Nidhi Chhibber, 1994-Batch IAS Officer, Given Additional Charge as CEO of NITI Aayog
Ms Nidhi Chhibber, DG, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog, has been assigned an additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog till the appointment of a regular incumbent.
Nidhi Chhibber, currently Director General of the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office at NITI Aayog, has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog pending the appointment of a regular incumbent.
NITI Aayog functions as the Government of India's premier policy think tank, replacing the erstwhile Planning Commission, and coordinates policy formulation, monitoring, and evaluation across central and state government development programmes, making the CEO position one of the more consequential administrative roles within India's policy-making apparatus.
Chhibber is a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, and her existing role heading the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office already places her within NITI Aayog's internal structure, giving her direct familiarity with the organisation's ongoing programme evaluation work relevant to the added CEO charge.
Holding both positions simultaneously as an additional charge arrangement, rather than a dedicated full-time CEO appointment, reflects a staffing approach the government has used when a suitable dedicated candidate has not yet been finalised for the CEO position specifically.
The NITI Aayog CEO typically coordinates the organisation's day-to-day administrative functioning, working alongside the Vice Chairman and full-time Members on policy research, scheme evaluation, and coordination with state governments on development priorities.
NITI Aayog has continued to manage an active policy agenda spanning sustainable development goal tracking, state-level policy competitiveness indices, and coordination on flagship government initiatives, work that will fall under Chhibber's oversight during her tenure in the additional CEO charge.
The additional charge was processed through the Prime Minister's Office, which administers NITI Aayog's senior leadership appointments.
