Noted economist Rajiv Kumar today said he is looking forward to serve the country as the new Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog. He was named the new Vice chairman of the government think-tank yesterday, five days after the incumbent Arvind Panagariya announced that he will quit to return to academia. Mr. Kumar, who holds a D Phil in economics from Oxford and a Ph D from Lucknow University, is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. <br/><br/>Earlier, he was Secretary General of industry chamber FICCI and had also served as Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board between 2006 and 2008.