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What dual power play? I quit because Columbia wanted me: Arvind Panagariya

Arvind Panagariya abruptly resigned as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog to resume teaching in the US

Arvind Panagariya
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Arvind Panagariya

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Arvind Panagariya, who abruptly resigned as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog to resume teaching in the US, today said he did not know at the time of joining that his term will be co-terminus with that of the government even as he dismissed suggestions of two power centres forcing his exit.

In an interview with PTI, Panagariya, 64, cited several examples of how western universities are very stringent about not extending leaves, which is what forced him to return to Columbia University at the end of the month even though the Prime Minister's Office wanted him to continue till 2019.