New Delhi: NK Singh, the chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, has been elected as the President of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Society. He succeeds Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, who retired from the presidency of the IEG Society earlier this month.
Tarun Das, former director general, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is the current chairman, board of governors and professor Ajit Mishra is the director of the institute, IEG said in a statement.