Alka Tiwari appointed as NITI Aayog Advisor

Principal Secretary, Cabinet (Vigilance), Alka Tiwari has been appointed as Advisor to National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tiwari, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Officer of Jharkhand cadre, is the lone face from the State in the Aayog which has replaced Planning Commission and is likely to redefine Centre-State relations.

The appointment was made on Thursday along with several other administrative changes made at the Central level. “It’s a very prestigious appointment and will provide a good exposure (to me).  It will be a good learning experience,” said Tiwari, known as an upright officer.

NITI Aayog, a brain child of the PM, features a Vice-Chairperson, full time members, two part-time members from leading universities research organisations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity, four Ex-officio members of the Union Council of Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister, Chief Executive Officer, in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India appointed by the PM for a fixed tenure.

The institution will provide Governments at the Central and State levels with relevant strategic and technical advice across the spectrum of key elements of policy which includes matters of national and international import on the economic front, dissemination of best practices from within the country as well as from other nations, the infusion of new policy ideas and specific issue-based support.