Former chief secretary of Gujarat DJ Pandian has been appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said that AIIB has approved appointment of Mr Pandian as vice-president and chief investment officer.<br/><br/>AIIB President-designate Jin Liqun had last month called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also had meetings with officials of the Finance Ministry. The Beijing-based 100 billion dollar multi-lateral lender, AIIB was set up to boost lending for infrastructure projects such as energy, transportation, urban construction and logistics as well as education and healthcare.