Category: National Appointments

Max Bupa designates Krishnan Ramachandran as MD & CEO

May 6, 2020

• Max Bupa Health Insurance on 5th May declared the appointment of Krishnan Ramachandran as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
• He will be responsible for driving the company”s next phase of growth.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury again appointed as chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee

May 6, 2020

• Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been again appointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC), the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on 5^th May.

Centre appoints Economic Affairs Secretary as Director RBI Central Board

May 6, 2020

• The Centre has appointed Secretary of Economic Affairs Department Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj as a director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.