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Arvind Panagariya takes charge as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
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Eminent economist Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday assumed the charge of the office of Vice Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
New Delhi: Eminent economist Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday assumed the charge of the office of Vice Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier on January 5 appointed him as the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog .
Panagariya was the professor of Economics at New York's Columbia University till recently.
A Rajasthan University alumnus, Panagariya holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.
A former chief economist at Asian Development Bank, Panagariya has worked with International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organisation and World Bank. He has written around ten books and the latest was 'India: The Emerging Giant' published in 2008.
Born on September 30, 1952, Panagariya is the first vice chairman of NITI.
Aayog has been established by the Government to function as both a think tank and a policy forum replacing Planning Commission.
(ANI)
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