Senior IAS officer Anurag Jain appointed NITI Aayog CEO

New Delhi: The senior bureaucrat Anurag Jain (IAS) has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of government think tank NITI Aayog. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved his appointment on Wednesday.

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According to an order issued from the Department of Personnel & Traning (DoPT) on July 22, Jain has been appointed to the post with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post, till his approved tenure of extension in service and thereafter, for an overall period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Jain, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, succeeds B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, who has been appointed as the Cabinet Secretary.

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Jain brings nearly four decades of expertise in finance, infrastructure, and digital governance to India's premier public policy think tank. An electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur with a Master’s in Public Administration from the Maxwell School, USA, Jain has held key positions at both central and state levels.

Before taking the helm at NITI Aayog, Jain served as the 35th Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, managing fiscal health and grassroots development across the state.

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