An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Shri Suman Bery took over as Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) in November, 2024. This is in addition to his role as Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog.

Prior to his appointment as Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, Shri Bery was a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C. and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi.

From early 2012 till mid-2016, Shri Bery was Royal Dutch Shell’s global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell’s global scenarios group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modelling to India’s energy sector.

Shri Bery had earlier served as Director General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi – one of India’s most respected institutions of empirical socioeconomic research. During his tenure, NCAER greatly extended its global links and was recognized as one of India’s leading think tanks by the independent global Think Tank Initiative.

Prior to his stint with NCAER, Shri Bery, served as part-time Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC); part-time Member, National Statistical Commission and Member, Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy. He commented extensively in the media on economic issues, and contributed a monthly column to an Indian business newspaper.