Shri Anil Kumar Jain IAS (Madhya Pradesh 1986) presently posted as Adviser, NITI Aayog has been appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog vice Shri Yudhvir Singh Malik IAS (Haryana 1983) .
Shri Anil Kumar Jain holds a BA (Honours) in Economics, an MBA, and a Diploma from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He has published a number of papers and articles on the energy sector, including a book on natural gas policy framework in India (OUP, Oxford). He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford.
Shri Jain has over two and a half decades of administrative experience at the field and policy formulation levels in various Ministries/Departments in the state and central governments. Between 2003 and 2008, as Director and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, he was closely involved with policy formulation and implementation on the upstream and downstream development of the gas sector in India, including on exploration, the award of acreages, and the pricing and distribution of natural gas. Shri Jain is presently Adviser (Energy, Climate Change and Overseas Engagements), NITI Aayog (former Planning Commission), Government of India where he led the team towards preparation of the long term energy demand and supply projection tool
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