People, Positions and Obituaries · 27 April 2026
Ashok Lahiri to be Vice-Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)
Exam-focused facts from the 27 April 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Former Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Ashok Lahiri will be the next Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog.
- He will replace Suman Bery in the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India.
- Ashok Lahiri is a member of the 15th Finance Commission and a current member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
- He previously served as the CEA in December 2002 during the tenure of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Gobardhan Das, the Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, will become a member of NITI Aayog.
- The Prime Minister of India serves as the Chairman of NITI Aayog.