ICICI Bank appointed its brokerage business head Anup Bagchi as executive director of the bank and head of retail banking, replacing Rajiv Sabharwal.
Shilpa Kumar...
Senior Indian Revenue Service officer Atulesh Jindal took charge as the new chairman of the CBDT, the controlling body of the Income Tax department.
He...
Syndicate Bank has nominated Jayant Purushottam Gokhale as Part-time Nonofficial Director under Chartered Accountant category on the Board of Directors of the Bank for...
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Himachal Pradesh Cadre, has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the National Disaster Response Force...
Rajiv Gauba, IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre (1982 batch), has taken charge as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development.
A physics graduate from Patna University, he...
The World Bank reappointed Jim Yong Kim to a five-year term as President of the multilateral development lender after the nomination period closed without...
The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Surekha Marandi as Executive Director (ED) consequent to the superannuation of US Paliwal, who retired on December...
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, has been elected as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
He is the third...
Karnal Singh has been appointed as new Director General of Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Karnal Singh is 1984 batch IPS officer of Union Territories cadre.
The post...
Mr. Ovais Sarmad of India has been appointed the Deputy Executive Secretary in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
He is currently...
Government has approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Chairperson, National Authority for Chemicals Weapons Convention to Mr. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava,...
B.S. Bhullar, a 1986-batch IAS officer, has been appointed chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)...
Tata Power has appointed Natarajan Chandrasekaran, as its new chairman and an additional director, effective February 11, 2017.
Chandrasekaran is currently the Chief Executive Officer...
Dilip Rath, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has been appointed Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management-Anand (IRMA).
Rath has been instrumental in promoting...
Mukesh Kumar Surana has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.
He took charge after Nishi Vasudeva, the former CMD, retired.
A mechanical...
Pharma company Abbott India appointed Ambati Venu its new managing director for a term of 5 years effective September 29, 2016.
In February this year,...
Former Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Vice-Chancellor Panjab Singh is appointed as president of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) for a period of...
Manjulla Chellur, chief justice of the Calcutta High Court, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court with effect from August 24.
Ms...
Vikram Chandra has been stepped down from the post of group chief executive officer and executive director at New Delhi Television (NDTV).
He was appointed...
Siddhartha Murarka has been appointed as the Chairman of the Eastern India Regional Council of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
His term...
The United Nations General Assembly elected by acclamation Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia as President of its upcoming 72nd session.
Mr. Lajčák will assume...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced the appointment of India's nominee, Dr. D.J. Pandian, as the Vice-President, Chief Investment Officer of the newly...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today removed Chief Secretary Deepak Singhal.
In his place, Rahul Bhatnagar has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary....
New Zealand’s ruling National Party appointed the experienced Bill English as the country’s new prime minister following the resignation of PM John Key.
State Services...
Hemant Bhargava was appointed Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. He is at present LIC’s Zonal Manager, Delhi.
The Appointments Committee of...
Dr. (Ms.) Mamta Suri took charge as Executive Director, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.
Before joining IBBI, Dr. Suri was...
The ₹6,800-crore turnover Exide Industries has elevated Deputy Managing Director Gautam Chatterjee as Managing Director and CEO.
Chatterjee will replace PK Kataky who will retire...
Rajeev Sharma has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of state-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC).
Sharma succeeds M K Goel who retired on...
U.S. Representative Paul Ryan was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan was first elected speaker in October 2015.
House members voted 239 to...
President of India has appointed new Chief Justices in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Patna and Jharkhand High Courts.
Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan, Judge of...
YES BANK announces the appointment of Amit Sanan as Group President & Country Head for Mid-Corporate Banking.
Amit will be responsible for further developing and...
Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairman Sunil Mittal has been elected as GSMA Chairman for a two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018.
GSMA Chairman...
Ride-hailing service Ola named Vishal Kaul, a PepsiCo veteran, as its chief operating officer (COO) and elevated current COO Pranay Jivrajika as founding partner.
Kaul,...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Jan Beagle of New Zealand as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management.
Ms. Beagle is currently the Deputy Executive Director...
U.K. Sinha will remain Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman till March 1, 2017.
The extension for Mr.Sinha, whose current term was to...
Six banks officials working as General Managers and Executive Directors have been promoted and given new postings.
P V Bharathi and Sanjiv Sharan, General Managers...
Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres is sworn in as the new United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon.
Mr. Guterres, 67, was Prime Minister...
The 40-member Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elected Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey as new President.
It also elected Naveen Gupta as...
Mr. Ashwani Lohani, IRSME has been appointed as Chairman, Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India.
Prior to this...
Ashok Lavasa took over as Secretary, Department of Expenditure in the Finance Ministry.
Ashok Lavasa succeeds Ratan P Watal. The coveted post of Finance Secretary...
Parvez Ahmad will take charge as the next Chairman-cum-Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Bank on October 6.
Parvez Ahmad, who will replace Mushtaq...
Technology giant IBM has appointed Karan Bajwa as new Managing Director of its India operations.
He succeeds Vanitha Narayana, who has been elevated as Chairman...
India and France jointly decided to appoint Mr. Upendra Tripathy, as the Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a...
Huawei has appointed William Zhao as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its India R&D centre.
As the COO, Zhao has complete management responsibility,...
Tata Sons appointed Bain Capital Managing Director Amit Chandra as a non-executive director on its board with immediate effect.
Chandra joined Bain Capital as Managing...
Former Competition Commission of India chairman Ashok Chawla took charge as Non-Executive Chairman of Yes Bank.
Chawla, who has also served as Union Finance Secretary,...
To mark World Oceans Day (8 June), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) named Australian musician Cody Simpson as its first-ever Ocean Advocate to...
The International Monetary Fund board re-elected Managing Director Christine Lagarde to a second five-year term, starting on July 5.
Lagarde, the only candidate nominated for...
Biotechnology company Biocon has appointed Suresh Subramanian as the Head of the company's branded formulations (India) business.
Suresh has over 30 years of experience in...
Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. CMD Sandeep Jajodia has been appointed the new president of industry chamber Assocham.
Balkrishan Goenka, Chairman, Welspun Group and Kiran...
The President has appointed Sunil Arora as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission.
A 1980 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Arora has...
After two years of wait, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) finally saw the new Managing Director and CEO, Mrugank Paranjape, taking charge.
Mrugank Paranjape has joined...
The government granted a one-year extension to Arundhati Bhattacharya as chairman of State Bank of India.
Her current three-year term was to end on October...
Justice Dipak Misra of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), with effect from 4th...
Amul Thapar, an Indian-American legal luminary, has been nominated by US President Donald Trump in powerful US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The United States...
Oriental Bank of Commerce has appointed Jitender Mohan Singh (General Manager) as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank in place of CHSS Mallikarjuna Rao.
Accordingly,...
Government of India has appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, as the new Executive Chairman of the National Legal...
Distinguished scientist KN Vyas was appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the country's premier multi-disciplinary nuclear research centre.
He succeeds Shekar Basu, who...
Social networking giant Facebook has appointed Anand Chandrasekaran for a strategic role for its Messenger app.
Chandrasekaran, who served as the senior director of mobile...
Karnal Singh, a 1984-batch IPS officer, has been granted a two-year fixed tenure as the Enforcement Directorate chief following the Supreme Court’s directions. He...
Union Government has appointed former Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi as new Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Mehrishi, a 1978-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, will...
Veteran cricket administrator Shashank Manohar was elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent Chairman.
The 58-year-old was elected to the post after the ICC Full Council’s...
The Security Council has selected the Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres as next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations...
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Dan Coats as his National Intelligence Director.
The Indiana ex-senator formerly served on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Coats would provide...
SBI Mutual Fund has appointed Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director and chief executive.
Prior to this, Rao was Deputy Managing Director at Sbihandling New...
The Union Cabinet approved the appointment of Sanjeev Sanyal, a former managing director at Deutsche Bank, as the Principal Economic Adviser in the Department...
P V Bharathi, General Manager, Canara Bank, has been elevated as Executive Director.
Bharathi began her banking career in December 1982 as a probationary officer...
Lt General Santosh Kumar Upadhya has been appointed the new commandant of the prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA).
In 1981, he was commissioned to the...
Air Marshal Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle, took the oath of office and secrecy as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The oath was administered by...
David Rasquinha, who is currently Deputy Managing Director of Exim Bank of India, has been appointed as Managing Director of the bank.
This appointment will...
Payments solution provider Paytm has appointed former Citigroup banker Madhur Deora as CFO and Senior Vice President.
Deora will report to Paytm's founder Vijay Shekhar...
Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as Whole Time Member, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi.
Dr. (Ms.) Vijayawargiya will look...
R Shivakumar, Chairman of Kumar Group of companies, Bengaluru, has been appointed as the Chairman of Assocham Karnataka Regional Council.
S Babu, Chairman of Ashwin...
Lt. Gen. A.K. Bhatt is appointed the Army’s next Director General of Military Operations (DGMO).
He replaced Lt. Gen. Singh, who took over command of...
Australia’s first female Chief Justice of the High Court was officially sworn in Canberra.
Susan Kiefel, who replaces outgoing Chief Justice Robert French, is the...
Dr. Manoj Soni, former Vice Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, took the Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, Union Public Service...
Indian scholar and plant physiologist H Deep Saini has been appointed the next Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of Canberra.
Mr Saini, 60, currently...
Bangladesh's Junaid Ahmad has become the World Bank's Country Director for India.
He has replaced Onno Ruhl who served a four-year term in Delhi.
Ahmad was...
