Vice Chairperson: Appointed by the PM, s/he enjoys the rank of a Cabinet Minister. Full-Time Members: Enjoys the rank of a Minister of State. Part-Time Members: Maximum 2. Ex-Officio Members: Maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Minister to be nominated by the PM. Shri Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Shri Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson from 1 May 2022. At the time of his appointment, Shri Bery was a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also ... NITI Aayog welcomes Shri Suman Bery as NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman with effect from May 1 2022. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Mr Bery will take over from Dr Rajiv Kumar as the head of the premier think tank of the Government of India. The NITI Aayog council comprises all the state Chief Ministers, along with the Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry, Lieutenant Governors of all Union Territories, and a vice-chairman nominated by the Prime Minister. In addition, temporary members are selected from leading universities and research institutions.
