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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the incumbent President of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)?
A
Azim Premji
B
Vishal Sikka
C
Nandan Nilekani
D
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nandan M. Nilekani (President) Rajendra S. Pawar (Vice-President)

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -NCAER’s first Governing Body included the entire Cabinet of Economics Ministers and the leading lights of the private sector, including names like C.D. Deshmukh, J.R.D. Tata, John Mathai, and Asoka Mehta.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) was founded in 1956 as an independent, board-run body to give support to both the government and the private sector in empirical economic research.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dr Poonam Gupta joined NCAER as its new Director General on July 1st, 2021.

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