The Ministry of External Affairs declared that the Senior diplomat Sanjay Kumar Panda will be India’s Ambassador to Turkey. He will take over Sanjay Bhattacharya. Sanjay Kumar Panda is a 1991 Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently Consul General, Consulate General of India, San Francisco.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) has become Sunil Joshi as the new chairman of the national selection panel. The CAC including Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik will review the panel’s performance after one year and make recommendations accordingly.
Sudhanshu Pandey has taken additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation (MMTC) Ltd. He is currently serving as Additional Secretary at the Department of Commerce. He was the successor of Ved Prakash.
Ajay Tyagi will carry on to be the head of India’s capital and commodities markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for another six months.
The Fortum CEO will replace Rajeev Suri. Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri will resign in September and is to be taken over by Pekka Lundmark, until now the CEO of energy group Fortum . Suri resigned after more than a decade in charge of Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, the company stated.
Hydropower giant National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) declared the appointment of Abhay Kumar Singh as the company’s Chairman & Managing Director. He will take the place of Ratish Kumar.
Rajlaxmi Singh Deo has been re-elected as the president of the Rowing Federation of India (RFI). The presidential elections of the Rowing Federation of India were carried out under the observation of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)’s K Govindraj.
The appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as managing director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank has been appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The appointment has been made for a period of three years. Gurbaxani is presently working with Axis Bank.
Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Amarjeet Sinha and Bhaskar Khulbe have been selected as the Advisers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Sanjay Kothari has been selected by a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner. He was currently serving as the Secretary to the President.