Snapdeal has appointed former Housing.com CEO Jason Kothari as its Chief Strategy & Investment Officer.
In the new role, Mr. Kothari’s “duties will include leading strategy;...
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...
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) appointed Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla as the new chairman of Board of Governors at...
China has appointed Lieutenant Admiral Shen Jinlong as new naval chief.
In 2014, Shen led several Chinese warships at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)...
G Kalyanakrishnan has taken over as Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad.
He succeeds N Saibaba, who has retired on completion of two...
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...
The new directors of 10 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been appointed by the government.
Professor G Raghuram will be the Director of IIM—...
Raman Roy has been appointed as the chairman of The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) for 2017-2018.
Roy, Chairman and Managing Director...
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...
Flipkart Group company Myntra appointed the Manohar Kamath as head of Myntra Fashion Brands (MFB).
A seasoned leader in the fashion and retail industry with...
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...
Jagdish Mukhi (of BJP) assumed office as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
He was administered the oath...
Zee Entertainment has appointed Punit Misra as Chief Executive Officer for its domestic broadcast business.
His appointment is with effect from October 1, and Misra...
Dr Vivek Bhandari, former Director of the Institute of Rural Management-Anand (IRMA), has taken over as the new President of the Indian Institute of...
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...
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...
The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended nine candidates for the post of Executive Directors in various public sector banks.
The selected officers are Fareed Ahmed,...
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...
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...
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...
SEBI has approved the appointment of TS Krishnamurthy as Chairman of Central Depository Services. He takes over charge from N Rangachary, who chaired the...
Madhusudan Sahoo was appointed as chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.
Sahoo is presently member of Competition Commission of India.
The Appointments Committee of...
The Centre has swapped the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of state-owned Indian Bank and IDBI Bank.
Mahesh Kumar Jain, who was Managing Director & CEO...
The Board of Directors have appointed Natarajan Chandrasekaran as Additional Director and Chairman of the board with immediate effect.
He will be the first non-Parsi...
The Reserve Bank has appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as Executive Director following G Mahalingam’s taking voluntary retirement from the central bank.
Rao will look...
VIP Industries appointed its Chairman Dilip G Piramal as the Managing Director of the company for two years with effect from March 25.
Piramal succeeds...
N Purnachandra Rao has been appointed as the Director, National Centre for Earch Sciences Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram.
A chief scientist at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research...
Former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected Germany's new president.
Steinmeier is the 12th person to hold this ceremonial post.
He won 931 of the...
Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (MHPEL) has appointed Ameer Aggarwal as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Aggarwal, who has had stints with Wipro, 3M,...
Flipkart has appointed Kalyan Krishnamurthy as the new chief executive to run the operations of India’s largest online retailer.
Mr. Krishnamurthy, who joined Flipkart in...
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...
Star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission.
Saina has received a letter to the...
Ms. D. R. Doley Barman, IPS (JK:86), presently working as Director, North East Police Academy (NEPA), Shillong, Meghalaya, has been appointed as Director, Sardar...
The Centre has appointed Mohammad Mustafa, a 1995 batch IAS officer, as Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
Prior...
Rear Admiral Vennam Srinivas, NM has assumed the duties of Flag Officer Submarines from Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru.
Rear Adm Srinivas was commissioned on 01...
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...
The WTO General Council, on 7 April 2017, noted the consensus on a slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies.
Regular bodies
Trade Policy Review...
HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, announced the appointment of C Vijayakumar as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the...
Former CMD of Exim Bank TCA Ranganathan has been appointed as Chairman of Indian Overseas Bank.
Sunil Mehta has been appointed as non-executive chairman of...
The Union Cabinet approved the appointment of Sanjeev Sanyal, a former managing director at Deutsche Bank, as the Principal Economic Adviser in the Department...
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:
i. Shri Rabindra Panwar, IAS (BH:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary,...
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...
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has been inducted into the international advisory board of global think-tank The Atlantic Council.
Other global business leaders include Thomas...
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...
Tata Motors Ltd has appointed former Airbus Group (AIR.PA) executive Guenter Butschek as its new chief executive.
Butschek, who will start his new job by...
Government has appointed four nominees to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
M S Sahoo took charge as IBBI Chairperson.
Four government nominees have...
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 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...
Ashish Vohra has been appointed as the head of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance.
Nippon Life Insurance, one of the largest life insurance companies in the...
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...
Liquor maker United Spirits appoints John Thomas Kennedy as director of the company.
The board of the company has passed a resolution to appoint John...
Satya Prasad Tucker, Special Chief Secretary, Planning, assumed charge as the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.
He succeeds IYR Krishna Rao, who retired on January...
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...
President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed five new Judges to the Supreme Court of India.
Following have been appointed to the Apex Court by the President:
Rajasthan High...
A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by the Islamic State terrorists, has been appointed as a UN Ambassador.
Nadia Murad Basee Taha,...
D N Narasimha Raju has taken oath as Karnataka Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
Narasimha Raju, a 1984 batch IAS officer, had retired in April. He...
Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prashad sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.
Governor Najma Heptullah administered the oath of office and...
Dr. Sharad Kumar Jain has assumed the additional charge of Director General, National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development...
Tata Sons has appointed Saurabh Agrawal as the group Chief Financial Officer.
Agrawal is an investment banker and was Head of Strategy at the Aditya...
Shri B.N.Mohapatra has been appointed as the new Financial Commissioner (FC) (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India and has taken over...
President Donald Trump has tapped Indian-American Vishal Amin as his new ‘IP czar’ to coordinate US law-enforcement strategy around copyright, patents and trademarks.
Amin has...
Indian-American Vanita Gupta has been appointed as president and CEO of ‘The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’, becoming the first woman to...
Transportation app Ola has appointed Shalabh Seth as the chief executive officer of Ola Fleet Technologies.
Seth will drive supply growth through leasing and other...
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,...
An IAS officer of 1976 batch, Rajen Habib Khwaja has appointed as the Director General of the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
Established in...
Deepak Hiramath has been elected president of Delhi Advertising Club (DAC) for the year 2016-17.
13-member committee have been set up to run DAC.
Raman Kumar...
France's Jean-Pierre Lacroix has been appointed the head of the UN peacekeeping for a year.
He will replace Herve Ladsous who steps down in March after...
Former Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Panneerselvam was sworn in as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu after AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa's death.
He...
The government has appointed Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre of the Supreme Court as chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. He was nominated for the...
Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank, succeeding Raghuram Rajan whose tenure ended on September 4.
Patel has assumed charge...
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) MD Punit Goenka has been elected as the president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF).
He will replace Star India...
