List of Appointments in 2021
July 2021
Name of the Person
Amitabh Kant
Apurva Chandra
Justice Ravi Vijaykumar
Malimath
Advocate Kalyan Narayan
Bhattacharya
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Shambhu Nath Srivastava
Satish Agnihotri
Andy Palmer
Sudhanshu Mittal
Nilotpal Gupta
Thawarchand Gehlot
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
Satyadev Narayan Arya
Ramesh Bais
Bandaru Dattatraya
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Neha Parikh
PVSLN Murty
Daren Sammy and Saint
Lucian
Designation
CEO of NITI Aayog
Chairman of Governing Body of the International Labour Organization
(ILO)
Chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
New Lokayukta of Tripura
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA)
MD of National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL)
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of electric vehicle arm Switch Mobility
of Ashok Leyland
President of Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) during the Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
Head of Data Science Unit of ICICI Securities (I-Sec)
Governor of Karnataka
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Governor of Mizoram
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Governor of Goa
Governor of Tripura
Governor of Jharkhand
Governor of Haryana
Brand Ambassador of Khadi Prakritk Paint
CEO of Waze
Chairman and MD of North Eastern Development Finance Corporation
Limited (NEDFi)
Brand Ambassador of Fun88
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Stefan Lofven Prime Minister of Sweden

Pawan Singh Joint Secretary of NRAI (National Rifle Association of India)
Vinay Prakash Resident grievance officer for India by Twitter
Shyam Srinivasan MD and CEO of Federal Bank
Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepal’s Prime Minister
NS Srinivasa Murthy Honorary Consul General of Vietnam for Bangalore
Cleopas Dlamini Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini
Jose Pedro Castillo Terrones President-Elect of the Republic of Peru
Ariel Henry Prime Minister of Haiti
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Deputy leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha
Rasmi Ranjan Das Member of the UN tax committee from 2021-2025
C Vijayakumar MD of HCL Technologies
Nasir Kamal Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
Sanjay Rai ‘Sherpuria’ Brand Ambassador for SDG Choupal
Vice-Chairman of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
M A Yusuff Ali
(ADCCI)
Basavaraj S Bommai New Chief Minister of Karnataka
Najib Mikati New Prime Minister-Designate of Lebanon
Rakesh Asthana Commissioner of Delhi Police
Presidency of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Abdulla Shahid
(UNGA)
Pham Minh Chinh Prime Minister of Vietnam
CEO for India and managing director, market development, for Asia for
Ramesh Nair
Colliers which is the Property consultant company
Noopur Chaturvedi CEO for Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)

June 2021

Name of the Person Designation

Kuldiep Singh Additional charge of DG of National Investigation Agency (NIA)
J B Mohapatra Additional charge of Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)

Nagaraj Adiga
T V Narendran
Isaac Herzog
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh
Justice A K Mishra
Justice Vikramjit Sen
Dr Patrick Amoth
Adar Poonawalla
Abhay Bhutada
Vijay Deshwal
Dr Vinay K Nandicoori
Paresh B Lal
Lt. Gen. Pradeep Chandran
Nair
R S Sodhi
Air Marshal Vivek Ram
Chaudhari
Professor Ajit Mishra
Vishwavir Ahuja
Simone Inzaghi
V Bhoopal Reddy
Ranjitsinh Disale
Hitendra Dave
Sanjeev Sahai
Virendra Nanavati
Abdulla Shahid
Vice Admiral Rajesh
Pendharkar
Anup Chandra Pandey
List of Appointments in 2021
Asia and Oceania Representative in the International Association of
Ultrarunners (IAU) Executive Council for 2021-25
President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2021-22
President of Israel
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Chairman of the Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMRC) by the
Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF)
Chairman of the WHO Executive Board
Chairman of Magma Fincorp
MD of Magma Fincorp
CEO of Magma Fincorp
Director for CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
Grievance Officer for India by WhatsApp
DG of the Assam Rifles
Board of the International Dairy Federation (IDF)
Vice Chief of Air Staff in the Air headquarters
To head the committee to grant technical support and suggestions to fix
minimum wages and national floor minimum wages
Managing Director and CEO of RBL Bank
Coach by Inter Milan for two years
Pro-tem Chairman for the Telangana State Legislative Council
World Bank Education Advisor for the period June 2021 to June 2024
CEO of HSBC India
Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
Member of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Bureau at the
FINA General Congress
President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Director General Naval Operations
Election Commissioner by Union Government for the tenure of 3 years
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Kuwait’s Husain Al-Musallam President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA)

Girish Chandra Chaturvedi Part-time Chairman of ICICI Bank by RBI
Match referee for the World Test Championship Final of Cricket which will
Chris Broad
be held between India and New Zealand
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank by RBI
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India by the Appointment Committee
M K Jain
of Cabinet
Michael Patra, MK Jain, Rabi
Deputy Governors of RBI
Sankar and M Rajeshwar Rao
Secretary-General António UN Chief for the second term beginning 1st Jan 2022 by United Nations
Guterres Security Council
Choguel Kokalla Maiga Transitional PM of Mali
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh 6th President of Mongolia
Spoorthi Priya Grievance Officer for India
M R Kumar Chairman of LIC
Benedetto Vigna CEO of Ferrari
Debbie Hewitt First Chairwoman of England’s Football Association
Ashish Saraf Vice-President and Country Director for India by Thales
Secretary-General of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and
Rebeca Grynspan
Development)
Sanjay Yadav Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Former Justice Arjan Kumar Chair the Grievance Redressal Board which is part of the DPCGC (Digital
Sikri Publisher Content Grievance Council)
Akshay Kumar Brand Ambassador of Biotechnology Firm Mylab Discovery Solutions
Honorary Member of WHO’s Global Air Pollution and Health-Technical
Mukesh Sharma
Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG)
Naftali Bennett 13th Prime Minister of Israel
Satya Nadella Microsoft Corporation appointed CEO Satya Nadella to be their Chairman
Anand Mohan Bajaj Member of the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Yuvraj Singh Brand Ambassador of PUMA Motorsports in India
Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Wide Organisation
Aashish Chandorkar
(WTO)
Antonio Guterres Secretary of United Nations for the 2nd 5-year tenure
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Ebrahim Raisi President of Iran

N Venkatram New member of the Takeover Panel set up by SEBI
High-level advisory group of sustainable and inclusive recovery and growth
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
formed by the World Bank and IMF
Ambassador of Forest Frontline Heroes by the World Wide Fund for
Upasana Kamineni
Nature-India (WWF India)
Brand Ambassador of OnePlus Wearables including the OnePlus Watch and
Jasprit Bumrah
the OnePlus Band
Karim Khan New Chief Prosecutor of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
Member of the Coaches Committee of the International Boxing Association
Dr Tadang Minu
(AIBA)
Justice Munishwar Nath
Acting Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
Bhandari
Laurel Hubbard Weightlifter from New Zealand
First woman from Jammu and Kashmir to be inducted as a fighter pilot in
Mawya Sudan
the Indian Air Force
Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
Dr Pratima Murthy
(NIMHANS)
Manpreet Singh Captain for India’s Men’s Hockey Team for Tokyo Olympics
Rani Rampal Captain for India’s Women’s Hockey Team for Tokyo Olympics
Suresh N Patel Acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India
Karnam Malleswari First Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Sports University
To head the committee set up by International Financial Services Centre
Vandana Aggarwal Authority (IFSCA) to examine best practices in ship financing and leasing
and frame a roadmap to enable these activities from GIFT IFSC
Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for a tenure of
Meenesh Shah
6 months
Praveen Sinha Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Chairperson of task force committee set up to help the government to bring
SD Shibu Lal
major bureaucratic reforms through mission Karmayogi
Jeremy Kessel Grievances Officer for India by Twitter
Manesh Mahatme WhatsApp as the Head of Payments in India
Shambhu Nath Srivastava Chairman of the Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA)
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May 2021

Name of the Person Designation

Niraj Bajaj Chairman of Bajaj Auto
Rahul Bajaj Chairman Emeritus for a tenure of five years by Bajaj Auto
Mahesh Balasubramanian MD of Kotak Mahindra Life insurance Company Limited (KLI)
Vijay Goel CMD of THDC India Ltd
Justice PC Pant Acting Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Tripurari Sharan Chief Secretary of Bihar for a period of two months
T Rabi Sankar 4th Deputy Governor of RBI
P.V. Sindhu and Michelle Li International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 'Believe in Sport' campaign
M K Stalin 23rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
N Rangasamy Chief Minister of Union Territory of Puducherry
RM Sundaram Director of the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR)
Biswa Sarma New Chief Minister of Assam
Ujjwala Singhania 38th National President of FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation)
National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and
Sankar Ghosh
continuing achievements in original research
Bill Nelson 14th Administrator of NASA
Jose J Kattoor Executive Director of RBI
Arun Kumar Singh CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) by the PESB panel
Padmakumar Nair CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd
Yoweri Museveni President of Uganda for the 6th term
UN Humanitarian Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Martin Griffiths
Emergency Relief Coordinator
Raghu Raghuram CEO of VMware
Sumit Dhawan President of VMware
Executive Committee of International Council for Advertising Self-
Manisha Kapoor
Regulation (ICAS)
KP Sharma Oli Prime Minister of Nepal
Head Coach of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team by BCCI (Board of
Ramesh Powar
Control for Cricket in India)
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Gunjan Shah CEO of Bata India

Satoshi Uchida Company Head by Suzuki Motorcycle India
Sushil Chandra Chief Election Commissioner of India
MD and CEO of Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd (SUD
Abhay Tewari
LIFE)
Neera Tanden Senior Advisor to US President Joe Biden
Himanta Biswa Sarma Badminton World Federation (BWF) council for the period 2021-25
Arvind Kumar MD of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL)
Narinder Batra President of International Hockey Federation (FIH)
PR Sreejesh Member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee
Anatole Collinet Makosso Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo
Rajesh Bansal CEO of Reserve Bank of Innovation Hub (RBIH)
David Barnea Head of Israel’s Spy Agency named Mossad
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Acting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
Head the committee constituted by the International Financial Services
Nilesh Shah Centre Authority (IFSCA) to suggest a roadmap to promote Investment
Funds at IFSC
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa First Female Prime Minister of Samoa
Guillermo Lasso Presidency of Ecuador
Andy Jassy Post of CEO for Amazon from 5th July
Penpa Tsering President of Tibetan Government-in-exile
Interim President Bah Ndaw
and Prime Minister Moctar Mali’s interim President
Ouane
B. V. R. Subrahmanyam Secretary for the Department of Commerce
Bashar Hafez al-Assad President of Syria for the fourth term
Squadron LeaderAashritha V
First female flight test engineer in the Indian Air Force
Olety
Jagjit Pavadia President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
Colonel Assimi Goita Interim President of Mali
Laurence Des Cars First Female President of Musee Du Louvre
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April 2021

Name of the Person Designation

Subhash Kumar Chairman and MD of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Mukhmeet S Bhatia DG of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
R K Chhibber Chairman and MD of Jammu and Kashmir Bank
Urjit Patel Additional Director of Britannia Industries
Mallika Srinivasan Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
Heads of the committee set up by the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Dr R K Elangovan, P L N
to review the standards under occupational safety, health and working
Murthy and D K Shami
conditions code, 2020
Eduard Heger Prime Minister of Slovakia
Adil Zainulbhai Chairman of Capacity Building Commission
Virat Kohli Brand Ambassador of Digit Insurance
Amit Chadha MD and CEO of L&T Technology Services
Tarun Bajaj Revenue Secretary under Finance Ministry
Ajay Seth Economic Affairs Secretary
Secretary for Department of Fisheries in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
Jatindra Nath Swain
Husbandry & Dairying
Ali Raza Rizvi Secretary for the Department of Public Enterprises
Gyanesh Kumar Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Anjali Bhawra Secretary in the Department of empowerment of persons with disabilities
Shabir Khandwawala BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit Chief
Vjosa Osmani Sadriu President of Kosovo
Nguyen Xuan Phuc President of Vietnam
Pham Minh Chinh Prime Minister of Vietnam
Dr Chintan Vaishnav Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog
Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou Prime Minister of Niger
Virat Kohli Brand Ambassador of Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd (Vivo)
S Ramann CMD of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Poonam Gupta DG of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
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Sonu Sood Brand Ambassador for Punjab’s Anti-Coronavirus Vaccination Programme

Siddharth Logjam DG of NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency)
Sushil Chandra Chief Election Commissioner of India
Prithvi Shaw Brand Ambassador of SportzXchange
Guillermo Lasso President of Ecuador
Claude Joseph Prime Minister of Haiti
Suresh Raina Brand Ambassador for ‘Elista’
President for Tata Consumer Products (TCP) for India and South Asia
Puneet Das
region
Jeremy Choy Chief Financial Officer of Chinese home appliances giant Midea Group Co.
Murali M Natrajan MD and CEO of DCB Bank
Miguel Diaz Canel President of Cuba
Kim Boo Kyum Prime Minister of South Korea
Washington Sundar and
Brand Ambassadors of Puma India
Devdutt Padikkal
External Auditor of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
CAG G C Murmu
Weapons (OPCW) for a tenure of three years
Atanu Chakraborty Part-Time Chairman of HDFC Bank by RBI for the tenure of three years
1st woman Chairperson of the National Association of Software and
Rekha Menon
Services Companies (NASSCOM)
MD and CEO of National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited
Arun Raste
(NCDEX) by SEBI
Ajay Seth Director of the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Justice Rajesh Bindal Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court by President Ram Nath Kovind
Ravindra Jadeja Brand Ambassador of ASICS, Japanese Sports Brand
Vaishali Hiwase First Woman commanding officer in BRO (Border Roads Organisation)
Amit Banerjee CMD of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
Amar Merani Head of Real Estate strategy for IIFL Asset Management Company
TV Somanathan Finance Secretary
Amitabh Chaudhry MD and CEO of Axis Bank
Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court
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March 2021

Name of the Person Designation

Sharad Goklani President and CTO of AU Small Finance Bank
Matam Venkata Rao MD and CEO of the Central Bank of India
Arun Kumar Singh Chief Secretary of Bihar
Pramod Chandra Mody Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
Vice Admiral Ajendra
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command
Bahadur Singh
Jaideep Bhatnagar Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB)
Kuldeep Singh Additional Charge of DG of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)
Manpreet Vohra India’s High Commissioner to Australia
Mary Kom Chairperson of AIBA Champion and Veterans Committee
Michael Philip Carruth Vice-Chairperson of AIBA Champion and Veterans Committee
Tarun Bajaj Additional charge of Revenue Secretary
Chairman of Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association
G R Chintala
(APRACA)
Assistant Secretary General and Head of the New York office of the United
Ligia Noronha
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Rohit Sharma Brand Ambassador of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Reserve
Naureen Hassan
Bank
Tirath Singh Rawat Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Deepika Padukone Brand Ambassador of Plant-based nutrition brand OZiva
Pallav Mohapatra MD and CEO of Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd (Arcil)
Dr GP Samanta Chief Statistician of India
Union Minister Anurag Thakur Captain in the Territorial Army
Thomas Bach President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Girish Chandra Murmu (CAG
Chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations
of India)
Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on
Deepak Mishra
International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Hardeep Singh Brar National Head of Sales and Marketing for Kia Motors India Ltd
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Union Minister Prahlad Singh Head of the committee which is set up by the Archaeological Survey of
Patel India (ASI) to have the multidisciplinary study of the Sarasvati River
To head the 3 member committee to review medical care arrangements for
Dr SK Singh
the Haridwar Kumbh Mela
To head the committee set up by GOI to execute and monitor the Startup
H K Mittal
India Seed Fund Scheme
Kapil Dev Board Member of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI)
Union Minister Dr Harsh
Chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board
Vardhan
Dr Ajay Mathur Director-General of International Solar Alliance (ISA)
Lt Gen DP Pandey Commander of Kashmir based 15 Corps
M A Ganapathy Director-General of the National Security Guard
Kuldeep Singh Director-General of Central Reserve Police Force
Ajinkya Rahane Brand Ambassador for NeoGrowth Credit Pvt Ltd
Samia Suluhu Hassan First Woman President of Tanzania
Aparna Chennapragada Chief Product Officer of Robinhood
Dattatreya Hosabale General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Arindam Bagchi Official spokesperson of the Union ministry of external affairs
Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherland for the 4th term
Justice NV Ramana Next Chief Justice of India
Dr Vivek Murthy Surgeon General under US President Biden’s administration
Sanjeev Kumar Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)
Atish Chandra Chairman and MD of Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India
Saurabh Garg
(UIDAI)
Anish Shah MD and CEO of Mahindra and Mahindra
Denis Sassou Nguesso President of the Republic of Congo
To head an expert committee to explore the potential of Yoga as a
Dr HR Nagendra
productivity-enhancing tool for the population
Nilam Sawhney Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner
Soma Mondal Chairman of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE)
Pradip Kumar Das Vice-Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE)
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February 2021

Name of the Person Designation

R S Sharma CEO of Ayushman Bharat Scheme
Jay Shah President of Asian Cricket Council
Rama Mohan Rao Amara MD and CEO of SBI Card
Bhavya Lal Acting Chief of Staff of NASA
Henry Moniz First Chief Compliance Officer of Facebook
Rajeev Ranjan Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
Chairman of the board of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services
Anish Shah
(Mahindra Finance)
Andy Jassy CEO of Amazon
Praveen Sinha Interim Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)
Ajay Singh President of Boxing Federation of India (BFI)
Ayesha Aziz India’s Youngest Female Pilot
Chairman of National Safety Council (NSC) by Ministry of Labour and
SN Subrahmanyan
Employment
Sridhar Vembu National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)
Bikram Singh MD of Google Cloud’s Business in India
Michael Bloomberg United Nations Climate Envoy
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala First Female DG of World Trade Organisation (WTO)
To head an expert committee which will review the objections of the
TP Rajendran industry to the proposed ban on 27 pesticides, which are harmful to animals
and humans
Nagraj Kashyap Japan based Softbank Group’s Vision Fund as their Managing Partner
Tomoaki Takeuchi Country Head and MD for Japan by Wipro Limited
Michael Seiger Country Head and MD for Germany and Austria by Wipro Limited
VP Joy Chief Secretary of Kerala
Satishwar Balakrishnan MD and CEO of Aegon Life Insurance
Mario Draghi Prime Minister of Italy
Justice Puligoru Venkata
Chief Justice of Manipur High Court
Sanjay Kumar
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Marc Llistosella MD and CEO of Tata Motors Limited

Karim Khan Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Rashmi Samant President of Oxford Student’s Union
Rana Daggubati Brand Ambassador of CEAT
Ajay Mathur Director-General of International Solar Alliance (ISA)
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund
Preeti Sinha
(UNCDF)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Jean Michel Sama Lukonde
Prime Minister of Congo
Kyenge
Agriculture Ambassador of the Department of Karnataka by the state
Darshan
government
Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Hima Das Deputy Superintendent of Police by Assam Government
Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations
Usha Rao Monari
Development Programme (UNDP)
Seiko Hashimoto Tokyo Olympic President
Chairperson of the United Nations Advisory Committee of the Human
Ajai Malhotra
Rights Council
Mohammad Younes Menfi Interim Head of Presidential Council of Libya
Abdul Hamid Dbeibah Interim Prime Minister of Libya
Chairperson of the governing council of NITI Aayog set up by the Central
PM Narendra Modi
Government
Viruss (Punjabi Singer and Drive the public awareness campaign on cyber frauds by the Reserve Bank
Rapper) of India
Vijay Sampla Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Woochong Um Managing Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Dr A Sakthivel President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
Sachin Tendulkar Brand Ambassador of Unacademy
Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister of Georgia
Mohamed Bazoum President of Niger
Natalia Vodianova Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Dushyant Chautala President of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)
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To head the committee set up by IRDAI to review its information and

Prof Janakiram
security guidelines
Subhash Chandra Khuntia Chairman of IRDAI
Gautam Thakar Global CEO of OLX Autos
Deepika Padukone Brand Ambassador for Levi’s

January 2021

Name of the Person Designation

Soma Mondal Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Suneet Sharma Chairman and CEO of Railway Board
P Ravi Kumar 38th Chief Secretary of Karnataka
K. Sivan ISRO Chairman and Secretary of Department of Space
Umesh Sinha Deputy Election Commissioner in Election Commission of India
Chief Justice of the common High Court of UT of Jammu and
Justice Pankaj Mithal
Kashmir and UT of Ladakh
Sanjay Kapoor President of All India Chess Federation (AICF)
Ashish Pethe Chairman of All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC)
Vice-Chairman of All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council
Saiyam Mehra
(GJC)
Head the committee set up by the central government named as
Ram Vinay Shahi
‘South Asia Group for Energy (SAGE)’
Lt Gen Shantanu Dayal Deputy Chief of Army Staff
Head the Google Cloud in the Asia Pacific. Currently, he heads the
Karan Bajwa
Google Cloud in India
1st Deputy General Secretary of All India Football Federation
Abhishek Yadav
(AIFF)
Alex Ellis British High Commissioner to India
Arup Kumar Goswami Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
J K Maheshwari Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
Hima Kohli Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court
Sudhanshu Dhulia Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
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US President Joe Biden for the post of United State’s Attorney

Judge Merrick Garland
General
To head the academic advisory council committee called ‘College of
N S Viswanathan
Supervisors’ formed by RBI
To head the committee which will work to protect language, cultural
G Kishan Reddy
identity and land of UT Ladakh
Dr Raj Iyer Chief Information Officer of the US Army
Sumona Guha Senior Director for South Asia by US President Joe Biden
Senior Director for Technology and National Security by US
Tarun Chhabra
President Joe Biden
Faustin-Archange Touadera President of the Central African Republic
To head the expert panel which will examine the findings of National
Preeti Pant
Family Health Survey-5
To head the 10 member panel which will look after the
RS Sharma
administration of COVID-19 vaccine
BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for the ICC
Jay Shah
(International Cricket Council) board meetings
Japarov Sadyr Nurgojoevich President of Kyrgyzstan
To head the expert committee called ‘Health Insurance Advisory
Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Committee’ formed by IRDAI
Chairman for the committee setup by RBI to regulate digital lending
Jayant Kumar Dash
frauds
Pet Gelsinger CEO of Intel
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Milind Pant
Vice-Chairs of US-India Business Council (USIBC) for 2021
and Edward Knight
Chairman of Telecomm Equipment and Services Export Promotion
Sandeep Aggarwal
Council (TEPC)
Nazhat Shameem Khan UN Human Rights Council’s President for 2021
PM Narendra Modi Chairman of the Trust which manages Somnath temple in Gujarat
Yoweri Museveni President of Uganda
Vishwavir Ahuja MD and CEO of RBL Bank
Officiating Chairperson of National Company Law Appellate
Justice Bansi Lal Bhat
Tribunal (NCLAT)
Siddhartha Mohanty MD of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation)
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Rajiv Lochan MD of Sundaram Finance Ltd

Chairman and MD of TCIL (Telecommunications Consultants India
Sanjeev Kumar
Ltd)
Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani,
Kiren Rijiju
Siddha and Homeopathy)
India’s next Ambassador to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian
Jayant N Khobragade
Nations) Secretariat
Rishabh Pant Manage commercial interest and marketing rights of JSW Sports
J K Shivan MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Marcelo Rebelo De Sousa President of Portugal for 2nd term
UN to its 2nd term of the high-level advisory board on economic and
Jayati Ghosh
social affairs
Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty Vice-Chief of Army Staff
Swaminathan Janakiraman and
Managing Directors of SBI
Ashwini Kumar Tewari
Kaja Kallas First female Prime Minister of Estonia