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Karnataka Bank reappoint Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for 3 yrs

April 12, 2020

Karnataka Bank has got Reserve Bank of India nod for reappointment of Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for the next 3 years.
Mahabaleshwara accepted the charge as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank on April 12, 2017, and has over 29 years of banking experience both at administrative and operational levels.

IMF chief names Raghuram Rajan in her External Advisory Group

April 13, 2020

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been selected to a 12-member advisory group to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

Birupaksha Mishra appointed as director at Union Bank of India

April 14, 2020

Birupaksha Mishra becomes Executive Director of Union Bank of India, after its amalgamation with Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank.
Prior to this, Birupaksha Mishra was Executive Director at Corporation Bank.

Ajay Mahajan appointed MD & CEO of Care Ratings

April 16, 2020

CARE Ratings on 15^th April declare Ajay Mahajan has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the company for five years commencing from April 15, 2020.
Mahajan began his career with Bank of America in 1990 and went on to become MD & Country Head of Global Markets Group.

BSNL, SBI tie-up to begin UPI-based payment platform Bharat InstaPay

April 16, 2020

State-owned BSNL in tie-up with State Bank of India started a UPI-based payment platform, Bharat InstaPay.
According to BSNL officials, the new payment facility developed by the company will enable its partners, especially prepaid sellers, to purchase service immediately for sale.

PK Purwar appointed as new CMD of MTNL

April 17, 2020

Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) PK Purwar has been given additional charge of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited(MTNL).

Kapil Dev Tripathi appointed new Secretary to President of India

April 21, 2020

1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya Cadre, Kapil Dev tripathi has been elected a new Secretary to President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.

Huawei India appoints David Li as new CEO

April 22, 2020

Huawei India has appointed David Li as the new Chief executive Officer. He will be replacing Jay Chen

Sanjay Kothari appointed as new Central vigilance commissioner of India

April 25, 2020

Sanjay Kothari who has served as secretary to the president of India, has been appointed as new Central vigilance Commissioner of India by the high level committee headed by the Prime Minister of India ,Narendra Modi.

HUDCO has appointed Shiv Das Meena as new CMD

April 29, 2020

Housing and Urban Development Corporation(HUDCO)has appointed Shiv Das Meena as the new CMD. He is an IAS officer from 1989 batch from Tamil Nadu.

Deepak Mittal and Piyush Srivastava appointed ambassadors of India

April 30, 2020

India has appointed Deepak Mittal as ambassador to Qatar.
India has appointed Piyush Srivastava as ambassador to Bahrain.

Suresh N Patel appointed new Vigilance Commissioner of India

April 30, 2020

- Eminent banker Suresh N Patel has been appointed as the New Vigilance Commissioner of India. He was administered the oath of office by Central Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari through video conference.
- He has over three decades of banking experience, and has also worked as the executive director in Oriental Bank of Commerce, before taking over as the Managing Director and CEO of Andhra Bank in 2015.

Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) appoints Rajiv Kumar as new Chief

April 30, 2020

1984 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) .
He will succeed the incumbent Kapil Dev Tripathi, a 1980 batch retired Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS official.

T. S. Tirumurti appointed as ambassador of India to UN

April 30, 2020

Government of India (GoI) has appointed T. S. Tirumurti as India’s ambassador to United Nations Organization(UN). He will be replacing Sayyad Akbaruddin.

Shikha Sharma appointed as the new advisor of Google Pay India.

May 1, 2020

One of the leading payments platform Google pay has appointed Shikha Sharma as advisor to the Google Pay India. Google pay is a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) based platform for online transactions.

Tarun Bajaj is the new economic affairs secretary

May 1, 2020

1988 batch IAS officer and former additional secretary in Prime Minister’s office, Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as economic affairs secretary.
He will succeed Atanu Chakraborty who retired on April 30, 2020.

Ajay Tirkey appointed as Secretary of Women and child development ministry.

May 1, 2020

1987 batch IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, Ajay Tirkey has been appointed as secretary of Women and Child development Ministry.

Giridhar Aramane appointed as secretary to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

May 2, 2020

1988 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh, Giridhar Aramane has been appointed as secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and HIghways. Proir to this he was serving as additional secretary in the cabinet secretariat.
He has replaced Sanjeev Ranjan who has been appointed as secretary in the Ministry of Shipping.

Arvind Kumar Sharma appointed as secretary to MSME ministry.

May 2, 2020

1988 batch IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma has been appointed as secretary to Micro, Small, and Medium enterprises.(MSMEs).
Prior to this he was serving as Additional Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office.

Neeraj Dhawan appointed as Chief Risk Officer of Yes Bank

May 3, 2020

Neeraj Dhawan has been appointed as Chief Risk Officer of the Yes Bank for a period of 3 years with immediate effect. He will replace Ashish Agarwal, the current CRO of Yes Bank.

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