Rajiv Kumar

Rajiv Kumar is a prominent Indian economist, author, and policy thinker known for his books on the Indian economy and national security, including 'Modi and his Challenges' (2016). He served as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog from 2017 to 2022, Secretary General of FICCI, and held key roles at ICRIER, Centre for Policy Research, and the Asian Development Bank. He holds a DPhil in Economics from Oxford University (1982) and a PhD from Lucknow University (1978), and currently serves as Chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics.