<p>Amitabh Kant, Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, was today appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Niti Aayog.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He will take over the new job after his retirement, next month-end.<br /><br />The competent authority has approved the appointment of Kant, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, as CEO of Niti Aayog, after his superannuation in February-end, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.<br /><br />"The terms and conditions of his appointment as CEO, Niti Aayog will be conveyed in due course," it said.<br /><br />59-year-old Kant has been appointed in place of former IAS officer Sindhushree Khullar, who was appointed as the first CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (Niti) Aayog, a body that has replaced Planning Commission, for a fixed one-year term beginning January 1, last year.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi is Chairman of Niti Aayog. </p>
<p>Amitabh Kant, Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, was today appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Niti Aayog.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He will take over the new job after his retirement, next month-end.<br /><br />The competent authority has approved the appointment of Kant, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, as CEO of Niti Aayog, after his superannuation in February-end, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.<br /><br />"The terms and conditions of his appointment as CEO, Niti Aayog will be conveyed in due course," it said.<br /><br />59-year-old Kant has been appointed in place of former IAS officer Sindhushree Khullar, who was appointed as the first CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (Niti) Aayog, a body that has replaced Planning Commission, for a fixed one-year term beginning January 1, last year.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi is Chairman of Niti Aayog. </p>