Arvind Panagariya steps down as Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman

Mangalore Today News Network

Aug 1 2017, DH Web: Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya resigned from his post on Tuesday and said to return to academics. He will serve the office until 31st August.

Arvind Panagar... Panagariya an Indian-American economist and professor at the Columbia University was handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 to head the National Institution for Transforming India or NITI Aayog.

Panagariya will return to the Columbia University and rejoin as the professor of economics.

Arvind Panagariya has earlier been the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and a Professor of Economics and Co-director, Centre for International Economics, the University of Maryland at College Park.

Holding a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University, Panagariya has also worked for the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organisation, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in various capacities.

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