As NITI vice-chairperson, Suman Bery will now be expected to guide policy

Suman Bery will bring with him his rich experience with reputed institutions such as the World Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), International Growth Centre, Bruegel as well as with private companies such as Shell to NITI Aayog, which is expected to guide official policies in an economic environment where India Inc will play a larger role than before.

Bery will replace incumbent Rajiv Kumar as Niti Aayog vice-chairperson from the next month at a time when various expert bodies including the monetary policy committee of the RBI have cut their