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Alok Kumar is a UP (Uttar Pradesh) cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1993 batch. He has a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a Masters degree in public policy Alok Kumar is a UP (Uttar Pradesh) cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1993 batch. He has a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a Masters degree in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He is currently working as Adviser (Health & Nutrition, Financial Resources, and Administration) at the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) – the apex policy think tank for the Government of India. NITI Aayog has been designated by the Government of India to be the nodal body for monitoring of the implementation of the SDGs (sustainable development goals). Previously he has held several senior positions in the government, including a stint at the Staff College training senior civil servants in India. Alok Kumar has abiding interest in issues related to health policy. His scholarly works can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1339987.