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New Appointments: National & International New Appointments: National & International CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD New Appointments: National S. No. Name of the person Name of the Post 1 New Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale of India 2 New Deputy Rajinder Khanna National Security Adviser 3 New Managing Director of Pankaj Jain India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) 4 New Chief Minister of Jai Ram Thakur Himachal Pradesh 5 New Chief Minister of Vijay Rupani Gujarat 6 New BCCI General Manager Saba Karim 7 New Director-General of Lt Gen B S Sahrawat National Cadet Corps (NCC) 8 New Chairman & Managing Pradeep Singh Kharola Director of Air India 9 RBI Executive Director Uma Shankar 10 New President of ICCR Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) 11 New acting Chairman of Justice U.D. Salvi National Green Tribunal (NGT) 12 New Director of National R Hemalatha Institute of Nutrition (NIN) 13 New Chairman of BARC Nakul Chopra India 14 New Director General of Abhay Narcotics Control Bureau 15 New Congress President Rahul Gandhi 16 New President Para Sports Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari Foundation 17 New India’s Ambassador to Azar A.H.Khan Turkmenistan 18 Re-appointed Prasar Bharati A Surya Prakash Chairman 19 Chairman of 15th Finance NK Singh Commission http://myupsc.com/important-rajasthan-books/ 20 New CEO & MD of Infosys Salil S. Parekh 21 UN Environment's Goodwill Dia Mirza Ambassador for India 22 Chairman of National Anti- BN Sharma Profiteering Authority under GST 23 New Director-General of N Sambasiva Rao Police (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh 24 First woman Pilot in Indian Shubhangi Swaroop Navy 25 India’s G20 Sherpa Shaktikanta Das 26 New Madras High-Court Justice Satrughana Pujahari judge 27 President of Institute for Nirmala Sitharaman (Union Defence Minister) Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) 28 SEBI Executive Director Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar 29 New Chairman of Bombay S. Ravi Stock Exchange (BSE) 30 President of 36th Intl Vijay Prasad Dimri (Scientist) Geological Congress 31 First woman President of Debjani Ghosh. NASSCOM in 2018 32 New Secretary (security) in K. Sinha. Cabinet Secretariat 33 New Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia 34 New Private Secretary to Vikram Singh President http://myupsc.com/important-rajasthan-books/ 35 New First Woman Police Neelmani N. Raju Chief of Karnataka 36 New Director General of Yogesh Chander Modi National Investigation Agency (NIA) 37 New MD & CEO of India Suresh Sethi Post Payments Bank (IPPB) 38 New Special Director of Rakesh Asthana. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) 39 New CEO & MD of Tata T. V. Narendran Steel 40 New CEO of Bharti AXA Life Vikas Seth Insurance 41 New AIBA Women's Youth MC Mary Kom World Championships Ambassador 42 New Vice Chief of Naval Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Staff 43 New CEO of Association of N.S. Venkatesh Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) 44 New as Additional Director Alok Kumar Pateria General of CISF 45 New Lokayukta of Madhya Naresh Kumar Pradesh 46 New Chief of Film and Anupam Kher Television Institute of India (FTII) 47 New HSBC India CEO Jayant Rikhye http://myupsc.com/important-rajasthan-books/ 48 New SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar 49 New President of US-India Nisha Desai Biswal Business Council 50 New CMD of Cotton P. Alli Rani. Corporation of India (CCI) Ltd 51 New CMD of National Balraj Joshi. Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd 52 The first Chairman of the Bibek Debroy five-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC- PM) 53 New Chairman & Managing Shashi Shanker. Director of ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) 54 New CMD of Indian Railway Mahendra Pratap Mall. Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd 55 New CMD of the United M. Nagaraja Sarma. India Insurance Co. Ltd 56 New Director General (DG) Rajni Kant Misra. of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) 57 NPCI’s (National Payments B. Sambamurthy Corporation of India) interim Chairman 58 New interim GSTN A.B Panday Chairman 59 New Brand Ambassador of Akshay Kumar. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Uttarakhand 60 Chairman of Press Trust of Viveck Goenka. India (PTI) 61 New Union Minister of Piyush Goyal. Railways 62 New Election Commissioner Sunil Arora. of India 63 Chairman of the Central Anita Karwal Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 64 New Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba 65 New Comptroller and Rajiv Mehrishi Auditor General (CAG) of India 66 New Defence Minister of Nirmala Sitharaman. India 67 New Director General (DG) Dharmendra Kumar. Railway Protection Force (RPF) 68 New Chairman of Railway Ashwani Lohani. Board 69 New Executive Director of Mamta Suri. the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) 70 New Chairman of the Prasoon Joshi Central Board of Film Certification(CBFC) 71 New Vice President of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu 72 New Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra. (CJI) 73 New CMD of Small Mohammad Mustafa. Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 74 New Chairman of the Dhirendra Swarup. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) 75 New Vice-Chairman of NITI Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Aayog 76 New secretary general of Sanjaya Baru the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 77 Re-appointed as Managing Shikha Sharma Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Axis Bank 78 New Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. of Bihar 79 New Chief Minister of TR Zeliang. Nagaland 80 New MD & CEO of Oriental Mukesh Kumar Jain. Bank of Commerce 81 New Director General John Joseph (DG)of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (GSTI) 82 Ambassador of India to the Shri M. Subbarayudu Republic of Peru. 83 Deputy CM of Gujarat Nitin Patel 84 Private Secretary to Railway officer Vikram Singh President Ram Nath Kovind 85 India‘s High commissioner Ajay Bisaria to Pakistan 86 Ambassador of India to Sibi George Switzerland 87 Additional Director General, Shri Alok Kumar Pateria CISF 88 High Commissioner of India N.J.Gangte to Republic of Zambia 89 India's new Ambassador to Gautam Bambawale China 90 Member (Staff) Railway D.K. Gayen Board & ex officio Secretary to GOI 91 Member(Engr.) Railway M K Gupta Board & ex officio Secretary to GOI 92 High Commissioner of India Rajesh Vaishnaw to the Republic of Malta 93 Additional Director General Nasir Kamal of BSF 94 Ambassador of India to Ravi Bangar Ecuador 95 Ambassador of India to the Sibi George Principality of Liechtenstein 96 PETA's (People for Ethical Actress Anushka Sharma Treatment of Animals) Person of the Year 97 New Chairman, BARC India Nakul Chopra (Broadcast Audience Research Council) 98 Chairman & Managing Pradeep Singh Kharola Director of Air India 99 Secretary General, Buddhist monk Dhammapiya from Tripura International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) 100 President of the National Rahul Singh Restaurant Association of India 101 CEO, Online food delivery Vishal Bhatia start-up Swiggy 102 MD & CEO of Aegon Life Vineet Arora Insurance 103 Executive Director of SEBI. Anand Rajeshwar Baiwar 104 Executive Director & Chief Koushik Chatterjee Financial Officer of Tata Steel 105 CFO, Paytm Payments Bank Sudhanshu Jain 106 CEO of Bharti AXA Life Vikas Seth Insurance 107 Laureus' first Brand Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh Ambassador 108 Business Head of 'MobiKwik Rukaiya Rangwala Payment Gateway 109 MD & CEO PNB MetLife Ashish Srivastava India Insurance Company Ltd 110 MD & CEO of Vijaya Bank R A Sankara Narayanan 111 MD & CEO of Tamilnad KV Rama Moorthy Mercantile Bank 112 CMD of United India M. Nagaraja Sarma Insurance Co. Ltd 113 President of Society of Force Motors Chairman Abhay Firodia Indian Automobile Manufacturers New Appointments: International & Others S. No. Name of the person Name of the Post 1 New President of Liberia George Weah 2 New President of Chile Sebastian Pinera 3 Kenya‘s President Uhuru Kenyatta 4 UNAIDS Special AIDS researcher Quarraisha Abdool Karim Ambassador for Adolescents & HIV 5 President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa 6 2nd Woman Director- Audrey Azoulay General of UNESCO 7 President of Slovenia Borut Pahor 8 New US Ambassador to Kenneth Juster India 9 30th PM of Mongolia Ukhnaa Khurelsukh 10 8th President of Singapore Halimah Yacob 11 Prime Minister of Peru Mercedes Araoz Fernandez 12 President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski 13 Fourth term as chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany 14 Angola‘s New President Joao Lourenco 15 Mayor of Yuba city in Preet Didbal: 1st Sikh woman to hold position in USA) California 16 Resigned as International Priti Patel, Britain‘s first Indian-origin Cabinet Minister Development Secretary 17 UN Environment‘s Goodwill Former Miss Asia Pacific Dia Mirza Ambassador for India 18 Global Goodwill British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding Ambassador for UN Environment 19 UN Environment‘s Goodwill Former Miss Asia Pacific Dia Mirza Ambassador for India 20 Global Goodwill British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding Ambassador for UN Environment 21 President of 36th Scientist Vijay Prasad Dimri International Geological Congress (IGC) 22 Ambassador of World Ecobliss India MD AVPS Chakravarthi Packaging Organisation 23 HSBC‘s Chief Executive Jayant Rikhye Officer for India 24 Samsung Electronics Chief Kwon Oh-hyun Executive resigned 25 WHO‘s Deputy Director Soumya Swaminathan General for Programmes 26 WHO‘s Deputy Director Ms Jane Ellison General for Corporate Operations 27 Chief of Naval Staff of Vice-Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi Pakistan 28 Chairperson of World Tulsi Gabbard Hindu Congress, Chicago- 2018 .
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