Recent appointments - september to november 2014
1. Deepak Gupta on 23 November 2014 was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He replace Rajni Razdan
2. Giriraj Singh assumed charge as the Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
3. Sutirtha Bhattacharya will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL).
4. Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar was on 14 November 2014 appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. Farhan is the first male ever to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador in the organization’s history.
5. Indian-American Aditi Hardikar was on 11 November 2014 appointed to a key White House position as liaison with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community as well as the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community
6. Former Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer K C Reddy was on 11 November 2014 appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza. Earlier, KC Reddy served as a UN security advisor for Syria.
7. Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran were on 10 November 2014 re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI). Mannan Kumar Mishra was appointed as Chairman and S. Prabakaran as Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India.
8. The Union Government on 3 November 2014 appointed GS Sandhu as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention.
9. Haryana Government was on 10 November 2014 appointed Baldev Raj Mahajan, senior advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court, as Advocate General (AG) with immediate effect
10. An Indian-originated radiographer Dr Fawzia Peer was on 9 November 2014 elected as the president of the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT).
11. Anita Kapur was on 5 November 2014 appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the Income-Tax Department. She succeeded K V Chowdary
12. The Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti on 4 November 2014 was appointed as first woman chief of CERN particle physics research centre.
13. Hasmukh Adhia was appointed as the Union Financial Services Secretary (FSS) on 3 November 2014
14. Rajiv Mehrishi on 31 October 2014 took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance.
15. Lokesh Chandra was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on 27 October 2014
16. Vice President of Zambia Guy Scott on 29 October 2014 was appointed as acting President by the Zambia government.
17. Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar on 28 October 2014 was elected Vice-President (VP) of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Macau.
18. Surya Prakash on 28 October 2014 was appointed as the Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board for a term of three years. He succeeded Mrinal Pande whose term ended on April 2014.
19. Sandeep Saxena was appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tamil Nadu on 27 October 2014. He succeeded Praveen Kumar
20. Jairam Ramesh on 26 October 2014 was designated as the head of Future Earth Engagement Committee, a global research platform panel on sustainable development.
21. Indian-American Anita M Singh on 21 October 2014 was appointed as Chief of Staff and Counselor in the National Security Division (NSD) of the US Justice Department
22. Vanita Gupta, an Indian-American attorney was appointed as temporary head of Department of Justice’s civil rights division (DoJ).
23. The Union Urban Development Ministry on 17 October 2014 appointed PSN Rao as the new Chairman of the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC). Rao succeeds eminent architect Raj Rewal
24. Union Government on 16 October 2014 appointed US-based economist Arvind Subramanian as Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Union Finance Ministry.
25. Gautham Roy on 14 October 2014 was appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL).
26. Khaled Bahah on 13 October 2014 was appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen. He was appointed by the President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi
27. Bollywood actor, director and producer Aamir Khan on 9 October 2014 was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia.
28. Kalpana Morparia on 9 October 2014 was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
29. Pratima Dharm was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University.
30. Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on 1 October 2014 approved the appointment of Cramer Ball as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways.
31. Devendra Fadnavis sworn as the new chief minister of Maharashtra on 28 october.
32. Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana's first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sworn on 26 october.
33. Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was sworn-in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India on 28 September 2014.
34. AIADMK Treasurer O Panneerselvam was sworn-in as Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu on 29 September 2014. He replaced the former AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa.
35. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on 29 september 2014 was sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
36. The Bangladesh government on 28 September 2014 appointed Syed Muazzem Ali as the new Bangladesh High Commissioner to India.
37. Suresh Prabhu on 23 September 2014 was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual Summit 2014. He was selected by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
38. India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma on 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015.
39. Hardeep Singh Puri was appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) on 23 September 2014.
40. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar on 22 September 2014 was appointed as the new head of the Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He will replace Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam
41. US President Barack Obama on 18 September 2014 nominated Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma as the next US Ambassador to India
42. Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW). She was appointed by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Menaka Gandhi on 17 September 2014. She is the eighth chairperson of NCW.
43. Chinese President Xi Jinping on 16 September 2014 appointed Le Yucheng as China's new Ambassador to India. Le Yucheng replaced Wei Wei
44. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 September 2014 appointed former McKinsey India Chairman Adil Zainulbhai as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI).
45. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was appointed as United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.
46. The International Economic Association (IEA) on 16 September 2014 appointed Kaushik Basu as president-elect of the association beginning September 2014.
47. Indian-origin Antara Haldar on 15 September 2014 became first non-European law lecturer at Cambridge University.
48. Meghalaya Governor, Dr. Krishan Kant Paul was sworn–in as the Governor of Manipur on 15 September 2014
49. Narendra Ambwani on 12 September 2014 elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
50. Senior IAS officer Subhash Chandra Garg was appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of World Bank on 10 September 2014.
51. Chandrakala Padia was on 4 September 2014 appointed as first women chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).
52. Ravindra Nath on 4 September 2014 assumed the charge of Chairman and Managing director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC).
53. Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the new Governor of Kerala on 3 September 2014.
54. Union Government on 29 August 2014 appointed chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) RN Ravi as Naga interlocutor. He will be the government of India’s representative in Naga peace talks.
55. Tata Motors Limited on 29 September 2014 appointed Mayank Pareek as president of Passenger Vehicle Division.
56. President Pranab Mukherjee on 30 September 2014 authorised Vigilance
Commissioner Rajiv to act as chief of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.
57. John Key reelected as PM of new zealand.
Recent appointments - september to november 2014
1. Deepak Gupta on 23 November 2014 was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He replace Rajni Razdan
2. Giriraj Singh assumed charge as the Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
3. Sutirtha Bhattacharya will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL).
4. Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar was on 14 November 2014 appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. Farhan is the first male ever to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador in the organization’s history.
5. Indian-American Aditi Hardikar was on 11 November 2014 appointed to a key White House position as liaison with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community as well as the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community
6. Former Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer K C Reddy was on 11 November 2014 appointed as the member of United Nations (UN) probe panel on Gaza. Earlier, KC Reddy served as a UN security advisor for Syria.
7. Mannan Kumar Mishra and S. Prabakaran were on 10 November 2014 re-elected to the Bar Council of India (BCI). Mannan Kumar Mishra was appointed as Chairman and S. Prabakaran as Co-Chairman of Bar Council of India.
8. The Union Government on 3 November 2014 appointed GS Sandhu as Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention.
9. Haryana Government was on 10 November 2014 appointed Baldev Raj Mahajan, senior advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court, as Advocate General (AG) with immediate effect
10. An Indian-originated radiographer Dr Fawzia Peer was on 9 November 2014 elected as the president of the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT).
11. Anita Kapur was on 5 November 2014 appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the Income-Tax Department. She succeeded K V Chowdary
12. The Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti on 4 November 2014 was appointed as first woman chief of CERN particle physics research centre.
13. Hasmukh Adhia was appointed as the Union Financial Services Secretary (FSS) on 3 November 2014
14. Rajiv Mehrishi on 31 October 2014 took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance.
15. Lokesh Chandra was appointed as chairman of India Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) on 27 October 2014
16. Vice President of Zambia Guy Scott on 29 October 2014 was appointed as acting President by the Zambia government.
17. Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar on 28 October 2014 was elected Vice-President (VP) of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Macau.
18. Surya Prakash on 28 October 2014 was appointed as the Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board for a term of three years. He succeeded Mrinal Pande whose term ended on April 2014.
19. Sandeep Saxena was appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tamil Nadu on 27 October 2014. He succeeded Praveen Kumar
20. Jairam Ramesh on 26 October 2014 was designated as the head of Future Earth Engagement Committee, a global research platform panel on sustainable development.
21. Indian-American Anita M Singh on 21 October 2014 was appointed as Chief of Staff and Counselor in the National Security Division (NSD) of the US Justice Department
22. Vanita Gupta, an Indian-American attorney was appointed as temporary head of Department of Justice’s civil rights division (DoJ).
23. The Union Urban Development Ministry on 17 October 2014 appointed PSN Rao as the new Chairman of the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC). Rao succeeds eminent architect Raj Rewal
24. Union Government on 16 October 2014 appointed US-based economist Arvind Subramanian as Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Union Finance Ministry.
25. Gautham Roy on 14 October 2014 was appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL).
26. Khaled Bahah on 13 October 2014 was appointed as Prime Minister of Yemen. He was appointed by the President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi
27. Bollywood actor, director and producer Aamir Khan on 9 October 2014 was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia.
28. Kalpana Morparia on 9 October 2014 was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
29. Pratima Dharm was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University.
30. Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on 1 October 2014 approved the appointment of Cramer Ball as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways.
31. Devendra Fadnavis sworn as the new chief minister of Maharashtra on 28 october.
32. Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana's first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sworn on 26 october.
33. Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was sworn-in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India on 28 September 2014.
34. AIADMK Treasurer O Panneerselvam was sworn-in as Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu on 29 September 2014. He replaced the former AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa.
35. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on 29 september 2014 was sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
36. The Bangladesh government on 28 September 2014 appointed Syed Muazzem Ali as the new Bangladesh High Commissioner to India.
37. Suresh Prabhu on 23 September 2014 was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the Group of 20 annual Summit 2014. He was selected by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
38. India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma on 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015.
39. Hardeep Singh Puri was appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) on 23 September 2014.
40. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar on 22 September 2014 was appointed as the new head of the Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He will replace Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam
41. US President Barack Obama on 18 September 2014 nominated Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma as the next US Ambassador to India
42. Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW). She was appointed by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Menaka Gandhi on 17 September 2014. She is the eighth chairperson of NCW.
43. Chinese President Xi Jinping on 16 September 2014 appointed Le Yucheng as China's new Ambassador to India. Le Yucheng replaced Wei Wei
44. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 September 2014 appointed former McKinsey India Chairman Adil Zainulbhai as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI).
45. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was appointed as United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.
46. The International Economic Association (IEA) on 16 September 2014 appointed Kaushik Basu as president-elect of the association beginning September 2014.
47. Indian-origin Antara Haldar on 15 September 2014 became first non-European law lecturer at Cambridge University.
48. Meghalaya Governor, Dr. Krishan Kant Paul was sworn–in as the Governor of Manipur on 15 September 2014
49. Narendra Ambwani on 12 September 2014 elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
50. Senior IAS officer Subhash Chandra Garg was appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of World Bank on 10 September 2014.
51. Chandrakala Padia was on 4 September 2014 appointed as first women chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).
52. Ravindra Nath on 4 September 2014 assumed the charge of Chairman and Managing director (CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC).
53. Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the new Governor of Kerala on 3 September 2014.
54. Union Government on 29 August 2014 appointed chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) RN Ravi as Naga interlocutor. He will be the government of India’s representative in Naga peace talks.
55. Tata Motors Limited on 29 September 2014 appointed Mayank Pareek as president of Passenger Vehicle Division.
56. President Pranab Mukherjee on 30 September 2014 authorised Vigilance
Commissioner Rajiv to act as chief of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.
57. John Key reelected as PM of new zealand.
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