Parameswaran Iyer, force behind Swachh Bharat success, named NITI Aayog CEO

Iyer had taken voluntary retirement from the service in 2009. He also worked as a senior rural water sanitation specialist at the United Nations

Parameswaran Iyer, former secretary of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation who spearheaded the Swachh Bharat Mission, has been appointed new CEO of NITI Aayog. He will replace Amitabh Kant, who took charge of the apex public policy think tank on February 17, 2016, as its second CEO. Kant will demit office on June 30, 2022.

The official order said, Iyer has been appointed to the position for two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier on the same terms and conditions as were applicable for Kant.
 

A 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Iyer is a well-known