Govt appoints ex-Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam as CEO of NITI Aayog

Former Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has been appointed as NITI Aayog CEO for two years, announced government on Monday. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment.

Subrahmanyam replaces Parameshwaran Iyer, who has been appointed as Executive Director of World Bank for a tenure of three years. Iyer was appointed as the CEO of the government's think tank in June. Iyer replaces Rajesh Kullar, who will return to his parent cadre Haryana.

Subrahmanyam is a 1987-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. He had taken over as the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir in June 2018, and during his tenure J&K’s special status was scrapped in 2019.

Subrahmanyam was last year appointed as chairman and managing director India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) on contract basis for a period of two years after his superannuation on September 30.

In another order, Rajesh Rai has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of ITI Limited -- a public sector undertaking -- for a period of five years.

Rai is at present General Manager, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).