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Amitabh Kant is a Civil Servant and the current Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the Government of India. He was born on 1 March 1956 in New Delhi, India. He is 64 years old. Kant has a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Kant has held various positions in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1982. He has served as the Secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Secretary of the Department of Tourism, and Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs. He has also served as the Managing Director of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation and the Chief Executive Officer of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. Kant is married to Shobhana Kant and has two children. Kant has an estimated net worth of $2 million. He earns a salary of Rs. 2.5 lakh per month as the CEO of NITI Aayog.

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Occupation Civil Servant
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 1 March 1956
Birthday 1 March
Birthplace Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality India

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2019

Kant was a key driver of the “Make in India,” Startup India, “Incredible India,” and “God’s Own Country” initiatives that positioned India and Kerala State as leading manufacturing and tourism destinations. These campaigns won several international awards. They employed many activities, including infrastructure development, product enhancement, private-public partnership and positioning and branding. Kerala thereafter became India’s leading tourism destination.

2016

Raj Until March, 2016 Kant was posted as national Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). He was responsible for formulation and implementation of industrial policy and strategies for industrial development, monitoring the industrial growth and performance of specific industrial sectors, formulation of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and FDI promotion and facilitation. Related policies covered intellectual property rights relating to patents, trademarks, industrial design and geographical Indications. He was also responsible for promotion of productivity, quality and technical cooperation.

He received the Economic Times Policy Change Agent of the Year Award, the Bloomberg TV Personality of the year Award, the NDTV Administrator of the year Award and the Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Directors. He is the recipient of One Globe Award-2016 for leadership in Transforming Governance for the 21st Century. He is a Member of the Steering Board of “Shaping the Future of Production Systems” of the World Economic Forum{WEF}.

2013

Kant conceptualized and executed the “AtithiDevoBhavah” – “God will visit in the form of a Guest" campaign to train taxi drivers, guides, immigration officials and make them stakeholders in the tourism development process.

Amitabh Kant has worked as Secretary – Tourism, Government of Kerala, Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, District Collector, Kozhikode and Managing Director, Matsyafed. During his tenure in Kerala he structured the Calicut Airport as a private sector project based on User’s Free and developed the BSES Power Project and Mattanchery Bridge under Private Public Partnership. He was also responsible for introducing new technology (fiberglass crafts and outboard motor) in the fisheries sector and launching beach level auctions which substantially enhanced returns to traditional fishermen. As District Collector, he implemented a major project of Urban Revival and Development through traditional Malabar architecture in creation of Mananchira City square in Kozhikode. He is the creator of Kerala's highly successful tourism tagline "Kerala - God's Own Country" He began his IAS career working as sub collector of Thalassery.

1980

Amitabh Kant is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch. As of June 2019, he is the CEO of NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India). NITI is a government institution for catalysing economic development.

Amitabh Kant is the CEO of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding India – An Incredible Story, The Path Ahead- Transformative Ideas for India , Incredible India 2.0- Synergies for Growth and Governance .

1956

Amitabh Kant was born on 1 March 1956. He first studied at Modern School, Delhi. He graduated with a degree in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and earned an M.A from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He attended Manchester Business School on a chevening Scholarship. Later, he attended the Mid-career Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.