| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | Suresh Goyal appointed as next Director General of NCAER |
| Effective Date | January 5, 2026 |
| About Suresh Goyal | - Over 30 years of experience in public & private sectors - Former MD & CEO, National Highway Infra Trust (NHIT) - Ex-Senior MD, Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets (India & Southeast Asia) |
| Key Responsibilities | - Expand NCAER's work into new policy domains (states' growth, health economics, macroeconomics, finance) - Strengthen research centres, endowment, and government engagement |
| About NCAER | - India's oldest independent economic research institution - Focus areas: macroeconomics, agriculture, human development, trade, technology, gender studies - Collaborates with govt & international bodies |
| Significance | - Evidence-based policymaking push - Infrastructure-policy synergy - Supports Viksit Bharat vision |
| Predecessor | Poonam Gupta (served till April 2025) |
| Question & Answer | Q. NCAER is primarily known as: A. (B) India's oldest and leading economic policy think tank |
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