Appointments 2021
- Chief of the Defence Staff: after the untimely demise of 1st CDS Gen. Rawat, Gen. M.M.Narwane has been appointed CDS of the nation.
- Parag Agrawal: an alumnus of IIT Bombay took over as CEO of Twitter.
- Kamlesh Kumar Pant: appointed president of NPPA(National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority)
- Rekha Sharma: reappointed chairperson of National Women Commission for 3 years.
- These are a few present high-office holders:
- Dr Dhriti Banerjee: Dr Dhriti Banerjee has been appointed as Director (Scientist ‘G’), Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata. She is 1st woman to adorn this post.
- Deepak Das: new controller General of Accounts.
- Sudhanshu Mittal: has been re-elected as the president of Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) while MS Tyagi has been selected as General Secretary in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of KKFI.
- Former Justice( Allahabad HC) Shambhunath Shrivastav: has been appointed the president of the Indian Federation of United Nations Association( IFUNA).
- Suresh N.Patel: is the new CVC (chief vigilance commissioner).
- Karnam Malleswari: has been appointed the Deputy Chancellor of Delhi Sports University.
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia: former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, has been appointed a member of the High-level advisory group to World Bank & IMF.
- Ebrahim Raisi: new president of Iran.
- Ashish Chandorkar: Ahead of the WTO's ministerial conference later this year, the government has appointed a private person Aashish Chandorkar as ‘Counsellor’ in India's Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organization.
- Satya Nadela(PIO): who was CEO of 'Microsoft', has been appointed the Chairman of Microsoft.
- Naftali Bennett: New prime minister of Israel. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival, became prime minister after the 60-59 vote. Promising to try to heal a divided nation,
Anoop Purohit: Chief Information Officer of Wipro. • Benedetto Vigna: New CEO of 'Ferrari'.- K.Nagaraj Naidu: Head of the UN Bureaucracy for 1 year.
- Anoop Chandra Pandey: new Election Commissioner. • Anita Frew: is the 1st female chair of Rolls Royce.
- Ranjit Singh Dishale: a Maharastra School teacher has been appointed by the 'World Bank" its Education advisor for 2021-24. It should be noted that Ranjit was awarded "The Global Teacher Award 2020"
- Spoorthi Priya: has been appointed the grievances officer of Facebook in India.
- WhatsApp Grievance Officer in India: Paresh B. Lal. • R.S.Sodhi(MD of Amul): has been inducted as a member of the International Dairy Federation.
- Isaac Herzog: is the new president of Israel. • Dr Patrick Amoth: has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, for one year.
- Retired Justice: appointed president of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC).
- T.V.Narender: CEO/MD of Tata Steel, has been appointed the president of CII.
- RAW Head & IB head got a 1-year extension: Research and Analysis Wing(RAW) chief Samant Kumar Goel and Intelligence Bureau(IB) head Arvind Kumar were given a one-year extension in their services.
- Penpa Tsering: is sworn-in as the president of the Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamshala based "Tibetan Govt in Exile".
- Christine Elizabeth Wormuth: a United States federal government official who is the current United States Secretary of the Army, the first woman to serve in this position. Wormuth previously served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2014 to 2016.
- Historian Laurence des Cacs: is appointed the president of Museum(the largest museum of the world) 'Musee du Louvre', thus turning the 1st woman to adorn this post.
- Jayant Chaudhary: has been elected the president of "Rastriya Lokdal".
- Jagjit Pavadia: elected the president of Vienna based "International Narcotics Control Board"
- Andy Jassy: is the new CEO of Amazon web services, will replace the outgoing CEO, Jeff Bezos,
- Subodh Kumar Jayaswal: Currently, chief of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), has been appointed as Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of 2 years.
- Narinder Batra: re-elected president of FIH. Incumbent Narinder Batra of India was on Saturday re-elected as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) President for a second term during the virtual 47th Congress of the sport's global governing body. Batra, who is also the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, narrowly defeated his rival Marc Coudron, chief of Belgium Hockey Federation, by a margin of two votes.
- Neera Chandra: is appointed 'Senior Advisor' to the USA president Joe Biden.
- Gunjan Shah: CEO of 'BATA India', It has its Head-Quarter at Lozen in Switzerland, its Global CEO is Sandeep Kataria.
- Padamkumar M Nair: has been appointed CEO of "National Event ReConstructon Company Limited"
- Shakuntala Singhania: new chairman of FICCI Ladies Organization. FICCI Ladies Organisation FLO was established in 1983, as a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) which is the apex body of industry and commerce in India.
- Sadik Khan: Mayor of London. • Bill Nelson: the chief of NASA. • Jose J Katoor: as Executive Director (ED) in RBI.
- David Attenborough: has been nominated by Britain as "People's Advocate" in CoP26.
- New Chief-Ministers appointed: Mamta Banerjee:- West Bengal, ML Stalin:- Tamil Nadu. N Rangasami:- Puducherry. Hemant Biswa Sarma:- Assam, Pinnarai Vijayan:- Kerala.
- R.M.Sundram: has been appointed the Director of 'Indian Rice Researc h Institute'.
- Prafulla Chandra Pant: is appointed interim Chairman of NHRC(National Human Right Commission of India).
- Amitabh Chaudhary: is reappointed as MD/CEO of Axis Banks.
- T.Ravishankar: has been appointed Deputy Governor of RBI.
- Neeraj Bajaj: Niraj Bajaj appointed new Chairman of Bajaj Auto as Rahul Bajaj resigns Rahul Bajaj, one of the most successful business leaders in the country, has finally decided to hang his boots at Bajaj Auto, the company he nurtured and steered to one of the leading firms in two and three-wheeler space.
- T.T. Somnathan: has been appointed as Union Finance Secretary.
- Justice Ramana: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has been appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India
- Rekha Menon: has been appointed as Chairperson of NASSCOM. She will be the 1st woman to get this honour.
- Vanita Gupta: has been appointed an Associate Attorney General of the US.
- S.Raman: Chairman & MD of SIDBI(Small Industries Development Bank of India)
- Sunil Arora: Former CEC has been appointed as Governor of Goa.
- Siddharth Longjam(an IAS): has been appointed as the Director-General of NADA.
- Susheel Chandra: has been appointed 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India(CEC).
- Harinder Singh: has been appointed as the coach of the American Hockey Team.
- Dhanpat Singh(former IAS): appointed as Chief Election Commissioner of Haryana.
- S.Raman: appointed as chairman & MD of SIDBI.
- Dr. Chaintan Vaishnav: appointed as Director of "Atal Innovation Mission" which is under the "NITI Aayog".
- Mallika Srinivasan: Mallika Srinivasan (born 1959) is an Indian industrialist and is the Chairman & Managing Director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India. She is additionally on the Global Board of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), and the Boards of AGCO Corporation - United States and Tata Steel Limited
- Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha: Mallikarjun Kharge has been appointed as LoP in Rajya Sabha after the retirement of incumbent LoP. Gulam Nabi Azad.
- Satisheshwar Balakrishanan: Appointed as MD/CEO of Aegon Life.
- Preeti Sinha: Indian-origin Preeti Sinha to lead UN Capital Development Fund. The UN Capital Development Fund has appointed Indian-origin investment and development banker Preeti Sinha as its Executive Secretary, whose focus will be on providing micro-finance assistance to women, youth, small and medium-sized enterprises in under-served communities.
- Michael Bloomberg: has been re-appointed as "Special Envoy" of UN on climate ambition and solutions on Friday “to mobilize stronger and more ambitious climate action” ahead of Global Summit late in the year. He is a billionaire & fitfully in the UN's line when it suggested taking All Governments & Businessmen along.
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She will be the next WTO director-general, became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
- S.N.Subrahmanyan: Subrahmanyan, CEO and Managing Director at L&T, is an eminent engineer who has spearheaded the infrastructure business of L&T for several years making it the country’s largest construction organisation and 14th in the world, has been appointed as the Chairman of "National Security Council" for 3 years.
Subrahmanyan,
- Ajay Singh: the incumbent President of 'Boxing Federation Of India" has been re-elected for the post.
- Praveen Sinha: appointed as the Interim Director of CBI. He is an IPS of Gujrat Cadre 1988.
Bhavya Lal: a woman of Indian origin, has been appointed as NASA's Executive Chief.
- Jay Shah: has been elected as president of Asian Cricket Council.
- Antony Blinkson: has been appointed as the new Secretary of State, USA.
- Kiran Majumdar Shaw: has been appointed as Vice-chair of "Indian American Business Council".
- Sonia Aggarwal: has been selected by US president-elect Joe-Biden as his advisor for "Climate Change Policy & Implementation".
- Pat Glisinger: is the new CEO of "Intel".
- R.S.Sharma: former TRAI chief, to head empowered panel on COVID-19 vaccine delivery.
- Abhishek Yadav(former Footballer): 1st Deputy General-Secretary of All India football Federation.
- Vanita Gupta: has been appointed as the next Associate Attorney General of USA.
- Dr. Raj Ayyar: has been appointed as the 1st Chief Information Officer in American Army.
- Karan Bajwa: has been appointed as the Chief of the "Google Cloud" for Asia-Pacific Region.
- Judge Merrick Garland: has been chosen as the Attorney-General of USA.
- Sanjay Kapoor: has been elected as the President of All India Chess Federation.
- Justice Pankaj Mittal: new Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court.
- Umesh Sinha: appointed as The Deputy Commissioner in the Election Commission of India.
- K. Siwan(Chairman of ISRO): his tenure has been extended to 14 January ,2022.
- Soma Mandal: She is the1st-ever woman Chairperson of SAIL (The Steel Authority of India, Ltd.). Before taking over as Chairperson of steel CPSU on Thursday, she was the company's Director (Commercial).
- Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Union Minister of Health & Family welfare): has been appointed as a member in "Global Alliances for Vaccine & Immunization" (GAVI)".
- Suneet Kumar Sharma: is the new CEO, Chairman of Railway Board.
Appointments 2020
=>Here, all about year 2020....
=>Updated on: Friday, 25 December 2020
- Chetan Sharma: will be new chairman of BCCI's senior national selection committee.
- Vineet Agrawal: appointed as president of ASSOCHAM, replaces Niranjan Hiranandani
- Shekhar Vampati: CEO of Prashar Bharti has been appointed as V.P. of Asia-Pacific
Broadcasting Union. - International Boxing Federation, President: Umar Nazarovich Kremlev of Russia.
- President of world Squash Federation[H.Q.- Hastings, United Kingdom]: Zena Wooldridge from England has been elected as the World Squash Federation President. She will become the 10th WSF President to serve since the Federation’s inception in 1967. She is the second female President after New Zealand’s Susie Simcock.
- President of International Golf Federation[H.Q.- Lussane,Switzerland]: Annika Sorenstam was elected president of the International Golf Federation on Thursday, replacing the outgoing Peter Dawson.
- Justice Rajesh Bindal: has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the J-K and Ladakh
HC.
- Raj Chauhan: Indian origin legislator has been elected as the speaker of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia province in Canada.
- Anil Soni: A person of Indian origin has been appointed as the 1st CEO of WHO
foundation.
- Uday Shankar: appointed as new President of FICCI.
- Utpal Singh(IAS): Lok Sabha Speaker Sh. Om Birla appointed Mr. Singh as Secretary-General of Lok Sabha.
- Vijay Kumar Sinha: New speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly. \
- ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay(New Zealand) is appointed as ICC chairman, [ CEO: Manu Sawhney, H.Q: Dubai]
- Girish Chandra Murmu( the CAG of India): has been appointed as "External Editor" of International Parliamentary Union.
- Sonu Sood: has been appointed as an "Icon Of Punjab" by Central Election Commission.
- Vivek Murthy: an Indo-American, will co-chair the Corona Virus Task Force which was constituted by newly elected Joe Biden government.
- Vidisha Maitra: Indian candidate Vidisha Maitra elected to U.N. Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
Federation
as the president of SeychellesNeetu David: as the chairman of the Women's Selection Committee by BCCI.
Anil Asthana: Chief of National Technical Research Department
Devender Darda: Chairman of ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations)
Rajesh Khullar: An IAS of Haryana cadre, has been appointed as Executive Director of the World Bank.
JDU’s MP Harivansh Narayan Singh: re-elected Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, for 2nd term.
Yoshihide Suga: P.M. of Japan.
Ayushman Khurana: has been appointed as an ambassador by UNICEF for its initiative “For Every Child”.
Preeti Sudan: is included in a special panel of WHO.
Chairman, Railway Board: V.K.Yadav.;
Press Trust of India, Chairman: Aveek Sarkar.
Director-General of BSF: Rakesh Asthana.
Mahindra Rajpakshe: P.M. of Sri Lanka
Chairman, Indian Council for Economic Research: Pramod Bhasin
Chairman, UPSC: Pradeep Kumar Joshi.
Girish Chander Murmu: Appointed CAG of India. To know more about CAG
Manoj Sinha: appointed Lieutenant Governor of UT of J & K, replacing Mr. Murmu.
Jin Liqun: Re-elected as president of AIIB, to read more about AIIB.
Brajendra Navnit: India has appointed Brajendra Navnit, a 1999 IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre as its Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Surveyor General of India: Girish Kumar.
The Executive Board(WHO):
The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.
The Board meets at least twice a year; the main meeting is normally in January, with a second shorter meeting in May, immediately after the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work.
Arun Singhal: CEO of FASSI ( FOOD SAFETY & STANDARD AUTHORITY OF INDIA)
Ranjan Gogoi(an ex- CJI): is nominated for Rajya Sabha.
Volkan Bozkir(Turkish Diplomat): elected president of the 75th UN General Assembly to be held in September 2020.
Urjit Patel(?(Former Governor of RBI): is appointed as Chairman of NIPFP(National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, which was Founded in 1976, the NIPFP undertakes research, policy advocacy, and capacity building in areas related to public economics. One of the major mandates of the institute is to assist the central and state governments in formulating and reforming public policies by providing an analytical base.
Dr.S.Anukriti: Narnaul(Haryana) born woman joined World Bank as Economist
Tushar Mehta: got his tenure as Solicitor-General extended for the next 3 years more.
K.K.Venugopal: The Attorney General of India got an extension of one year.
Indramani Pandey: Indramani Pandey appointed as India's permanent representative to the united nations in geneva
Shrikant Madhav Vaidh: Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation.
Rajinder Bhakar: as CEO of the Central Board of Film Certification, where Chairman is Prasun Joshi.
Gyanendra Ningombam; is the new president of Hockey India
Ashok Lavasa: An IAS(ex Election Commissioner) has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of ADB(Asian Development Bank)
Appointments 2019:
• Chief of the Defence Staff: Vipin Rawat.
• Chief of the Army staff: Manoj Narwane
• Air Force Chief: RKS Bhadoria
• Naval Staff chief: Karamvir Singh
• Lok Sabha speaker: Om Bidla
• Lok Pal: Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
• CBI Chief: Rishi Kr.Shukla.
• Chairman of 15th financial Commission: N K Singh
• World Bank chief David Maspos
*Attorney General of India: - K.K.Venugopal
*Central Vigilance Commissioner- Sharad Kumar
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