I. APPOINTMENTS January to April-2017
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1 Current Affairs / Event is the most important section for Bank, SSC, TNPSC Group Exams & other Competitive Exams. Here is the list of appointments in Central and State level Govt orgnisation, Banking and finance industry, International Orgnistaion and other private orgnisation in the months of January to April -2017. Follow this page to read Current Affairs/Events for SBI, IBPS Bank PO Clerk Exams,TNPSC Group 1 to 4, SSC CGL & CHSL Exams & other Govt/Private Exams. I. APPOINTMENTS January to April-2017 1) BANKING AND FINANCE January 1. Government appointed A P Singh as interim MD and CEO of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). 2. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Surekha Marandi as Executive Director (ED). 3. SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd (subsidiary of SBI) appointed Kumar Sharadindu as MD & CEO. February 1. Government appointed 3 part time non-official directors on Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Central Board for four years Ashok Gulati, Manish Sabharwal and Rajiv Kumar. Besides, Prasanna Kumar Mohanty (Southern), Sunil Mitra (Eastern) and Vallabh Roopchand Bhanshali (West) are appointed on Local RBI Boards. 2. Government appointed 8 Executive Directors in various Public Sector Banks, on Recommendations of Bank Board Bureau Neelam Damodaran and Atanu Kumar Das - Bank of India. K Swaminathan - Indian Overseas Bank. Ashok Kumar Pradhan - United Bank of India. P Ramana Murthy - Central Bank of India. Fareed Ahmed Khan - Punjab and Sind Bank. M K Bhattacharya - Indian Bank S Harishankar - Allahabad Bank. 3. Government appointed Suman Saxena, Mukulita Vijaywargiya and Navrang Saini as whole time members in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). 4. Hemant Bhargava appointed Managing Director of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India). 5. Ajay Tyagi appointed as new chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), replacing U K Sinha. He will initially serve for 3 years. 6. Sunil Mehta has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman in Punjab National Bank. 7. T C A Ranganathan appointed as Non - Official Director of Indian Overseas Bank . March 1. BP Kanungo is appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, in place of R. Gandhi. Other RBI DG's are N.S. Vishwanathan, S. S. Mundra, Viral V. Acharya. 2. Government appointed Mahesh Kumar Jain as Managing Director & CEO of IDBI Bank and Kishore Piraji Kharat as Managing Director and CEO of Indian Bank. It has been done by swapping their Previous chiefs. 3. R Subramania Kumar has been approved to hold charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Bank. 4. Sun Pharmaceuticals MD Dilip Shanghvi has been appointed by government as member of western area Coaching For: JIPMER, NEET, 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 Website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607 2 board of Reserve Bank of India. 5. T S Anantharaman is appointed as part time chairman of Catholic Syrian Bank. April 1. Mahabaleshwara Mavinakudige Subrahmanya has been appointed as new MD and CEO of Private Sector's Karnataka Bank. 2. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Malvika Sinha as new Executive Director (ED). 3. Saraswat Bank (largest cooperative Bank) appointed Smita Sandhane as its Managing Director. 4. Vinay Shah has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive (CEO) of LIC Housing Finance. 2) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT January 1. Alok Kumar Verma has been appointed as Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation). 2. Anil Khosla appointed as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Eastern Air Command and C Harikumar appointed as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command. 3. Anoop Kumar Srivastava appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 4. Anshu Sinha appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC). 5. Archana Nigam is newly appointed as Controller General of Accounts in Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance 6. David R. Syiemlieh is appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission. 7. Derk Segaar has been appointed Director of the New Delhi based United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) covering India and the Bhutan. 8. Dushyant Chautala has been appointed as president of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). 9. Film producer and Tennis player Ashok Amritraj has been appointed United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in India for Sustainable Development Goals. 10. Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI). 11. Assam governor Banwarilal Purohit has been Given additional charge of Meghalaya. 12. Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has been given additional charge of Arunachal Pradesh. 13. Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as ambassador of India to Burkina Faso. 14. Ashok Warrier has been appointed as ambassador of India to Congo. 15. Preeti Sudan appointed as Secretary in Department of Food and Public Distribution (Commonly known as Food Secretary). 16. Rajeev Singh appointed as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharti. 17. S. Jaishankar's appointment as Foreign Secretary has been extended for 1 year. 18. Sanjay Sharma appointed as Air Officer in Charge Maintenance at Air Headquarters. 19. Sarath Chand Took over as Vice Chief of Indian Army. 20. Shirish Baban Deo takes appointed as Vice Chief of Indian Air Force. 21. Siddhartha Murarka appointed as Chairman of Eastern India Regional Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). 22. Supreme Court appointed former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai as head of Committee of Administrators to run Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Other members of committee Ramachandra Guha (Historian), Diana Edulji (Indian women’s team captain) Vikram Limaye (MD of IDFC). 23. V Thiruppugazh has been appointed as Adviser (policy & planning) in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Coaching For: JIPMER, NEET, 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 Website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607 3 24. Vijay Bhatkar is appointed as chancellor of Nalanda University. He is architect of India’s first super computer Param series. 25. Vishwanath Shetty appointed as Karnataka’s new Lokayukta. February 1. Anand Kumar Gupta appointed as Director (Commercial) of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). 2. Arun Kumar is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Mines. 3. BJP leader from Chhattisgarh, Nanda Kumar Sai been appointed as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). 4. D. R. Doley Barman is appointed as Director of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad. 5. Edappadi K Palaniswamy appointed as 13th chief minister of Tamil Nadu. 6. Former Nagaland CM T R Zeliang has been appointed as Finance Advisor to state government. 7. Gopal Baglay appointed as External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson. While Ruchi Ghanashyam is appointed as Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). 8. Government appointed Abhay Manohar Sapre as chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. 9. Indian Actress Shilpa Shetty has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of cleanliness initiative Swachh Bharat Mission by Government. 10. Karnal Singh appointed as Director of Enforcement Directorate. 11. Khursheed A Ganai appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Jammu & Kashmir. 12. Ministry of Urban Development appointed Actress Anushka Sharma as ambassador of Swachh Bharat Campaign. 13. Narinder Chauhan appointed as Ambassador of India to Philippines. 14. Neelu Rohmetra appointed as director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. With this, she became first woman to head an IIM. 15. New Secretaries Appointed Ministry of Tourism - N. K. Sinha Ministry of Tribal Affairs - G. Latha Krishna Rao 17. Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey appointed as new President of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) for the year 2017 - 18. 18. PVK Reddy appointed as Director General (Investigation) in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). 19. President Pranab Mukherjee appointed 5 new judges to Supreme Court as per Article 124 of constitution. New judges are Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda, Navin Sinha, Deepak Gupta and S. Abdul Nazeer. Current Strength of SC Judges has now become 28 (max allowed is 31 Judges). 20. Raghvendra Singh appointed as Director General in National Archives of India (Ministry of Culture). 21. Ravi Shankar appointed as India's ambassador to Rwanda. While Renu Pall is appointed as Indian Ambassador to Montenegro.] 22. Sandeep Jajodia was appointed as the new President of industry chamber ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce of India). 23. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava appointed as 25th Director General Border Roads (DGBR). 24. Sanjeev Sanyal appointed as principal economic adviser in department of economic affairs in Finance Ministry. 25. Shürhozelie Liezietsu elected as new Chief Minister of Nagaland. 26. Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed