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Dibrugarh: Arunachal Pradesh academic and author Joram Aniya has been appointed as a full-time member of NITI Aayog, marking a significant inclusion of an intellectual voice from the Northeast in India's top policy institution.

The appointment was formalised through a Cabinet Secretariat notification, stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Aniya and R. Balasubramaniam as full-time members of NITI Aayog with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders.

Aniya currently serves as head of the Department of Hindi at Dera Natung Government College in Itanagar and has nearly two decades of experience in teaching, research, and public policy e...