Rajiv Bansal appointed as new CMD of Air India
February 15, 2020
Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of national carrier Air India. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.
ISRO: G Narayanan to head space PSU NSIL
February 15, 2020
Veteran space scientist G Narayanan has been appointed the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation’s newly formed commercial entity New Space India Ltd (NSIL).
Atul Kumar Gupta appointed as new ICAI President
February 14, 2020
Atul Kumar Gupta will be appointed as new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) for the year 2020-21. Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria has been elected as the Vice President of the ICAI for 2020-21.
JSW Steel signs cricketer Rishabh Pant as new brand ambassador
February 6, 2020
JSW Steel stated it had signed cricketer Rishabh Pant as its new brand ambassador to advertise its steel products for three years.
Pramod Kumar Singh chosen as wholetime member of pension fund regulator
February 5, 2020
Pramod Kumar Singh has been chosen as wholetime member (law), Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the pension regulator of the country, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
Madan Lal,RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik entitle in BCCI’s three-member Cricket Advisory Committee
February 5, 2020
Retired India cricketers Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik were nominated in Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) three-member Cricket Advisory Committee.
Canara Bank appointed new MD and CEO
February 4, 2020
LV Prabhakar appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Canara Bank. Earlier, Prabhakar was the Executive Director at Punjab National Bank.
Sunil Mehta appointed as CEO of Indian Banks’ Association
January 28, 2020
Sunil Mehta took over as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). He will replace VG Kannan, who resigned from office as chief executive of IBA on December 31, 2019 after being at the helm for three years. Sunil Mehta was heading Punjab National Bank as an MD & CEO.
The term of the CEO of IBA is for the three years while the chairman term is for only one year. Currently, the managing committee of IBA has SBI chief Rajnish Kumar as Chairman year 2019-20 along with three deputy chairmen and honorary secretary.
Ex-IOB Executive Director appointed as CVC panel member
January 25, 2020
The Central Vigilance Commission has appointed A.D.M. Chavali, retired Executive Director of the Indian Overseas Bank, as a member in the Advisory Board for Banking & Financial Frauds. The tenure of Chavali would be up to August 20, 2021. The board is headed by T.M. Bhasin, former Vigilance Commissioner and former Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Indian Bank.
The board, which was constituted last year and renamed earlier this month, is empowered to conduct the first level of examination of the allegations against officials in the rank of general managers and above in public sector banks and other financial institutions, in fraud cases involving more than ₹50 crore.
Its other members of the board are former Urban Development Secretary Madhusudan Prasad, former Director General of the Border Security Force D. K. Pathak and former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Andhra Bank Suresh N. Patel.
Indian Olympic Association appoints Prem Chand Verma as the Deputy Chef de Mission
January 25, 2020
Dr. Prem Chand Verma has been appointed as Chef de Mission by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dr. Verma, is currently appointed as Commissioner, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Union Ministry of Finance.
Dr. Verma who also happens to be the Working President of Table Tennis Federation of India has replaced Rakesh Sharma for this coveted post and would be accompanying the Indian contingent to Japan by the end of July.