Amitabh Kant, currently secretary in department of industrial policy and promotion, was on Wednesday named the first full-time chief executive of the NitiAayog, and will have a tenure of two years.
According to a department of personnel and training order, the cabinet’s appointments committee has approved Kant as CEO of NitiAayog with a tenure of two years.
He will take charge at NitiAayog after his retirement from service at the end of this month. Kant has been holding additional charge as chief executive, NitiAayog since December 2015.