The Government of India has approved the appointment of Arvind Virmani, Founder, Chairman, Foundation for Economic Growth & Welfare as Full-Time member, NITI Aayog with an immediate effect and until further orders, on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to Full-Time Members of NITI Aayog.

• He served as the CEA in the Finance Ministry from 2007 to 2009.
• He has served in various capacities in the Government. Virmani was a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy from February 2013 to August 2016.
• He had also served at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC.