| 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 <br> - Former MD & CEO, National Highway Infra Trust (NHIT) <br> - 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) <br> - Strengthen research centres, endowment, and government engagement |
| About NCAER | - India's oldest independent economic research institution <br> - Focus areas: macroeconomics, agriculture, human development, trade, technology, gender studies <br> - Collaborates with govt & international bodies |
| Significance | - Evidence-based policymaking push <br> - Infrastructure-policy synergy <br> - Supports Viksit Bharat vision |
| Predecessor | Poonam Gupta (served till April 2025) |
| Question & Answer | Q. NCAER is primarily known as: <br> A. (B) India's oldest and leading economic policy think tank |
