List of Recent Appointments in India and World 2024: Current Affairs

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Staying updated with recent appointments is crucial for anyone preparing for competitive exams like SSC, Banking, UPSC, RRB, CDS, and state-level exams. Knowing who holds important positions in India and around the world can help you score well in current affairs sections. In this blog post, we provide a simple and complete list of recent appointments in 2024.

This information is essential for exam preparation and will keep you informed about the latest changes in leadership and key roles. Let’s dive in and learn about the important new appointments that you need to know!

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Recent Appointments Current Affairs January to December 2024

October 2024

Sl. No.PersonDesignation
1Ajay Kumar SinghNew Director General of Police (DGP) for Jharkhand
2Prabhakar Raghavan Google’s Chief Technologist
3Pranav Chawda  New chief executive officer (CEO) of JP Morgan Chase India
4Dr. Himanshu Pathak  Director General-designate of the e International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) 
5Justice Sanjiv Khanna 51st Chief Justice of India
6Dr. Neena MalhotraIndia’s Ambassador to Sweden
7Amitabh Chaudhry Re-Appointed as MD and CEO of Axis Bank by RBI
8 Deepak Agarwal New Managing Director (MD) of the National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED)
9 Vipin Kumar Chairman of Airports Authority of India
10Shashwat SharmaNew Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Airtel
11Sheikh Naim QassemHezbollah’s New Chief
12S. ParameshDirector General (DG) of the Indian Coast Guard
13Aishath Azeema Maldives’ ambassador to India
14Amit KumarChairman & Managing Director (CMD) of AI Assets Holding Limited (AIAHL)
15Praveen Vashista New Special Secretary for Internal Security
16Akash TripathiManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Digital India Corporation (DIC)
17Sandip GoenkaCEO of Acko’s new life insurance division, ACKO Life.
18Abhyuday Jindal New President of Indian Chamber of Commerce
19Vijaya Kishore RahatkarNew Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW)
20Vikram Dev DuttOfficially assumed the role of Coal Secretary
21Ajit Kumar SaxenaAssumed additional charge of the post of CMD (Chief Managing Director) at RINL (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited)
22MV Shreyams Kumar Managing Director of the renowned Mathrubhumi newspaper
23Aviral Jain   Executive Director (ED) of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
24Sanjeev Kumar Singla India’s Next Ambassador to France
25Air Marshal SP Dharkar  Vice Chief of the Air Staff
26Sharad Kumar New chief of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
27Manish Tiwary Managing Director of Nestlé India Limited
28L Satya SrinivasAdditional CEO of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
29Manoj Kumar DubeyChairman and Managing Director (CMD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)
30Dia MirzaJury Member for ALT Environmental Film Festival 2024

September 2024

Sl. No.PersonDesignation
1RS SharmaNon-Executive Chairperson of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
2Mr. R. RavindranNext Ambassador To Iceland
3Amrit MohanDirector General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
4Atishi MarlenaNew Chief Minister of Delhi
5Anurag GargDirector General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
6World boxing champion Nikhat ZareenDeputy Superintendent of Police  of Telangana
7Kalikesh Narayan Singh DeoPresident of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)
8Alok RanjanHeads of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 
9Jitendra J JadhavDirector General of Aeronautical Development Agency
10James CameronJoins the Board of Directors of Stability AI, a London-based startup best known for its artificial intelligence image-generation tool.
11Justice ManmohanChief Justice of the Delhi High Court
12IPS Nalin Prabhat Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir
13M V Shreyams KumarPresident of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)
14Air Marshal Ashutosh DixitAir Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command
15V. Satish KumarDirector (marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL)
16Bharath SeshaManaging Director of Philips India, a Dutch multinational conglomerate
17Actress Alia BhattNew Global Brand Ambassador of L’Oreal Paris (French cosmetics Company)
18India’s Table Tennis Icon Sharath Kamalfirst Indian ambassador of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Foundation
19Ajay Ratra (Former India wicketkeeper)Appointed as a selector for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
20Aparna YadavVice-Chairperson of UP Women’s Commission
21Randhir SinghElected as the First Indian President of the Olympic Council of Asia
22Tuhin Kanta PandeyNew Finance Secretary
23Arun GoelIndia’s Ambassador to Croatia
24Vinay GoyalState Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM)
25Amit ShahRe-elected as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language
26Rajesh VermaChairperson of the Commission for air quality management in the National capital region and adjoining areas (CAQM).

Appointment of 8 New Chief Justices for High Courts

NameCurrent PositionNew Position
Justice ManmohanActing CJ of Delhi High CourtChief Justice of Delhi High Court
Justice Rajiv ShakdherJudge of Delhi High CourtChief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
Justice Suresh Kumar KaitJudge of Delhi High CourtChief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
Justice Indra Prasanna MukerjiJudge of Calcutta High CourtChief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
Justice Nitin Madhukar JamdarJudge of Bombay High CourtChief Justice of Kerala High Court
Justice Tashi RabstanJudge of J&K&L High CourtChief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court
Justice KR ShriramJudge of Bombay High CourtChief Justice of Madras High Court
Justice MS Ramachandra RaoChief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High CourtChief Justice of Jharkhand High Court

August 2024

Sl. No.PersonDesignation
1Dr. T.V. SomanathanCabinet Secretary of India
2Daljit Singh ChaudharyNew Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)
3Rajwinder Singh BhattiNew Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
4SubhasriMD and CEO of Shriram Capital
5Vice Admiral Rajesh DhankharDirector General of Project Seabird
6Satish KumarNew Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board
7B SrinivasanDirector General of the National Security Guard (NSG)
8Sindhu GangadharanNew Chairperson of National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom)
9Sanjeev RainaAdditional Director General (ADG) in the India-China LAC guarding force
10Chirag PaswanNational president of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
11Deepti Gaur MukherjeeSecretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
12Rajesh NambiarPresident of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)
13Amardeep Singh BhatiaSecretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
14Govind MohanNew Union Home Secretary
15M Suresh  Interim Chairman of Airports Authority of India
16Satya Prakash Sangwan Chef de Mission for Paris Paralympics 2024
17Ashok Kumar SinghDirector General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) 
18Salee Sukumaran NairManaging Director and CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
19Rahul NavinNew Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED)
20Paetongtarn ShinawatraThailand’s Youngest Prime Minister
21Vijay Mohan KwatraIndian Ambassador To United States
22Sandeep PoundrikSecretary of the Ministry of Steel
23Rana Ashutosh Kumar SinghManaging Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI)
24Lalitha NatarajCEO of Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app
25Raj Kumar ChaudharyChairman & Managing Director of NHPC Limited
26Tan Su ShanFirst Female CEO of DBS Group
27Praveena RaiNew MD & CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
28Challa SreenivasuluChairman of the State Bank of India (SBI)
29Dinesh KarthikNew Ambassador for SA20 League
30Lt Gen Vikas LakheraAssam Rifles Director General
31Dr. Grinson GeorgeDirector at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)
32Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair First woman to serve as the Director of General Hospital Services (Armed Forces)

July 2024

Sl. No.PersonDesignation
1Santosh Kumar GangwarNew Governor of Jharkhand
2Former Union Health Secretary Preeti SudanChairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
3Manoj MittalChairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi)
4Filmmaker Shekhar KapurFestival director for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
5IPS officer Hargobinder Singh DhaliwalNew Director General of Police of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
6Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambanire-elected unanimously as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from India
7KV SubramanianFederal Bank MD & CEO
8Dr. Soumya SwaminathanPrincipal Adviser for National TB Elimination Programme
9Rajat SharmaPresident of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA)
10Justice Aalia NeelumFirst Woman Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Pakistan
11Robert Jerard RaviNew Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
12Arun Kumar BansalNew Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paytm Payments Bank
13Manoj Saunik, former Chief Secretary of MaharashtraNew Chairman of the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA)
14Chief Financial Officer Georges ElhederyNew CEO of HSBC Bank
15Former Foreign Secretary Vinay KwatraIndia’s New Ambassador to the U.S.
16Manolo MarquezHead Coach Of Indian Men’s Football Team
17Challa Sreenivasulu SettyNext chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)
18Ravi Agrawal, a 1988-batch IRS officer,New chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
19Akhilesh PathakNew Chief General Manager of the Southern Region Transmission System-I (SRTS-I) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
20Dr. BN GangadharChairperson of the National Medical Commission
21Ex-R&AW Chief Rajinder KhannaAdditional National Security Adviser (NSA)
22Naveen Chandra JhaNew MD & CEO of SBI General  Insurance Company Ltd.
23Sujata SaunikMaharashtra’s First Woman Chief Secretary
24Justice Sheel NaguChief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
25Smt. Charulatha S Kar and Arnab Kumar ChowdhuryExecutive Director (ED) of RBI
26Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra K OjhaPrincipal spokesperson of the central government.
27LIC Chairman Siddhartha MohantyRe-Designated Managing Director & CEO of LIC
28Justice Bidyut Ranjan SarangiChief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
29Elisa de Anda Madrazo of MexicoPresidency of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for a two-year term
30Rachel ReevesBritain’s First Woman Finance Chief
31Former Chief Justice of India, Uday Umesh LalitChairman of the search and selection committee for appointing vice-chancellors in West Bengal’s state-run universities.
32Govind Singh (re-appointed)Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank (Utkarsh SFB)

June 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Former Portuguese Prime Minister, António CostaNext President of the European Council
2Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram MisriIndia’s New Foreign Secretary
3Aksha Mohit KambojVice President of India Bullion Jewellers Association
4Simon Makvice-chancellor of India’s first artificial intelligence university, Universal AI University (UAIU)
5Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda Leader of The House in Rajya Sabha
6Lt Gen NS Raja SubramaniNext Vice Chief of Army Staff
7Girija SubramanianCMD of New India Assurance Company
8Anuj TyagiMD and CEO of HDFC ERGO General Insurance
9Former Disney executive Gaurav BanerjeeMD and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks
10Paul ThomasMD & CEO of ESAF Small Finance Bank
11MLA C. Ayyanna PatruduElected Speaker of Andhra Assembly
12Atul Kumar Chaudhary Secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
13Manoj JainChairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited
14 Bhartruhari MahtabPro-Tem Speaker of Lok Sabha
15Sudhakararao PapaDirector (Enterprise) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
16Girish TantiNew Chairman of Global Wind Energy Council India
17IAS officer Ashwani KumarCommissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
18Ajith Kumar KKMD & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank
19Tesam PongteNew Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly
20Pawan KalyanDeputy CM of Andhra Pradesh
21Dr Kapil DuaPresident of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons
22Former IAS Officer P K MishraPrincipal Secretary to PM Modi
23Ajit DovalNational Security Adviser (NSA)
24Prem PrabhakarMD and CEO of SBICAP Ventures Limited
25Lt Gen Waker-Uz-ZamanArmy Chief of Bangladesh
26Abhijit Kishore and Rahul VattsAppointed as New Leadership of Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI)
27Lt General Upendra Dwivedi next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS)
28Prem Singh TamangSikkim Chief Minister
29InderPal Singh BindraSecretary of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
30Raj Priy Singh, an Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officerDirector in the Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Rural Development.
31Sameer BansalCEO of PNB MetLife
32Former Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon YangElected President of upcoming General Assembly Session
33Aditya Roy KapurBrand Ambassador of Bisleri Limonata
34Shri Kamal Kishore Soan Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
35Om Birla First Lok Sabha Speaker in 20 Years to be Re-elected as MP
36Rakesh Mohan JoshiVice-Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
37Sushil Kumar SinghNew Chairperson of Deendayal Port Trust
38Badminton Star PV SindhuBrand Ambassador for Tobacco Control

May 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Rakesh Ranjan (IAS officer from Manipur Cadre)Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
2Sandeep BatraChairman of the Board of Directors of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
3Shah Rukh KhanNew Brand Ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group
4P SanthoshMD & CEO of The National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL)
5Shehra BJP MLA Jetha AhirChairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)
6Rushabh GandhiMD and CEO of IndiaFirst Life Insurance
7Pradeep NatarajanIDFC FIRST Bank’s Whole Time Director
8Senior IPS Officers A.Y.V. Krishna & N. Venu GopalAdditional directors in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
9Kapil Sibalpresident of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)
10Idashisha NongrangFirst woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya
11Vinay FirakeChief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA)
12Dileep SanghaniChairman Of The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
13 Keki MistryChairman of HDFC Life
14Subodh KumarDirector in Ministry of Ayush
15Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor KhanNational Ambassador for UNICEF India.
16Sanjaya Kumar MishraPresident of the Goods & Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)
17Hitesh SethiaMD and CEO of Jio Financial Services
18Justice Dinesh KumarPresiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)

April 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Judith Suminwa TulukaPrime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
2Atul MehraMD and CEO of Axis Capital Limited
3Sanjay NayarNew President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
4Rakesh MohanNew member of Economic Advisory Panel by World Bank Group
5Ousmane SonkoNew PM of Senegal
6PS Dinesh KumarPresiding officer of Securities Appellate Tribunal
7Astrid Schomaker8th Executive Secretary of Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
8Justice Najmi WaziriChairman of a committee focused on safeguarding the forests in Delhi
9Love KumarInspector General (IG) in Special Protection Group (SPG)
10Srinivas PalliaCMD and MD of Wipro
11Manoj Panda Full-time member of 16th Finance Commission
12Dinabandhu MohapatraPart-time member of Governing Board of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
13Tarun BajajHead of US-India Tax Forum
14Vinod FrancisChief Financial Officer (CFO) of South Indian Bank
15 Lindy CameronUnited Kingdom Appointed first woman high commissioner to India
16Sachidananda MohantyMember of University Grants Commission (UGC)
17Vandita KaulSecretary of the Department of Posts
18Kristalina GeorgievaManaging Director (MD) of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
19Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-SabahPrime Minister of Kuwait
20Anurag KumarJoint Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
21Bjarni Benediktssonprime minister of Iceland
22Justice Anirudhha Bose Director of National Judicial Academy (NJA)
23Professor Elisa MorgeraUN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights
24Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar TripathiNext Chief of the Naval Staff
25 Nalin PrabhatDirector-General of the National Security Guard (NSG)
26Sapna TewariSpecial Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB)
27Gita SabharwalNew UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia
28Narpat SinghRailway Adviser in the High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh
29Papua New GuineaCol Edison Napyo as the first Defence Advisor to India
30T. Rabi SankarDeputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
31Sunil Kumar YadavDirector of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
32Yuvraj SinghAmbassador for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024

March 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Daljit Singh ChaudharyDirector General (DG) of the National Security Guard (NSG)
2Anurag AgarwalHead of Parliament security (joint secretary (security))
3S ChockalingamNew chief electoral officer (CEO) of Madhya Pradesh
4Brajesh MehrotraNew chief secretary of Bihar
5Kishor MakwanaChairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), New Delhi
6 Justice Satyendra Kumar SinghNew Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh
7 Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh SandhuNew Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India
8Navneet Kumar SehgalChairman of the Prasar Bharati
9Sheyphali B SharanPrincipal director general (PDG) of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) (official spokesperson of the Government of India)
10Vinay KumarNew ambassador of India to Russia
11Matam Venkata RaoChairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the 2023–24 term
12Soumendu BagchiIndia’s ambassador to Iraq
13Govind DholakiaNew chairman of Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB)
14Luis MontenegroPrime Minister of Portugal
15Girija SubramanianChairman and managing director (CMD) of the New India Assurance Company
16Bhupesh Sushil RahulCMD of United India Insurance Company
17Rashmi Bajpai and Amit MisraExecutive directors for the Oriental Insurance Company
18Dasarathi SinghExecutive director of the Agriculture Insurance Company of India
19Sadanand Vasant DateDirector General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)
20 Piyush AnandDirector General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
21Hansha MishraDirector in the Union Public Service Commission
22Sita Ram MeenaNext Ambassador of India to Niger
23Abhay ThakurIndia’s next envoy to Myanmar
24Nidhu SaxenaManaging Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Maharashtra
25PR SreejeshCo-chair of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes Committee
26Sharfuddoula Ibne ShahidFirst Bangladeshi umpire to be appointed to ICC Elite Panel of Umpires

February 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Anil Kumar LahotiChairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
2Sanjay VermaMember of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC
3Radha RaturiFirst woman chief secretary Uttarakahnd
4Jay ShahPresident of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
5Lieutenant General Upendra DwivediNew Vice Chief of the Army Staff
6Mio OkaNew Country Director for India
7Ajay Kumar ChoudharyNon-executive chairman and independent director of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
8Sindhu GanapathyFirst transgender person to be appointed as the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE)
9Sanjay Kumar JainChairman & Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC)
10A.S. RajeevVigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
11Wencai ZhangManaging Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the World Bank Group
12Dr Samir ShahNew Chairman of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
13Geeta BatraNew director at the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
14Justice (retired) A.M. KhanwilkarChairperson of the Lokpal

January 2024

Sl. NoPersonDesignation
1Dr Arvind PanagariyaChairman of the 16th Finance Commission
2Ravindra Kumar TyagiNew Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
3Nadia CalvinoFirst woman president of the European Investment Bank
4Rashmi ShuklaFirst woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra Police
5D. P SanthoshMD and CEO of the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL)
6Senthil Pandian CPermanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
7Raghuram IyerCEO of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
8Sue RedfernFirst female neutral umpire
9Daljit Singh ChaudharyDirector General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

Recent Appointments Current Affairs 2023

December 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New chief secretary of Jammu and KashmirAtal Dulloo
2CEO of OpenAISam Altman
3First woman Director General of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), DehradunKanchan Devi
4Chairman of the India Debt Resolution Company Limited (IDRCL)Narayan Seshadri
5General of Police (DGP) of TelanganaRavi Gupta
6Youth voter awareness ambassador for Jammu and KashmirSuresh Raina
7First woman officer to command a warship, INS Trinkat, in the Indian NavyLieutenant Commander Prerna Deosthalee
8Chairman of the 39th session of the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2023Mohammed Al Ramsi
9New Vice Chief of Naval Staff (Indian Navy)Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
10Prime Minister Guinea-BissauGeraldo Martins
11New Ambassador of Israel to IndiaReuven Azar
12Chairman of BSE Limited Pramod Agrawal
13Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)Nina Singh
14New Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)Rahul Rasgotra
15 U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to GazaSigrid Kaag
16New defense minister of ChinaDong Jun

November 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) for Tuberculosis by the World Health Organization (WHO) Sarang Deo
2CMD of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)Koppu Sadashiv Murthy
3Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Manoranjan Mishra
4Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)Pravin Madhukar Pawar
5Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)Heeralal Samariya
6Surveyor General of IndiaHitesh Kumar S Makwana
7UPI Safety AmbassadorPankaj Tripathi
8Foreign Secretary of United Kingdom (UK)David Cameron
9Indian ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)Amit S Telang
10Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI) Vinay Tonse
11Prime Minister of LuxembourgLuc Frieden
12Commanding Officer at Armed Forces Transfusion Centre, Delhi Cantt., New DelhiColonel Sunita BS
13Next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of MozambiqueRobert Shetkintong
14Chief secretary of KarnatakaRajneesh Goel
15Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)Pradeep Kumar Pal

October 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1President of Intel IndiaGokul Subramaniam
2New Chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)? Saugata Gupta
3CM and MD of General Insurance Corporation of India Limited (GIC Re)?Ramaswamy Narayanan
4Executive Director of Reserve Bank of IndiaMuneesh Kapur
5India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN)Arindam Bagchi
6New Chair of MCC’s World Cricket CommitteeKumar Sangakkara
7Director of Finance of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)Bijay Kumar Mohanty
8New Governors for Tripura and Odisha.Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
9New Chairman and Managing Director of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO)Sanjay Kulshreshtha
10CMD of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)Sanjay Kumar Jain
11MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra BankAshok Vaswani
12Senior vice president (SVP) and MD of Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) India marketIpsita Gupta
13‘National Icon’ for voter awareness and education by the Election Commission of IndiaRajkumar Rao
14Prime Minister of SlovakiaRobert Fico
15Head coach of the Indian senior women’s cricket teamAmol Mazumdar
16Official brand ambassador of State Bank of IndiaMahendra Singh Dhoni

September 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1Elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) BoardK.N. Shanth Kumar
2New Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)Marico’s Saugata Gupta
3Chairman of Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL)Banmali Agarwal
4 Uniqlo India’s brand ambassadorKatrina Kaif
5MD And CEO Of ICICI LombardSanjeev Mantri
6 Chairman of telecom industry body DIPA (Digital Infrastructure Providers Association)Dhananjay Joshi
7Director of Enforcement DirectorateRahul Navin Takes Charge
8Brand Ambassador for Exxon Mobil’s lubrication brand, Mobil™.Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan
9 Chairman of Mastercard IndiaFormer SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar
10 Nasscom Vice-ChairpersonIndia’s Sindhu Gangadharan
11Brand Ambassador for Women’s fashion brand WAnushka Sharma
12Director of the SS Innovations’s Board of DirectorsDr. Mylswamy Annadurai, famously known as the Moon Man of India
13Central Railway’s Principal Chief Operations ManagerShyam Sunder Gupta
14First woman Chairperson of the Railway BoardJaya Verma Sinha
15Brand ambassador of Swaraj TractorsMS Dhoni
16Principal Director General of AkashvaniDr. Vasudha Gupta
17new President of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.Actor R Madhavan

List of Recent Appointments in August 2023

Recent Appointments in India August 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1.Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
2.Chairman of Quantum Ecosystems Technology Council of India (QETCI)Scientist and defense expert Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
3.Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Engineering Projects (India) Ltd (EPI)BSNL’s Shivendra Nath
4.Chairperson of Microfinance Industry Network (MFIN)Udaya Kumar Hebbar
5.New Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)Prof Ganesan Kannabiran
6.Elected as BoD and Constituency Director of BRICS’ NDB BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB)Thuraiya Hamid Alhashmi
7.Chairman of the Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC)Umesh Revankar
8.Brand Ambassador for Infosys Limited’s brand and Infosys’ Digital InnovationSpanish Tennis Icon Rafael Nadal
9.‘National Icon’ for voter awareness and education for the Election Commission of India(ECI)Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
10.Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal(NGT)Justice Prakash Shrivastava
11.New brand ambassador for ‘Pure for Sure’ initiative of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL)Former Indian Cricketer Rahul Dravid
12.MD and CEO of South Indian BankPR Seshadri
13. Full-Time CMD of Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC)Parminder Chopra
14.MD of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)R Doraiswamy
15.Head of the team to to oversee the relief rehabilitation and rebuilding measures in ManipurGita Mittal (former J&K CJ )
16.MD & CEO of SBI Life Insurance Company Limited (SBI Life)Amit Jhingran
17.Brand ambassador for Indian Oil Corporation’s Indane XTRATEJ LPG brand.Celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor
18.Brand ambassador of Infosys for promoting Digital Innovation and inspiring women worldwide.Women’s Tennis Champion Iga Swiatek
19. Investor and brand ambassador of Pluckk (engaged in the fresh fruit and vegetables business.)Kareena Kapoor Khan

Recent Appointments in the World August 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1.New PM of the Kingdom of CambodiaHun Manet
2.First woman Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) at the High Commission of India in Islamabad, PakistanGeetika Srivastava
3.President of Zimbabwe (re-elected)Emmerson Mnangagwa
4.30th Prime Minister (PM) of ThailandSrettha Thavisin
5.New President of GuatemalaBernardo Arevalo
6.Caretaker Prime Minister of PakistanAnwaar-ul-Haq Kakar
7.New Corporate Vice President of Microsoft India and South AsiaPuneet Chandok

List of Recent Appointments in July 2023

Recent Appointments in India July 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1MD and CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBICPSL)Abhijit Chakravorty
2CMD of PTC India LimitedRajib Kumar Mishra
3Solicitor General of India (SGI) (Re-appointed)Tushar Mehta
4Newly-appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL)PM Prasad
5Deputy CM of MaharashtraAjitPawar
6New National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC)Lt Gen M U Nair
7Chairman of Senior Men’s Selection Committee (Cricket)Former Indian Cricketer AjitAgarkar
8Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO)Brajendra Navnit
9New Chairman of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)K Rajaraman
10 Acting chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT)Sheo Kumar Singh-I
11Deputy CM of ChhattisgarhTS Singh
12New MD of Microsoft India Irina Ghose
13 MD of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)Sat Pal Bhanoo
1425th Director General of Indian Coast GuardRakesh Pal
15MD & CEO of Invest IndiaNivruti Rai
16CMD of Bharat Dynamics LimitedMadhavarao
17Chief Justice of Bombay High CourtDevendra Kumar Upadhyaya
18CMD of Tata SteelTV Narendran
19Chief Justice Of Kerala High CourtJustice Ashish Jitendra Desai
20Chief Justice of Telangana High CourtJustice Alok Aradhe
21DG of Railway Protection ForceIPS officer Manoj Yadava
22 MD & CEO of Invest IndiaMs. Nivruti Rai

Recent Appointments in the World July 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).Nisha Biswal
2New Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) an intergovernmental body of the United Nations(UN)James Ferguson ‘Jim’ Skea from United Kingdom (UK)
3New President of Olympic Council of AsiaSheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah
4Secretary General of NATO (Extended: October 2024)Jens Stoltenberg
5President of Uzbekistan (Re-Elected)ShavkatMirziyoyev

List of Recent Appointments in June 2023

Recent Appointments in India June 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1MD and CEO of Hindustan Unilever Ltd Rohit Jawa
2MD and head of DBS Institutional Banking Group, IndiaRajat Verma
3Chairman of GIFT City Ltd (Gujarat International Finance Tec-city co. ltd.)Hasmukh Adhia
4Deputy Governor of RBISwaminathanJanakiraman
5MD and CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB)P N Vasudevanas
6new CEO of UIDAIAmit Agrawal
7Director-General (DG) of the National Testing Agency (NTA)Subodh Kumar Singh
8New Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF)Nitin Agarwal
9MD of Solar Energy Corporation of India LimitedAjay Yadav
10MD & CEO of UCO BankAshwani Kumar

Recent Appointments in the World June 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)Aarti Holla-Maini
2Prime Minister(PM) of GreeceKyriakos Mitsotakis (2nd Term)
3New Prime Minister of FinlandPetteri Orpo
4Prime Minister(PM) of KuwaitSheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
5New President of LatviaEdgars Rinkevics
6First female Secretary-General(SG) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations’ (UN) specialised agency for meteorology.Argentina’s Celeste Saulo
7President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)Dennis Francis
8President of Türkiye (3rd consecutive term)Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

List of Recent Appointments in May 2023

Recent Appointments in India May 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1Brand Ambassador of Sony Sports NetworkSania Mirza
2Deputy Managing Director of IDBI BankJayakumar S. Pillai
3New Brand Ambassador of Realme, a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturerShah Rukh Khan
4MD & CEO of Karnataka Bankrikrishnan Hari Hara Sarma
5Member of the Advisory Committee to the President of the 28th Session of the COP28 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).MukeshAmbani, CMD of Reliance Industries
6First woman Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Power Finance Corporation (PFC)Parminder Chopra
7 Central Vigilance CommissionerPraveen Kumar Srivastava
8LIC Chairperson and First CEOSiddhartha Mohanty
9Next CMD of BEML LimitedShantanu Roy
10First Indian-American to be appointed as 14th World Bank PresidentAjay Banga
11Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company LimitedAnuj Tyagi
121st Indian global ambassador for Gucci, a high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, ItalyAlia Bhatt
13New director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)Praveen Sood
14Chairperson of Competition Commission of India (CCI)Ravneet Kaur
15 New Chairman of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).Anil Kumar Jain
16President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of PaytmBhavesh Gupta
17Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)Manoj Soni
18Minister of Earth SciencesKiren Rijiju
19New CM of KarnatakaSiddaramaiah

Recent Appointments in the World May 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New President of NigeriaBola Ahmed Tinubu
2Next President of ParaguaySantiago Peña
3King of the United Kingdom(UK)King Charles III
410th President of the Federated States of MicronesiaWesley W Simina
5Twitter CEOLinda Yaccarino
61st woman Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations(UN) Migration Agency.Amy E. Pope

List of Recent Appointments in April 2023

Recent Appointments in India April 2023

Sl.NoDesignationPerson
1MD & CEO of AU Small Finance BankSanjay Agarwal
2Whole Time Director of AU Small Finance BankUttam Tibrewal
3MD & CEO of Axis Securities LimitedPranav Haridasan
4National President of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO)Sudha Shivkumar
5Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of PTC India LimitedDr Rajib Kumar Mishra
6MD & CEO of City Union BankN Kamakodi
7CEO of Association of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)Hari Hara Mishra
8Chairman of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)Arun Kumar Sinha
9Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)Shreekant M Bhandiwad
10Brand Ambassador of Star Sports Network IndiaRishabh Pant
11Chief Justice of Tripura High CourtJustice Aparesh Kumar Singh
12Brand Ambassador of JioCinemaRohit Sharma
13Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of HDFC BankKaizad Bharucha
14Executive Director (ED) of HDFC BankBhavesh Zaveri
15Interim Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka BankSekhar Rao

Recent Appointments in the World April 2023

Sl. No.Designation/PositionPerson
1CEO of VodafoneMargherita Della Valle
2Crown Prince of Abu DhabiSheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
3Chairperson of NASSCOMAnant Maheshwari
4President of BangladeshMohammed Sahabuddin
5Deputy Prime Minister of UKOliver Dowden
6President of CubaMiguel Diaz-Canel

List of Recent Appointments in March 2023

Recent Appointments in India March 2023

Sl.NoDesignationPerson
1CEO of Hero MotoCorpNiranjan Gupta
2CEO and Managing Director of Tata PowerPraveer Sinha
3Brand Ambassador of Star SportsRanveer Singh
4President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)Ajay Singh
5Non-Executive Chairperson and Independent Director of NDTV BoardUpendra Kumar Sinha
6AHF Athletes Ambassador from IndiaSalima Tete
7Managing Director and CEO of CEATArnab Banerjee
8Managing Director and CEO of Invest IndiaManmeet K Nanda
9MD & CEO of ICICI Prudential LifeAnup Bagchi
10Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)G. Krishnakumar
11Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)Lalit Kumar Gupta
12Brand Ambassador of Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt LtdVirat Kohli
13Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)Deepak Mohanty
14Brand Ambassador of Viacom18 for promoting digital sports viewingMS Dhoni
15CEO-designate of TCSK Krithivasan
16Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Honeywell International HONVimal Kapur
17India’s ambassador for She Changes Climate campaignShreya Ghodawat
18Managing Directors of Life Insurance Company (LIC)Tablesh Pandey and M. Jagannath
19Managing Director and CEO of InfosysMohit Joshi
20CEO of Axis Mutual FundB Gopkumar
21Command of a frontline combat unit in the Western sectorGroup Captain Shaliza Dhami
22Swasth India Mission’s ‘Hand Ambassador’Sachin Tendulkar
23Controller General of Accounts (CGA)S.S. Dubey
24MD and CEO of Pramerica Life InsurancePankaj Gupta
25Chairperson of Central Electricity Regulatory CommissionJishnu Barua
26Principal Director General of the Press Information BureauRajesh Malhotra
27Chief Executive Officer-Designate of GIL-Chemicals BusinessVishal Sharma

Recent Appointments in the World March 2023

Sl.NoDesignationPerson
1CEO of Silicon Valley BankTim Mayopoulos
2Managing Director and CEO of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.Rohit Jawa
3First Indian American Judge of Manhattan Federal District Court in New YorkArun Subramanian
4First Justice of a District Court in MassachusettsTejal Mehta

List of Recent Appointments in February 2023

Recent Appointments in India February 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New Drug Controller General of IndiaRajeev Raghuvanshi
2Chief Business Officer(CBO) of ALTBalajiVivek Koka
3MD & Additional Director of Pfizer India LimitedMeenakshi Nevatia
4MD & CEO-Designate of Mahindra FinanceRaul Rebello
5New MD & CEO of Canara BankK Satyanarayana Raju
6Brand Ambassador of MyntraRanbir Kapoor
7Brand Ambassador of Puma IndiaIndian Cricket Harmanpreet Kaur
8Brand Ambassador for NutellaRanveer Singh
9Fulltime Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)Shamika Ravi
10Chief Justice of Gujarat High CourtJustice Sonia G Gokani
11Chief Justice of Gauhati High CourtJustice Sandeep Mehta
12Chief Justice of Tripura High CourtJustice Jaswant Singh
13Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) and Ladakh High CourtJustice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh
1414th chief justice of Jharkhand High CourtJustice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
15Brand Ambassadors of Hyundai MotorsIndian Women Cricketers Yastika Bhatia & Renuka Singh Thakur
16New Vice-President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM)Sanjay Nayar
17New CEO of NITI AayogBVR Subrahmanyam
18National Ambassador of UNICEF Bollywood Actor Ayushmann Khurrana

Recent Appointments in the World, February 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New PM of MoldovaDorin Recean
2CEO of Unilever, the British multinational consumer goods companyHein Schumacher
3Morgan Stanley’s New Country Head for IndiaArun Kohli
41st Female Prime Minister of Equatorial GuineaManuela Roka Botey
58th Cyprus PresidentNikos Christodoulides
61st Indian to be Nominated as President of FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur) AsiaGovindaraj Kempareddy
7Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement (announced by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres)Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan
8New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTubeNeal Mohan
9Next President of BangladeshMohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu

List of Recent Appointments in January 2023

Recent Appointments in India January 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1New Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF)Air Marshal Amanpreet Singh
2Brand Ambassador of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)Champion Boxer Nikhat Zareen
3New CEO of Tata TrustsSiddharth Sharma
4New CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co (India)PrabdevSingh
5New Chairman of AmulShamalbhai B Patel
6Director general of Civil Aviation (DGCA) IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt
7Director of the National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission)Praveen Sharma
8Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)Pankaj Kumar Singh
9New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta’s Cairn Oil & GasNick Walker
10New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CognizantRavi Kumar
11First woman chief secretary of TelanganaSanthi Kumari
12First woman officer of the Border Roads Organization (BRO)Captain Surbhi Jakhmola
13Director of Meta’s Global Business Group in India.Vikas Purohit
14Chief Justice of the Gauhati High CourtJustice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh
15Brand Ambassador for Nutrition Company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited Smriti Mandhana
16New MD & CEO Paytm bankSurinder Chawla
17State icon for Bihar by the Election Commission.Folk singer Maithili Thakur
18Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BharatPeNalin Negi
19Additional charge as Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF)Sujoy Lal Thaosen
20Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory BoardDinesh Shukla
21Chairman-Cum-Managing Director of the public sector enterprise MOIL LimitedAjit Kumar Saxena
22Head of the new Economic Advisory Council of MaharashtraN Chandrasekaran
23MD and CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) LimitedSundararaman Ramamurthy
24 MD and CEO of the Indian Overseas BankAjay Kumar Srivastava

Recent Appointments in the World, January 2023

Sl. NoDesignationPerson
1Air Force Brigadier GeneralRaja Chari
2President of the Czech RepublicPetr Pavel
3Special envoy for human rights in North Korea Julie Turner
4Maryland’s first Indian-American Lt. GovernorAruna Miller
5New prime minister of New ZealandChris Hipkins
6Youngest and the first LGBTQ woman of colour to serve on Oakland City Council in the US state of California.Janani Ramachandran
7New Chief Economist of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)UK Treasury Adviser Clare Lombardelli
8First minister of the new Ministry of Indigenous PeopleSônia Guajajara
9New chief technologist of NASA.Indian origin AC Charania
10New speaker of the US House of RepresentativesKevin McCarthy
11Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank of SingaporeJason Moo

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