New Delhi, June 17 -- India's G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, 69, on Monday announced he has stepped down from government service, ending a 45-year-long career, and said he will engage with startups, think tanks, and academic institutions in a personal capacity. "My New Journey: After 45 years of dedicated government service, I have made the decision to embrace new opportunities and move forward in life," Kant wrote on X. "I am incredibly thankful to the Prime Minister of India [Narendra Modi] for accepting my resignation as G20 Sherpa and for having given me the opportunity to drive a range of developmental initiatives and contribute to the growth, development, and progress of India. I am grateful to all my colleagues, peers and friends for their patience, understanding, and support." On LinkedIn, Kant wrote he has decided to embrace new opportunities and begin a new chapter. Kant, who began his career in 1980 as a Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service officer, was NITI Aayog's longest-serving CEO from February 2016 to June 2022. "We helped lay the foundations for India's digital public infrastructure and pushed policy reforms across sectors-ranging from manufacturing through PLI schemes to innovation through the Atal Innovation Mission and sustainability through the Green Hydrogen Mission and Advanced Chemistry Cells," he said....