Prof. Chand has authored seven books and published more than 100 research papers in reputed national and international journals in the areas of agriculture growth and development, demand and supply, food policy, farmers’ issues, agricultural markets and trade. In recognition of his contributions, Prof. Ramesh Chand has received several national and international awards.

Room No

111

Contact Detail

23096756/ 23096774/ 23730678 (Fax)

rc[dot]niti[at]gov[dot]in

Designation

Member, NITI Aayog

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NITI Aayog

Dr VK Saraswat

niti_admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:27:16 +0000

Dr VK Saraswat

Mon, 01/23/2023 - 11:57

Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat

Member, NITI Aayog, and
Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat is a distinguished scientist with vast experience in defence research—in both basic and applied sciences—spanning several decades.

He retired as Secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), after decades of government service. He holds a PhD from Osmania University and an ME degree from the Indian Institute of Science.

Dr Saraswat has had an illustrious career and is credited with the indigenous development of missiles such as Prithvi, Dhanush, Prahaar, and Agni-5; the two-tiered Ballistic Missile Defence system; the initial operational clearance of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas; and nuclear submarine INS Arihant.

As Secretary, DRDO, Dr Saraswat played a pivotal role in the: (i) establishment of command, control, communication, storage, transportation and deployment infrastructure for strategic nuclear assets to support the Nuclear Doctrine; (ii) flight evaluation of long-range subsonic cruise missile (iii) long-range radars for tracking incoming (enemy) ballistic missiles, command, control and communication network, command centres with decision support system for defending the National Capital Region against ballistic missile threats, (iv) establishment of the Cyber Security Research and Development Centre for developing offensive and defensive technologies for cybersecurity.

As the Homi Bhabha Chair Professor and Consultant to IOCL R&D, Dr Saraswat evolved a roadmap for the development of alternative energy systems such as clean coal technologies; high-efficiency concentrated solar power systems, and bioenergy- and hydrogen-based economy. He is currently the Chairman of Research Advisory Council, IOCL R&D.

As Chairman of NTPC R&D Advisory Council, he prepared a similar alternative energy technology development plan focusing on clean coal technologies and advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plant to work on efficiencies better than 40% and highly reduced greenhouse emissions.

Dr Saraswat initiated a programme for the development of silicon photonics technology by setting up the Photonics Valley Corporation in Telangana—a Government of Telangana initiative in collaboration with Photonics Inc., USA. This programme is expected to be a gamechanger for the next generation of networks, such as 5G and supercomputers.

As Chairman of the Committee for Development of Indian Microprocessors, he led a team to evolve the configuration of the M-Processor for IOT, Smart Cities and other ICT applications. He also laid out the strategy for development with DieTy, CDAC, IIT(M), IIT(B) and SCL Chandigarh. Two devices have already been developed by IIT(B) and IIT(M).

He has evolved a concept document for setting up the Indian Railway Research Institute (Shresththa) for Indian Railways, which would propel indigenous designs and manufacturing in programmes such as high-speed rail system and dedicated freight corridor and usher in a new era of R&D in the Railways.

As Member, NITI Aayog, Dr Saraswat initiated the ‘Methanol Economy’ programme for transportation, energy generation and production of chemicals and fertilisers, etc. To this end, production agencies, academic institutions and petro-refineries have been brought together to further the cause. As part of the initiative, M-15 gasoline blend, methanol cooking stove, methanol-fuelled propulsion for inland waterways, and methanol-fuelled gensets are being introduced in the country. At the academia and industry levels, R&D in the gasification of high ash content Indian coal has been undertaken.

Dr Saraswat also chaired a committee on technical textiles and prepared a roadmap for the futuristic growth of this sector in India. The plan focused on the promotion of indigenous production of technical textiles and fibres such as carbon and aramid, for strategic and ballistic needs and laid due emphasis on reviving R&D in this sector.

He has also chaired a committee for framing a ‘Roadmap for Make in India in Body Armour’. The excerpts from the committee's report were later used to frame BIS standards on body armour.

Dr Saraswat led an empowered technical advisory committee for the development of national supercomputing systems. Configuration and strategy for development have been evolved and the programme has been launched as a multi-organisation mission.

He is the recipient of many awards, including the Padma Shri (1998) and Padma Bhushan (2013). He has been conferred an honorary doctorate by more than 25 universities, most recently in 2018 by Jamia Hamdard.

Room No

113

Contact Detail

23096566/ 23096567 23096603

vk.saraswat[at]gov[dot]in

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Member

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Minister of State

niti_admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 07:14:06 +0000

Minister of State

Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:44

Rao Inderjit Singh,
MP(Gurgaon)

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Room No

132

Contact Detail

23096561-63

Designation

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning and Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.

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Vice Chairperson

niti_admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:43:53 +0000

Vice Chairperson

Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:13

Shri Suman Bery

Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog

Shri Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Shri Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson from 1 May 2022. At the time of his appointment, Shri Bery was a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi.

From early 2012 till mid-2016, Shri Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s global scenarios group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector.

Before his appointment at Shell, Shri Bery served as Director-General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi-one of India’s most respected institutions of empirical socioeconomic research. During his tenure, NCAER greatly extended its global links and was recognized as one of India’s leading think tanks by the independent global Think Tank Initiative. In his decade leading NCAER, Shri Bery was at various times member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council; of India’s Statistical Commission; and of the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy. He commented extensively in the media on economic issues, and contributed a monthly column to an Indian business newspaper.

Prior to NCAER, Shri Bery was with the World Bank in Washington D.C., which he joined through the Young Professional Programme. His career at the World Bank spanned research on financial sector development and country policy and strategy, notably in Latin America and the Caribbean. His country experience included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. His experience on financial sector reform in Latin America led to an appointment as Special Consultant to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1992 and 1994.

His professional writing includes contributions on the political economy of reform, financial sector and banking reform, and energy trends and policy. He has a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and an undergraduate degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Magdalen College, University of Oxford.

Room No

130

Contact Detail

23096677/ 23096688, 23096699 (Fax)

vch-niti[at]gov[dot]in

Designation

Vice Chairman

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NITI Aayog

M P Kulsreshtha

Sh. Mohd Zubair Ali Hashmi

CEO, NITI Aayog

Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam

Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam joined as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 25.02.2023.

Dr VK Paul

Dr Vinod K. Paul

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Prof. Ramesh Chand

Dr VK Saraswat

Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat

Minister of State

Rao Inderjit Singh, MP(Gurgaon)

Vice Chairperson

Shri Suman Bery

Rao Inderjit Singh,
MP(Gurgaon)