Category: National Appointments

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.

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.

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.

Parag Raja elected as new MD and CEO of Bharti AXA Life Insurance

April 10, 2020

• Parag Raja has been elected as the new Md & CEO of Bharti Axa Life Insurance. He will be replacing Vikas Seth. Prior to this appointment, Raja was the Chief Distribution Officer at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI)

Anamika Roy Rashtrawar appointed as MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio

April 10, 2020

• Anamika Roy Rashtrawar has appointed as MD and CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance from March 27.
• Earlier to this elevation, Rashtrawar was a whole-time director with the private general insurer, which she had started in June 2018.
• IFFCO Tokio General Insurance is a 51:49 joint venture between IFFCO and Tokio Marine Group.

Tenure of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh as TDSAT chairman extended

April 7, 2020

• Justice of India has extended the tenure of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh as chairman of Telecom disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal(TDSAT).
• The bench that extended the tenure of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh consisted of Chief Justice of India(CJI) Justice SA Bobde, Justice Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Kishan Kaul.

Dilip Kumar Patel appointed as new Director HR of NTPC

April 3, 2020

• Dilip Kumar Patel has been appointed as Director Human Resource of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.

L. Duraiswamy designated as new MD of Sundaram Home Finance

April 2, 2020

• Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy has designated as the new Managing Director of the Sundaram Home Finance.
• He has taken place of Srinivas Acharya who was serving as the Managing Director of Sundaram Home Finance since 2010.

Paytm Money CEO Pravin Jadhav retires

April 1, 2020

• The MD & CEO of Paytm Money Pravin Jadhav has retired.
• Jadhav was involved with Paytm Money since June 2017 as its first member and saw its rise to 40 million users.

B.P. Kanungo reappointed as Deputy Governor of RBI for another year

March 29, 2020

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has given approval to an extension of tenure of RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Deputy Governor, Bibhu Prasad Kanungo for another year up to April 3, 2021.