{"id":338400,"date":"2022-07-11T06:41:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=338400"},"modified":"2022-07-11T06:41:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:11:48","slug":"parameswaran-iyer-takes-charge-as-niti-aayog-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/parameswaran-iyer-takes-charge-as-niti-aayog-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Parameswaran Iyer takes charge as NITI Aayog CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parameswaran Iyer, who had spearheaded the implementation of the flagship USD 20 billion Swachh Bharat Mission, on Monday took charge as the CEO of NITI Aayog.<br \/>\nA 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Iyer has worked with both the public and private sectors, according to an official statement.<\/p>\n<p>He was secretary in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation during 2016 20.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With over 25 years of experience in the water and sanitation sector, Iyer spearheaded the implementation of the India&#8217;s flagship USD 20 billion Swachh Bharat Mission, which successfully delivered access to safe sanitation to 550 million people,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Iyer said he was honoured and humbled to have been given the incredible opportunity to serve the country again, this time as NITI Aayog CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Iyer also said that he was deeply grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for another chance to work under his leadership towards a transformed India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parameswaran Iyer, who had spearheaded the implementation of the flagship USD 20 billion Swachh Bharat Mission, on Monday took charge as the CEO of NITI Aayog. A 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Iyer has worked with both the public and private sectors, according to an official statement. He was secretary in the Ministry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":338401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338402,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338400\/revisions\/338402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/338401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}