New Delhi, April 24 -- The new Niti Aayog team includes two eminent experts hailing from West Bengal - senior economist Dr Ashok Lahiri as Vice Chairperson and Scientist Dr Gobardhan Das as Member, sources said on Friday.

With this Bengal once again finds two of its prodigal sons in the top echelons of Indian policy- making circle, marking another milestone in the state's rich legacy of seminal contributions to scholarship and nation-building, the sources said.

In his new role as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson, Ashok Lahiri will steer the progress towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Viksit Bharat.

Amongst India's most experienced economists with a career spanning over four decades, Dr Lahiri has served multiple important role...