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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Poonam Gupta has become the first female to be named as the new Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She will take over from whom in May 2021?

A	Ashish Dhawan
B	Shekhar Shah
C	Tarun Bajaj
D	Rajendra S Pawar

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Poonam Gupta is the Director General of NCAER, and a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. She specialises in Macroeconomics, and issues related to the Emerging Market Economies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Poonam Gupta joined NCAER as its new Director General on July 1st, 2021. She succeeds Dr Shekhar Shah, who completed his second five-year term in May earlier this year.

Detailed explanation-3: -At present, Dr Poonam Gupta is the Director General of NCAER, the first woman to occupy this position and Dr Anil K Sharma is the Secretary of NCAER.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2022, Poonam was awarded a Ph. D. in International Business and Marketing at Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon. She arrived in the west of Scotland after marrying Puneet Gupta, a Belfast-born pharmacist of Indian descent.

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