# Anurag Jain takes over as NITI Aayog CEO 2026-08-17T17:18:43+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Senior IAS officer Anurag Jain on Monday took charge as the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, succeeding B.V.R. Subrahmanyam. A 1989-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Jain was previously secretary of the road transport and highways ministry and former chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh. His appointment has been approved for a two-year term. Livemint reports that Jain’s appointment is expected to strengthen coordination between the Centre and states. The Centre reconstituted NITI Aayog in April, appointing Ashok Kumar Lahiri as vice-chairman. Other full-time members include economist K.V. Raju, AIIMS director M. Srinivas, and IISER Bhopal director Gobardhan Das. ## Coverage - livemint.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Anurag Jain, Ashok Kumar Lahiri, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Madhya Pradesh, NITI Aayog Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/anurag-jain-takes-over-as-niti-aayog-ceo/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/anurag-jain-takes-over-as-niti-aayog-ceo/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/