Suresh Goyal appointed as Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

Exam-focused facts from the 17 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Suresh Goyal will take over as the director general of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on January 5, 2026.
He succeeds Poonam Gupta, who led the organisation from July 2021 to April 2025.
Goyal joins NCAER after serving as the Managing Director and CEO of the National Highway Infra Trust (NHIT).