Amitabh Kant

Amitabh Kant is India’s G20 Sherpa. He has served as the CEO of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, the Government of India’s premier policy think tank. Prior to that, he was Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. A 1980-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Kerala cadre, Kant has been a key driver of initiatives like Make in India, Startup India, Incredible India! and God’s Own Country, which have positioned India as a leading manufacturing and tourism destination.

Kant is the author of Made in India: 75 Years of Business and Enterprise; Incredible India 2.0: Synergies for Growth and Governance; and Branding India: An Incredible Story; and the editor of The Path Ahead: Transformative Ideas for India.