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Current Affairs July to December (Mid)-2016 Download from www.arunacademy.in - 1 - Today we, Arun Academy providing List of important Banking and Financial Sector, National, International and other appointments during July to December(Mid)-2016. Appointments related questions are frequently asked in most of the competitive exams. This will be very useful for upcoming Bank PO/Clerk Mains exam, Railways and TNPSC Group exams too. 1) APPOINTMENTS 1) FINANCE AND BANKING SECTOR ORIENTED i. Goverment Orgnisation ii. World Organistion iii. Private Organisation 2) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 3) INTERNATIONAL: (Government) 4) OTHERS: (Private Organisations) 1. APPOINTMENTS 1) BANKING AND FINANCE: Goverment Orgnisation: Ajay Bhushan Pandey is appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Gautam Eknath Thakur has been elected Chairman of the leading co- operative Bank - Saraswat Bank. Urjit R Patel has been appointed as New Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period of 3 years with effect from 4th September, 2016. He is 24th Governor of RBI. Dinesh Kumar Khara has been appointed Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest Bank. He was previously working as chief of SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. Government appointed Ashok Kumar Garg, Raj Kamal Verma, Copal Murli Bhagat, and Himanshu Joshi as Executive Directors in Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, Corporation Bank, and Oriental Bank of Commerce respectively. Sudarshan Sen has been appointed as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will replace NS Vishwanathan who was elevated as Deputy Governor of RBI. Government appointed R. Subramania Kumar as Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank. S.S.Mallikarjuna Rao appointed as an executive director of Syndicate Bank and Atul Kumar Goel appointed as an Executive Director in Union Bank of India. Punjab National Bank appointed Cricketer Virat Kohli as brand ambassador. Madhusudan Sahoo has been appointed as the new chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) for 5 years. Gurumoorthy Mahalingam appointed as Whole-Time Member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Arundhati Bhattacharya got one year extension as Chairperson and Managing Director of State Bank of India. Bank of Baroda Capital Markets appointed Ratnesh Kumar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as Executive Director (ED) following voluntary retirement of G Mahalingam. Gurumoorthy Mahalingam will now take over as a Full time member in SEBI (Search Results Securities and Exchange Board of India). State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) appointed Siby Sebastian as Chief Executive for its India operations. J Ravichandran has been appointed as interim MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). Two officials of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Parmod Kumar Nagpal and Amarjeet Singh elected as chairpersons of two committees set up by IOSCO (International Organisation of Securities Commissions). Nagpal will chair Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure while Amarjeet Singh will chair Assessment Committee (AC). J Ravichandran has been appointed as interim MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). Coaching For: NEET, JEE, BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC-AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607 Current Affairs July to December (Mid)-2016 Download from www.arunacademy.in - 2 - MSME-focused financing firm Vistaar Financial Services appointed former Sebi chief C B Bhave as non- executive Chairman and Independent Director. Rajendra Kumar is appointed as a Member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). World Organistion: World Bank Group appointed Paul Romer (USA) as Chief Economist. Takehiko Nakao has been re-elected for 2nd term as President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria) will be appointed as CEO (chief executive officer) of World Bank, succeeding Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Jim Yong Kim (South Korea) has been reappointed as President of World Bank for a second five year term beginning 1 July 2017. Kshatrapathi Shivaji appointed as Executive Director in Asian Development Bank. Antonio Guterres (Portugal) appointed as 9th UN Secretary General, replacing Ban Ki-moon. Indian Actress Priyanka Chopra is appointed as UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador. Private Organisation: IDFC Mutual Fund appointed Vishal Kapoor as its chief executive officer. Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) appointed R Baskar Babu as its new President of Board. Former CCI chief Ashok Chawla will join Yes Bank as Non-Executive Chairman. IDFC Bank appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Anand Sinha to bank's board. SBI Mutual Fund appointed Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dilip Kumar Mandal has been appointed managing director (MD) & chief executive officer (CEO) of IDBI Asset Management Company (AMC). Salim Gangadharan appointed as non-executive chairman of South Indian Bank. South Indian Bank launched contactless debit cards, using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that makes transaction safe and fast. C.V.R. Rajendran appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank for 3 years. YES Bank appointed Amresh Acharya as Group President and Head of Global Indian Banking. IDFC Bank appointed Veena Mankar as Non-Executive Chairperson. 2) CENTRAL and STATE GOVERNMENT: A.K.Mital has been reappointed as Chairman of Railway Board for 2 years. Aruna Sharma is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Steel. Aruna Sundararajan is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Budha Rashmi Mani appointed as Director General (DG) of National Museum. Cabinet Expansion Transfers and New Appointments Cabinet Ministers (Changed Portfolios) Venkaiah Naidu Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Ananth Kumar Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javdekar Ministry of Human Resource Development Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law & Justice (along with Ministry of Information Technology) Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Rural Development Ministry, Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles D. V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministers of State 19 New Ministers of state were included. Vijay Goel Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (Independent Charge) Piyush Goyal Ministry of Mines (Independent Charge) Anil Madhav Dave Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Finance Coaching For: NEET, JEE, BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC-AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607 Current Affairs July to December (Mid)-2016 Download from www.arunacademy.in - 3 - Faggan Singh Kulaste Ministry of Health & Family Welfare S. Ahluwalia Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Rajen Gohain Ministry of Railways Jayant Sinha Ministry of Civil Aviation Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs Mahendra Nath Pandey Ministry of Human Resource Development Ajay Tamta Ministry of Textiles Anupriya Patel Ministry of Health & Family Welfare R. Chaudhary Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Law & Justice D K Hota has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML). D Rajkumar appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL). Deepak Singhal appointed as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale appointed as new Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Ganesh Singh appointed as Chairman of Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) to examine provisions of Land Acquisition Amendment Bill2015. Government appointed A.K. Patnaik as Chief Executive Officer of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID). Government appointed R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy as Accountant General (economic and revenue sector audit) of Tamil Nadu. Government appointed Utpal Bora as chairman of Oil India Ltd. Gujarat government appointed Jagdip Narayan Singh as Chief Secretary of State. Guruprasad Mohapatra appointed as Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Iqbal Ahmed Ansari appointed as 39th Chief Justice of Patna High Court. K B Koliwad elected as Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly. K V R Murthy appointed as chairmancummanaging director of Jute Corporation of India Limited. M V Dhekane appointed as Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala). Manoj Kumar Unni appointed as Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS). Pema Khandu of