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Category: National Appointments

SK Gupta and KM Prasad appointed as new members of CBDT board

March 28, 2020
CBDT
  • The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has given approval to the appointment of two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers Krishan Mohan Prasad and Satish Kumar Gupta as members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Board.

Iqbal Singh Bains selected as Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary

March 26, 2020
Iqbal Singh Bains
  • Iqbal Singh Bains was designated as Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Secretary by the newly-sworn Chief Minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the state.
  • He was the replacement of CS M Gopal Reddy.

Sameer Aggarwal selected as CEO of Walmart India

March 25, 2020
Sameer Aggarwal
  • Sameer Aggarwal has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walmart India. He will take over as CEO from Krish Iyer.
  • Walmart India is presently operating 28 Best Price cash-and-carry stores in India.

IRDAI sets up 16-member panel on governance at insurers led by Pravin Kutumbe

March 22, 2020
IRDAI
  • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) instituted a 16-member committee headed by Pravin Kutumbe to further strengthen its guidelines on corporate governance.
  • The committee consists of a head, six members from the insurance regulator besides members from the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India along with other industry partakers.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath resigns

March 20, 2020
Kamal Nath
  • Kamal Nath has stepped down as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He has resigned ahead of the floor test which was scheduled to be held on 20th March 2020 in the state assembly.
  • He will submit his resignation to Lal Ji Tandon, governor of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Kamal Nath sworn-in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh after winning the state Assembly polls held in 2018.

Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Member of Rajya Sabha

March 20, 2020
Ranjan Gogoi
  • Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took oath appointed as member of Rajya Sabha.
  • He was nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
  • His nomination was made to fill in the vacancy created after the retirement of KTS Tulsi.

Arundhati Bhattacharya steps down from Crisil board

March 19, 2020
Arundhati Bhattacharya
  • Arundhati Bhattacharya has given her resignation from Crisil board. She was serving as the independent director of the Crisil.
  • Her resignation will be effective on April 15, 2020. She has submitted her resignation as she will be joining as a Chairperson and CEO for the India operations of Salesforce, USA.

Ravinder singh Dhillon appointed as new CMD of PFC

March 18, 2020
Ravinder Singh Dhillon
  • Ravinder Singh Dhillon has been selected as the Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
  • He is presently serving as a Director (Projects, Public Grievance) in Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Limited.

Bajaj Auto reappoints Rajiv Bajaj as its MD & CEO

March 18, 2020
Rajiv Bajaj
  • Rajiv Bajaj has been reappointed as MD & CEO of Bajaj Auto.
  • The announcement was done after the board meeting of the Bajaj Auto.
  • Gita Piramal has been appointed as the independent director of Bajaj Auto.

Karan Bajwa becomes new MD of Google Cloud India

March 18, 2020
Karan Bajwa
  • Google Cloud India has selected Karan Bajwa as its new Managing Director.
  • Karan Bajwa will manage various operations for Google Cloud’s extensive solution portfolio such as Google Cloud Platform and G Suite.
  • He has earlier worked as the Managing Director of IBM for India and South Asia.