New Appointments From March 2013

1. Amol Rajan appointed as Independent editor.Important

2. Bobby Ghosh is Time International editor.

3. Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney.

4. Senate approves James Comey as new FBI director.

5. Susan Rice named as Obama’s new National Security Advisor.

6. Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar to be new NIA chief.

7. Shashi Kant Sharma, an IAS officer of the 1976 batch from Bihar cadre———– CAG of India .

8. P. Sathasivam takes oath as new Chief Justice of India

9. World Trade Organization names Brazilian as new chief———Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo.

10. Antigua’s Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe, has been elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.

11. Obama Names Veteran Troubleshooter to Afghanistan-Pakistan Post———–James F. Dobbins.

12. Siddha Ramaiah sworn in as new Karnataka chief minister ——- 22nd .

13. Indian High Commissioner to Maldives Rajeev Shahare.

14. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.

15. Priyadarshini Govind appointed director of Kalakshetra.

16. Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.

17. Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM, heads 9th government in 13 years.

18. Jiji Thomson. Director General, SAI.

19. NRI Sunil Chopra elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough.

20. Kushal Singh appointed as NCPCR chairperson—National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

21. Laxman Singh Rathore, the Director General of Meteorology & Permanent Representative of India with World Meteorological Organization.

22. Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.

23. Krishnakumar Natarajan—————— NASSCOM Chairman

24.Som Mittal————————– NASSCOM President

25. Dr Manmohan Singh appoints Rentala Chandrasekhar as NTRO chief—National Technical Research Organisation.

26. Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary ——— Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence.

27. New chief of Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme——— S Sundareshan.

28. Qatar’s new young emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.

29. N. R. Narayana Murthy———————-(Executive Chairman) Infosys

30. S. D. Shibulal——————————–(CEO & MD) Infosys

31. S. Gopalakrishnan-(Executive Vice Chairman, former Co-Chairman) Infosys

32. K. Vaman Kamath is the Lead Independent Director of Infosys Limited , Infosys

33. E.K. Bharat Bhushan has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Kerala.

34. Hindustan Times has appointed Nicholas Dawes, editor-in-chief of Mail and Guardian (M&G), a leading South African paper.

35. Tomas Brunegård, chairman of Sweden’s Stampen Media Group, is the new president of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

36. Foreign Minister of Argentina Mr. Hector Marcos.

37. Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier of North Korea since elected by the DPRK’s Supreme People’s Assembly.

38. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the 25th and current Prime Minister of Turkey.

39. Hassan Rohani is Iran’s president.

40. Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla..

41. Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has appointed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as chief executive officer.

42. Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who has been the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

43. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is the 4th and current President of Mongolia.

44. Amisha Sethi appointed chief commercial officer at AirAsia India .

45. AirAsia’s chief executive officer Tony Fernandes .

46. AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya.

47. AirAsia India appoints TCS’ S Ramadorai as Chairman.

48. Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata will be the chief advisor to the board of AirAsia India.

49. AirAsia has been named the World’s Best and Asia’s Best Low Cost Airline .

50. Tony Fernandes announced as new owner of Queens Park Rangers.

51. Cabinet Secretary——————— Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .

52. Union home secretary—————- Anil Goswami .

53. Secretary of Defense—————- R K Mathur .

54. Foreign Secretary——————- Sujatha Singh.

55. Union finance secretary ————- Rajiv Takru .

56. Economic Affairs Secretary———- Arvind Mayaram .

57. Information and broadcasting (I&B) secretary——–Bimal Julka

58. Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)——M F Farooqui

59. PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq elected Speaker of Pak Parliament.

60. Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, has been appointed the chief selector of the Pakistan national cricket team.

61. Najam Sethi named PCB’s interim chairman.

62. Kanji Ram became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistan’s Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram.

63. Pakistan High Commissioner in India———Salman Bashir .

64. Raja Zafrul Haq———chairman of PML-N.

65. TCA Raghavan is India’s new envoy to Pakistan.

66. Arunachal Pradesh— Nirbhay Sharma – 29 May 2013

67. Bihar————————– D. Y. Patil – 9 March 2013

68. Kerala———————–Nikhil Kumar 9 March 2013

69. Meghalaya—————————K. K. Paul – 1 July 2013

70. Nagaland————— Ashwani Kumar – 9 March 2013

71. Odisha—————– S. C. Jamir 9 March 2013

72. Sikkim——- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil – 1 July 2013

73. Tripura———– Devanand Konwar – 9 March 2013

74. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lieutenant-Governor A. K. Singh – 1 July 2013

75. Delhi—- Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung – 1 July 2013

76. Puducherry—— Lieutenant-Governor Virendra Kataria – 1 July 2013

77. Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.

78. Paraguayan president Federico Franco (Colorado Party ).

79. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

80. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman, who died.

81. .Infosys’ S Gopalakrishnan is the new CII President.

82. Secretary in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ———- Amarjit Singh .

83. Axis new President – Retail Banking —————– Rajiv Anand

84. Shri Sunil Kumar has taken over as Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).

85. Senior IAS officer Sudhir Bhargava was Tuesday appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

86. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien unanimously elected the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) in Bangkok.

87. N. N. Vohra His Excellency Governor of Jammu & Kashmir & Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.

88. New head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ——- Mary Jo White

89. N Ravi, Director of Kasturi and Sons Limited, publisher of “The Hindu” newspaper, has been unanimously elected President of the Editors Guild of India.

90. Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Arjan Kumar Sikri and Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Sharad Arvind Bobde as new judges of Supreme Court.

91. Ajay S Shriram, chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is president designate of CII for the year 2013-2014.

92. Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women.

93. Narendra Kumar has taken over as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL).

94. Raninder Singh re-elected president of National Rifle Association of India.

95. Jeev Milkha Singh becomes Volvo India brand ambassador.

96. Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA new chairman ————– Amarnath Sengupta .

97. The Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) Vice Chairman ————- P. Devadas

98. Hockey India set to appoint foreign goalkeeping coach————Greg Clarke (junior men’s team coach).

99. Sania Mirza joins Indian Tennis Players Association as Vice President.

100. Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) —– Amitava Bhattacharyya