Nidhi Chhibber given additional charge as
NITI Aayog CEO
¨
The additional charge of
Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog was given to Nidhi Chhibber following the
completion of the tenure of B. V. R. Subrahmanyam.
¨
The responsibility was
assigned to Nidhi Chhibber after Subrahmanyam completed his three-year term on
24 February.
¨
Chhibber is presently
serving as Director General of the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office
under NITI Aayog.
¨
In her current role,
several flagship central government schemes have been monitored and evaluated
by her to assess their effectiveness.
¨
She is a 1994-batch IAS
officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre and has held several key administrative
positions.
¨
Earlier, she served as
Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education, where major
examination and reform processes were overseen.
¨ She holds a Master’s degree in History and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree.
¨ NITI Aayog, established on 1 January 2015 to replace the Planning Commission, continues to promote cooperative federalism through a bottom-up development approach.
