I. APPOINTMENTS January to April-2017

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.

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

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).

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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 as Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). 27. Suresh Sharma appointed as Engineer - in - Chief of Indian Army. Besides, Jagbir Singh Cheema appointed as Deputy Chief of Indian Army (Information Systems and Training). 28. Vikas Swarup appointed India’s High Commissioner to Canada. 29. Vikram Limaye appointed as new Managing Director and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE).

March

1. Amrinder Singh of Indian National Congress (INC) has been appointed as Chief Minister of Punjab. 2. B Chandrakala has been appointed as director of Government's Swacch Bharat Mission. She has served as District Magistrate of several districts in Uttar Pradesh. 3. BJP’s N Biren Singh has been appointed as Chief Minister of Manipur. 4. BJP’s Yogi Adityanath sworn in as 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma are sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers. 5. Badminton player Jwala Gutta appointed as member of governing body of Sports Authority of India (SAI). 6. Chittaranjan Sharma appointed as Assam’s Upalokayukta. 7. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge will become next chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). 8. Ghanshyam Singh Appointed as New Member Traction in Railway Board. 9. Hockey India appointed 4 Scientific Advisors SeniorMen - Scott Conway (Australia) Junior Men - Robin Anthony Webster Arkell (South Africa) Senior women - Wayne Patrick Lombard (South Africa) Junior Women - Daniel Barry (Australia) 10. Madhabi Puri Buch appointed as WholeTime Member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). 11. Manhar Valjibhai Zala appointed as Chairperson of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK). 12. Manjeev Singh Puri is appointed as India’s new ambassador to Nepal. While D. Bala Venkatesh Varma is appointed as Ambassador to Andorra. 13. Manohar Parrikar has been appointed as Chief Minister of Goa for his 4th Term. Upon his leaving the charge as Union Defence Minister, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been given additional charge of Defence Ministry. 14. Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Babul Supriyo is named as Vice President of 2017 U17 FIFA World Cup organizing committee. 15. Narendra Kumar appointed as Chairman of Central Water Commission (CWC). 16. New Chief Justices in State High Courts Hemant Gupta - Madhya Pradesh High Court. P K Mohanty - Jharkhand High Court. Navniti Prasad - Kerala High Court. T B Radhakrishnan - Chhattisgarh High Court. Ramalingam Sudhakar - J& K High Court Rajendra Menon Patna - (Bihar) High Court. 17. P K Purwar is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). 18. Pawan Goenka (MD of Mahindra and Mahindra) has been granted second term as Chairman of Board of Governors of IITMadras. 19. Siddhartha Upadhyay has been appointed to governing body of Sports Authority of India. 20. Trivendra Singh Rawat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been appointed as Ninth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. 21. Vanaja N. Sarna has been appointed as Chairman in Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). 22. Randeep Guleria appointed as Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi.

April

1. Ajit Kumar Srivastava and Shabri Bhattasali appointed as members of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). 2. Anthony Lianzuala took over as Controller General of Accounts (CGA) (Ministry of Finance). 3. Aruna Sethi appointed as Chief Adviser (Cost) in Department of Expenditure (Ministry of Finance). 4. B.N.Mohapatra appointed as Financial Commissioner of Railway. 5. Bhimaraya Metri appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy (IIM Tiruchirappalli). 6. David R. Syiemlieh took Office as Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). 7. Devendra Kumar Sharma appointed as Chairman of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) for 3 years. 8. Gita Mittal has been appointed as acting Chief justice of Delhi High Court. 9. Government Appointed Anant Narayan Nanda as Secretary in Department of Posts. 10. Government appointed Girish Shankar as chairman of newly constituted National Board of Electric Mobility (NBEM), that aims to promote electric mobility and manufacturing of electric (and hybrid) vehicles and their components. 11. Government approved one year service extension to Pradeep Kumar Sinha as Cabinet Secretary of India. 12. Indira Banerjee appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court (Tamil Nadu). 13. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. 14. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as Director General of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). 15. Raman Roy appointed as chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18. 16. Retired Supreme Court Judge Shiva Kirti Singh appointed as Chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). 17. Sports Ministry approved appointment of Dave Smith (Australia) as coach in race walking and American Galina P Bukharina (USA) as coach in national 400m and 400m relay teams. 18. Sunaina Singh has been appointed as vice chancellor of Nalanda University (Bihar).

3) INTERNATIONAL: (Government)

January 1. Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tiwari has been appointed as senior fellow of US based think tank Atlantic Council. 2. Tim Barrow appointed as British Ambassador to European Union, after Ivan Rogers Resigned from this post. 3. Antonio Guterres (Portugal) appointed as UN Secretary General. 4. Antonio Tajani (Italy) elected as new President of European Parliament (EP). 5. Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat elected as Chairman of African Union (AU) Commission. 6. Dan Coats appointed as USA's National Intelligence Director. 7. Daniel Ortega appointed as President of Nicaragua for third consecutive term. 8. Donald Trump Appointed as 45th President of United States of America. 9. Five Indian Americans took oath as members of US Congress (Senate and House of Chambers). Kamala Harris sworn-in as Senator from California and 4 Other Indian Americans will serve in House of Chambers Raja Krishnamoorthi, Tulsi Gabbard, RoKhanna and Ami Bera. Besides, Indian American Raj Shah also appointed a a key post Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communication Director and Research director. 10. Indian hockey team captain PR Sreejesh became member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes Committee. 11. Jimmy Adams appointed as new director of West Indies cricket. 12. Jovenel Moise elected as New President of Caribbean Nation Haiti.

13. Mike Pompeo appointed as new Director of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). 14. Nana AkufoAddo appointed as new president of Ghana. 15. Nikki Haley became First Indian - American to be appointed as next USA Ambassador to United Nations. Apart from Nikkei Haley, Several Other Indian Americans have became part of Trump’s administration Ajit Vardaraj - Chairman of Federal Communications Commission Seema Verma - Head of medicare and medicaid Preet Bharara - US attorney for southern District of New York Uttam Dhillon - Special Assistant to President on ethics and compliance matters 16. Pakistan’s former Army chief Raheel Sharif is appointed as head of Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT), a Saudi Arabia led military coalition of 39 nations. It is based in Riyadh and was created in 2005. 17. Praful Patel (President of All India Football Federation) has been appointed as member of FIFA’s Finance Committee for 2017-2021. 18. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth appointed as Prime Minister of Mauritius.

February 1. Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria) appointed as Deputy Secretary General of United Nations (UN). 2. Asian Hockey Federation (Malaysia) appointed India's Abhijit Sarkar as Vice President and Chief of AHF commercial and TV Committee. 3. Cressida Dick became first female to be appointed head of London’s Metropolitan Police Service (known as Scotland Yard). 4. England and wales cricket Board named Joe Root as England’s Test Cricket Captain, after Alastair Cook stepped down from post. 5. Former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson appointed as Secretary of State of USA. 6. France’s JeanPierre Lacroix appointed as Under Secretary General for United Nations peacekeeping operations. 7. Frank Walter Steinmeier elected 12th President of Germany. He will replace Joachim Gauck for this role. 8. Herbert Raymond McMaster appointed as new National Security Advisor of USA. He took this post after Michael Flynn resigned. 9. J S Deepak appointed as India’s Ambassador to World Trade Organisation (WTO). 10. Jeff Sessions appointed as Attorney General of USA. 11. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed elected as new President of Somalia (Africa). 12. Norman Isaac became first Indian to be promoted by International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as Technical Delegate. 13. Pakistan appointed Tehmina Janjua as Foreign Secretary to United Nations (UN). She is first Woman to hold this post. 14. Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos appointed as head coach of India’s Under17 team for FIFA Under17 World Cup to be held in India in October 2017. 15. UN General Assembly reappointed Indian Achamkulangare Gopinathan to Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), only independent external oversight body in UN. 16. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appointed Neil Gaiman (UK) as global Goodwill Ambassador. March 1. Ankur Khanna appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of International Cricket Council (ICC). 2. Carrie Lam became first woman Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. 3. Dan Coats and HR McMaster Appointed as USA's Director of National Intelligence and National Security Adviser respectively. US Government (Led by Prez Donald Trump) also announced its support to India’s full membership in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). 4. David Beasley (USA) has been appointed as as head of Romebased World Food Programme (WFP). 5. European Council reelected Donald Tusk (Poland) as its president for a second term. 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

6. Former Indian Wrestler Kripa Shankar Bishnoi has been appointed as an International Match Referee by United World Wrestling (UWW). 7. Hassan Saleh is appointed as new Prime Minister of Sudan (North Africa). 8. India's Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed to high level group to provide expertise on and coordinate global fight against anti - microbial resistance. 9. IndianAmerican Amul Thapar appointed to a key judicial position on Court of Appeals in USA. 10. IndianAmerican Seema Verma appointed for top health care position in USA. She is second IndianAmerican in USA administration after Nikki Haley (US Ambassador to UN). 11. IndianAmerican Vanita Gupta appointed as President and CEO of USA Based The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Its related organization The Leadership Conference Education Fund. 12. Jon Huntsman appointed as US Ambassador to Russia. 13. Pakistani diplomat Amjad Hussain B Sial appointed as new SecretaryGeneral of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 14. Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani inducted into international advisory board of global thinktank Atlantic Council. 15. Sima Kamil became first woman to head a major commercial bank in Pakistan United Bank Limited (UBL). 16. Upendra Tripathy has been appointed as Interim Director General (IDG) of International Solar Alliance (ISA).

April

1. Achim Steiner has been appointed as new administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2. Aleksandar Vucic is appointed as New President of European Nation Serbia. 3. American Actress and philanthropist Kristin Davis has been appointed as Goodwill Ambassador by UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency). 4. Diplomat Vipul appointed as new consul General of Dubai. 5. Lenin Moreno won 2017 Presidential election of South American Nation Ecuador. 6. RK Pachnanda has been appointed as Director General of ITBP (Indo Tibetan Police Force). 7. Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as India’s new Ambassador and permanent representative to United Nations (UN), succeeding Ajit Kumar. 8. USA appointed Randolph Alles as Chief of Its Secret Service. 9. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appointed Syrian refugee and Olympic athlete Yusra Mardini as a Goodwill Ambassador. 10. Mukta Dutta Tomar has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to Germany.

4) OTHERS: (Private Organisations)

January 1. Bharti AXA General Insurance appointed Sanjeev Srinivasan as CEO and Managing Director. 2. Cab Aggregator service Ola appointed Vishal Kaul as its chief operating officer (COO). 3. Chinese mobile brand Gionee appointed cricketer Virat Kohli and Actress Alia Bhatt as brand ambassadors. 4. German luxury carmaker BMW appointed Vikram Pawah as President of India operations. 5. IT Firm IBM appointed Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of its India business. 6. IT Firm Tata Consultancy Services appointed Rajesh Gopinathan as its chief executive officer (CEO). 7. Indian American Rajiv J Shah named President of USA's Rockefeller Foundation. 8. Kalyan Krishnamurthy appointed as chief executive officer (CEO) of online retailer Flipkart. 9. Natarajan Chandrasekaran appointed as new Chairman of Tata Sons, India’s largest Business House. He was previously Chief Executive Officer and MD OF TCS (Tata Consultancy Sevices). 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

10. Noted E-Commerce Portal Snapdeal appointed Jason Kothari as Chief Strategy & Investment Officer. 11. Rajesh Gopinathan is appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Tata IT Firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). 12. S Padmanabhan appointed as chairman of Tata Power Company, after Cyrus Mistry resigned from post following his ouster from Tata Sons. 13. Tata Motors appointed N Chandrasekaran as its Chairman.

February

1. Adani Group appointed Jennifer Purdie as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its renewable energy business unit in Australia. 2. Arun M Kumar has been appointed as Head of consulting and accounting major KPMG's India operations. 3. Nik Khanna is appointed as Managing Director (MD) of BAE Systems’ India operations. BAE Systems has been recently awarded contract from US Department of Defense to provide 145 M777 ultra light weight howitzers to Indian Army. 4. Noted actor Kabir Bedi appointed as honorary brand ambassador of Sight savers, global Organisation working to prevent avoidable blindness. 5. Software Firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) appointed V. Ramakrishnan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). March

1. Chinese smartphone company OnePlus appointed Actor Amitabh Bachchan as its new brand ambassador for India. 2. Ford Foundation appointed Pradeep Nair as regional director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. 3. Honda Appointed Minoru Kato as Chief for its 2wheelers division in India. 4. Jason Kothari appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Payments Firm Freecharge. 5. William Bill Thomas has been appointed Netherlands based consulting and accounting major KMPG International's global chairman.