Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Dr R Balasubramaniam and Dr Joram Aniya were appointed as full-time members of NITI Aayog by the Union Government. Their appointment expanded the total number of full-time members in the government think tank to seven. Dr R Balasubramaniam is known as a physician, public policy expert, and founder of organisations such as the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) and GRAAM. Dr Joram Aniya is an academician from Arunachal Pradesh and is recognised as the first woman from the Nyishi community to earn a PhD in the state. NITI Aayog, established in 2015, functions as the premier public policy think tank of the Government of India.