Niti Aayog CEO: Parameswaran Iyer, who spearheaded the Swachh Bharat Mission, appointed as new Niti Aayog CEO – The Financial Occasions Video

Former Ingesting Water and Sanitation Secretary Parameswaran Iyer, who spearheaded the Swachh Bharat Mission, was on Friday appointed because the CEO of Niti Aayog, in keeping with a authorities order. He’ll change Amitabh Kant, who will demit workplace on June 30. Iyer has been appointed for 2 years or till additional orders, whichever is earlier. A 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Iyer is a well known sanitation specialist, and finest recognized for spearheading Prime Minister Narendra Modi authorities’s flagship scheme the Swachh Bharat Mission between 2016 and 2020.