The Rs.40,000 crore sovereign wealth fund, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), will get a CEO in the next few weeks, Minister of State of Finance Jayant Sinha said on Saturday.
As many as 82 very high quality resumes were received for the post, he said at the Advancing Asia conference.
"From the 82 resumes, eight to 10 candidates have been shortlisted for interviews which will be completed within a few weeks," said Sinha.
NIIF was set up in December 2015 to as an investment vehicles to fund commercially feasible brownfield, greenfield and stalled projects.
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