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Table of Contents
BANKS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
BANKING TERMINOLOGIES ..................................................................................................................................... 7
INDIAN STATES .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
OTHER COUNTRIES ................................................................................................................................................... 8
MINISTRY .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 11

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BANKS
Banks MD & CEO /Chairman Headquarters & Tagline
Establishment
International

World Bank President- Ajay Banga Headquarters- Wash

ington, DC, the United
States of America
(USA)
Established- 1944

Asian Development President– Headquarters–

Bank Masatsugu Asakawa Mandaluyong City,
Manila, Philippines
Members– 68
members (49 from
the region)

National

Reserve Bank Governor: Shaktikanta Headquarter: Mumb

of India(RBI) Das(25th Governor of ai, Maharashtra
RBI) Established: 1 April,
1935

Bank of Managing Director Headquarters- Pune, Ek Parivar, Ek Bank

Maharashtra(BoM) (MD) and Chief Maharashtra (One family One Bank)
Executive Officer Established in- 1935
(CEO) – Nidhu Saxena
Capital Small Finance Managing Director and Headquarters –
Bank Limited(CSFB) Chief Executive Officer Jalandhar, Punjab
(MD & CEO) – Sarvjit Established – April
Singh Samra 24, 2016

Dhanlaxmi Bank MD & CEO– Ajith Kumar Headquarters

Limited KK – Thrissur, Kerala
Incorporated- 1927

DBS Bank Ltd Chief Executive Officer Headquarters- Marin Live more, Bank less
(CEO)– Piyush Gupta a Bay Financial
Centre, Singapore
Established in- 1968
Federal Bank Limited Managing Director (MD) Headquarters– Your Perfect Banking
& Chief Executive Officer Aluva, Kerala Partner
(CEO)- Shyam It was incorporated
Srinivasan on April 23,

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 1931. The Bank
was renamed as
The Federal Bank
Limited in
December 1949.

HDFC Bank Limited Managing Director Headquarters– We understand your

(MD) & Chief Executive Mumbai, Maharashtra world
Officer (CEO)–
Sashidhar Jagdishan
ICICI Bank Ltd. MD & CEO– Sandeep Headquarters– Hum Hai Na, Khayal
Bakhshi Mumbai, Maharashtra Apka
Founded in 1994
India Post Payments Managing Director and Headquarters – New Aapka Bank Aapke Dwar
Bank (IPPB) Chief Executive Officer Delhi, Delhi
(MD & CEO) – R. Established in
Viswesvaran – 2018

Karnataka Bank MD and Headquarters- Mang Your Family Bank

Limited (KBL) CEO- Srikrishnan Hari aluru, Karnataka Across India
Hara Sarma Established – 1924

Punjab & Sind Bank Managing Director and Headquarters – New Where Service is a way
(PSB) Chief Executive Officer Delhi, Delhi of life
(MD & CEO) – Swarup Established – 1908
Kumar Saha

State Bank Chairman– Dinesh Headquarters- Mum “The Banker to Every

of India(SBI) Kumar Khara bai, Maharashtra Indian”

SBM Bank (India) Managing Director and Headquarters It is the first bank to
Chief Executive Officer – Mumbai, receive universal
(MD & CEO) – Ashish Maharashtra banking license from
Vijayakar Founded in- 1st RBI to set up and
December 2018 operate as Scheduled
Commercial Bank under
Wholly Owned
Subsidiary (WOS) mode
offering banking
services in India.
Karnataka Vikas Chairman- Shreekant M Headquarters- Dhar Formed- 12th
Grameena Bank(KVGB) Bhandiwad wad, Karnataka September, 2005

Bank of Baroda (BoB) Managing Director and Headquarters India’s International

Chief Executive Officer – Vadodara, Gujarat Bank

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 (MD & CEO) – Debadatta Established – July 20,
Chand 1908

BANKING TERMINOLOGIES
EARCL Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited
CSFB Capital Small Finance Bank Limited
SRO-FT Self-Regulatory Organisations in the Financial Technology
SPECTRA Software Platform for ECBs and Trade Credits Reporting and Approval
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
AIBEA All India Bank Employees’ Association
OBPP Online Bond Platform Providers
IIFCL India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd
FDSRL Financial Disincentives For Surveillance Related Lapses
IPEF Investor Protection and Education Fund
CKYCRR Central KYC Records Registry
NPCI National Payments Corporation of India
NCMC National Common Mobility Card
MOAMC Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Limited
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer
USBL Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited

INDIAN STATES
State Capital Chief Minister Governor Key Notes

Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu Lt Gen (Retd) Wildlife Sanctuaries–

Pradesh Kaiwalya Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary
Trivikram Parnaik and Pakke Wildlife
Sanctuary
Zoological Park– Itanagar
Zoological Park and Roing
Zoo

Assam Dispur Himanta Biswa Gulab Chand Wildlife Sanctuaries

Sarma Kataria – Bherjan Bokajan Padumo
ni Wildlife Sanctuary, East
Karbi Anglong Wildlife
Sanctuary
Tiger Reserves
– Kaziranga Tiger Reserve,
Orang Tiger Reserve
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Rajendra National Park- Valmiki
Vishwanath National Park

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 Arlekar

Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Lakshman Prasad National Park

Tamang Acharya – Khangchendzonga
National Park
Wildlife Sanctuaries
– Maenam Wildlife
Sanctuary, Kyongnosla
Alpine Sanctuary
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel National Park- Dudhwa
National Park,
Wildlife
Sanctuaries- Chandraprab
ha Wildlife Sanctuary

OTHER COUNTRIES
Country Capital Prime Minister / Currency Key Notes
President

Bangladesh Dhaka Prime Minister(PM) Bangladeshi Taka

– H.E.Sheikh Hasina
Denmark Copenhagen Prime Danish Krone
Minister- Mette Frederi
ksen

Dominican Santo President– Luis Dominican Peso

Republic Domingo Abinader
Gambia Banjul President- Adama Gambian Dalasi
Barrow (GMD)

Iceland Reykjavík Prime Minister (PM) – Icelandic Króna

Bjarni Benediktsson (IKR)

Italy Rome Prime Minister the Euro

(PM)- Giorgia Meloni
Japan Tokyo Prime Minister Japanese Yen
(PM)– Fumio Kishida (JPY)
Mexico Mexico city President- Andrés Mexican Peso
Manuel López Obrador (MXN)
Netherlands Amsterdam Prime Minister (PM) Euro (EUR)
– Mark Rutte

Pakistan Islamabad President– Asif Ali Pakistani Rupee

Zardari (PKR)

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 Prime Minister (PM)–
Shehbaz Sharif

Republic of Singapore Prime Singapore Dollar

Singapore Minister: Lawrence (SGD)
Wong
Republic of Peru Lima Prime Minister (PM) – Peruvian sol
Gustavo Lino Adrianzén
Olaya
South Africa Pretoria President-elect- Cyril South African
(executive), Ramaphosa Rand
Cape Town
(legislative),
and
Bloemfontein
(judicial)
Sri Lanka Colombo President- Ranil Wickre Sri Lankan Rupee
(executive mesinghe
and judicial Prime Minister (PM)
capital); Sri – Dinesh Gunawardena
Jayawardene
pura Kotte
(legislative
capital)
United States of Washington, President– Joe Biden United States
America D.C. Dollar

MINISTRY
Ministry Minister

Ministry of Defence Union Minister – Rajnath Singh (Constituency-

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP))
Minister of State (MoS) – Sanjay
Seth (Constituency: Ranchi, Jharkhand)
Ministry of Statistics Minister of State (MoS)- Rao Inderjit Singh
and Programme Implementaion (MoSPI) (Constituency: Gurugram, Haryana)
Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) Union Minister- C.R. Patil (Lok Sabha constituency-
Navsari, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS)- Veeranna Somanna (Lok
Sabha constituency- Tumkur, Karnataka); Raj
Bhushan (Lok Sabha constituency- Muzaffarpur,
Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Union Minister- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Rajya
Sabha- Gujarat)

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 Minister of State (MoS)- Pabitra Margherita (Rajya
Sabha- Assam); & Kirti Vardhan Singh (Constituency-
Gonda, UP)

Ministry of Mines Union Minister- G.Kishan Reddy (Constituency-

Secunderabad, Telangana)
Minister of State (MoS) – Satish Chandra Dubey
(Rajya Sabha- Bihar)
Ministry of Communications Union Minister- Jyotiraditya Scindia (Lok Sabha
Constituency- Guna, Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State(MoS) – Chandra Sekar
Pemmasani(Lok Sabha Constituency -Guntur, Andhra
Pradesh)
Ministry of Food Processing Industries Union Minister- Chirag Paswan (Lok Sabha
(MoFPI) constituency- Hajipur, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS)- Ravneet Singh
Ministry of Skill Development and Minister of State (MoS) (lndependent Charge (I/C))-
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) Jayant Chaudhary (Rajya Sabha, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Home Affairs Union Minister- Amit Shah (Lok Sabha constituency-
Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS)- Nityanand Rai (Lok Sabha
constituency- Ujiarpur, Bihar); Bandi Sanjay Kumar
(Lok Sabha constituency- Karimnagar, Telangana)
Ministry of Education (MoE) Union Minister – Dharmendra Pradhan (Lok Sabha
Constituency – Sambalpur, Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS) – Sukanta Majumdar (Lok
Sabha Constituency – Balurghat, West Bengal, WB);
Jayant Chaudhary (Independent Charge) (Rajya
Sabha, Uttar Pradesh, UP)
Ministry of Coal (MoC) Union Minister– G. Kishan Reddy (Constituency-
Secunderabad, Telangana)
Minister of State (MoS)– Satish Chandra Dubey
(Rajya Sabha- Bihar)
Ministry of Health and Family Union Minister- Jagat Prakash Nadda (Rajya Sabha
Welfare(MoHFW) – Gujarat)
Union Minister of State (MoS)- Anupriya Patel(Lok
Sabha constituency- Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh); Jadhav
Prataprao Ganpatrao (Lok Sabha constituency-
Buldhana, Maharashtra)
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Union Minister– Narendra Modi (Lok Sabha
Pensions (MoPPG&P) constituency- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP))
Union MoS– Dr. Jitendra Singh (Lok Sabha
constituency- Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K))
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Union Minister – Shivraj Singh Chouhan
(MoA & FW) (Constituency – Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh-MP)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ram Nath Thakur (Rajya

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 Sabha – Bihar); Bhagirath Choudhary (Constituency –
Ajmer, Rajasthan)
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Union Minister – Jitan Ram Manjhi (Lok Sabha
Enterprises (M/o MSME) Constituency – Gaya, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS) – Shobha Karandlaje (Lok
Sabha Constituency – Bangalore North, Karnataka)

ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Headquarters Head Key Notes

Financial Service/Insurance

International Finance Headquarters– Managing Director Established- 1956

Corporation (IFC) Washington, D.C., the (MD)– Makhtar Diop
United States of America
(USA)
Insurance Regulatory and Headquarters– Chairperson– Debasis
Development Authority of Hyderabad, Telangana h Panda
India (IRDAI)
NSE Indices Limited Chairman- Milind Barv Established- 1998
e
Managing Director
(MD)- Mukesh Agarwal

NPCI Headquarters– Managing Director Founded –

Mumbai, Maharashtra (MD) & Chief Executive 19 December 2008
Officer (CEO)- Dilip NPCI is an umbrella
Asbe organisation for
operating retail
payments and
settlement systems
in India.

NPCI International Headquarters Chief Executive Incorporated on

Payments Limited (NIPL) – Mumbai, Maharashtra Officer (CEO) – Ritesh – 3rd April 2020
Shukla
ICICI Lombard General Headquarters Managing Director Established – 2001
Insurance Company – Mumbai,Maharashtra and Chief Executive
Limited Officer (MD & CEO)
– Sanjeev Mantri

ICICI Prudential Life Headquarters– MD & CEO-Mr. ICICI Prudential Life

Insurance Company Mumbai, Maharashtra Anup Bagchi was incorporated
Limited (ICICI Prudential on 20 July 2000 as a
Life) public limited

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 company under the
Companies Act, of
1956, and
commenced
Operations in 2001.
It is promoted by
ICICI Bank Limited
and Prudential
Corporation
Holdings Limited

Kotak Mahindra General Headquarters Managing Director & Kotak Mahindra

Insurance Company – Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Executive General Insurance
Limited (KGI) Officer ( MD & CEO) Company is a 100
– Suresh Agarwal percent subsidiary
of Kotak Mahindra
Bank Limited.
In November 2015,
KGI received the
licence to start the
business and since
then it has a
national footprint of
25 branches spread
across India.

Canara HSBC Life Headquarters- Gurugra Managing Established

Insurance Company m, Haryana Director (MD) and in- 2008
Limited Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)- Anuj Ma
thur

Pension Fund Regulatory Headquarters- New Chairman- Dr. Deepak Established – 2003
and Development Delhi, Delhi Mohanty
Authority (PFRDA)
Jupiter Money Headquarters– Founder and Chief Established in–
Mumbai, Maharashtra Executive Officer 2019
(CEO)– Jitendra Gupta

International Fund for Headquarters– Rome, President– Alvaro It was established

Agricultural Development Italy Lario as an international
(IFAD) financial institution
in 1977
Mastercard Headquarters- New Chief Executive Established- 1966
York, the United States Officer (CEO)- Michael
Miebach

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 of America (USA) Chairman
of Mastercard India-
Rajnish Kumar

BharatPe Headquarters- New Chief Executive It was co-founded

Delhi, Delhi Officer by Ashneer Grover
(CEO)- Nalin Negi and
Shashvat Nakrani in
2018
Invest India Headquarters- New Managing Director Established- 2009
Delhi, Delhi (MD) and
CEO- Nivruti Rai
HDFC ERGO General Headquarters Chairman – Keki M Founded- 2002
Insurance Company – Mumbai, Maharashtra Mistry
Limited
Securities and Exchange Headquarter- Mumbai, Chairman- Madhabi Established– 1992
Board of India (SEBI) Maharashtra Puri Buch
Other Organizations
International

World Economic Forum Headquarers– Cologyny Founder- Prof. Klaus Established

(WEF) , Geneva Canton, Schwab in- 1971
Switzerland Managing Director
(MD)- Saadia Zahidi

World Health Headquarters– Geneva, Director General– Dr Founded – 1948

Organization (WHO) Switzerland Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus

United Nations Headquarters – New Secretary General Established in

York, United States of – António Guterres – 1945
America (USA)

United Nations Headquarters– Nairobi, Executive Director– Founded – 1972

Environment Programme Kenya Inger Andersen
(UNEP)
Food and Agriculture Headquarters– Rome, Director-General– QU Founded – 1945
Organization (FAO) Italy Dongyu

United Nations Children’s Headquarters– New Executive Director–

Fund (UNICEF) York, The United States Catherine M. Russell
of America (USA)
United Nations General Headquarters– New Established in 1945
Assembly (UNGA) York, the United States under the UN
of America(USA) Charter, the UNGA is

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 the main policy-
making organ of the
UN.
United Nations Trade and Headquarters– Geneva, It is a permanent
Development (UNCTAD) Switzerland intergovernmental
body established in
1964 as the UN
Conference on
Trade and
Development
(UNCTAD).

United Nations (UN) Headquarters – Bonn, Executive Secretary Established – 17th

Convention to Combat Germany – Ibrahim Thiaw June, 1994
Desertification (UCCD)
UN Women Headquarters- New Executive Established- July,
York, the United States Director- Sima Bahous 2010
of America (USA)

International Maritime Headquarters– London, Secretary-General– The convention for

Organization (IMO) The United Arsenio Dominguez establishing IMO
Kingdom(UK) (Republic of Panama) was adpted
in 1948 and came
into force in 1958.
UN Office on Drugs and Headquarters– Vienna, Executive Director– The UNODC was
Crime (UNODC) Austria Ghada Fathi Waly established in 1997
as a result of the
merging of the UN
Centre for
International Crime
Prevention and the
UN International
Drug Control
Programme.
United Nations Headquarters- Paris, Director General Established- 1945
Educational, Scientific France (DG)- Audrey Azoulay
and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO)
International Union for Headquarters– Gland, Director General– Dr Established-1948
Conservation of Nature Switzerland Grethel Aguilar
(IUCN)
TIME Magazine Headquarters- New CEO– Jessica Sibley Created in- 1923
York, United States of
America (U.S.A.)

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World Meteorological Headquarters– Geneva, Secretary-General– Established- 1950
Organization (WMO) Switzerland Professor Celeste Saulo

World Headquarters President – Bryan Formed – 1951

Allergy Organisation (WA – Milwaukee, United Martin
O) States of America (USA) Secretary-General
(SG) – Gary W.K. Wong

Institute for Economics Headquarters– Sydney, Founder & Executive The Institute for
and Peace(IEP) Australia Chairman– Steve Economics & Peace
Killelea AM was established in
2007 by Steve
Killelea

Global Environment Headquarters– Chief Executive GEF is a multilateral

Facility (GEF) Washington, D.C., the Officer (CEO) family of funds
United States of America and Chairperson– established on the
(USA) Carlos Manuel eve of the 1992 Rio
Rodríguez Earth Summit.
GEF Assembly is
composed of all 186
member countries,
or participants.

Moody’s Ratings Headquarters– New President & CEO–

York, The United States Robert Fauber
of America (USA)
Space Exploration Headquarters– Chief Executive Founded in 2002
Technologies Corporation Hawthorne, California, Officer (CEO), Chief
(SpaceX) USA Technology Officer
(CTO) & Chairman–
Elon Musk

International Solar Headquarters– Director General– Dr

Alliance (ISA) Gurugram, Haryana Ajay Mathur

International Council on Headquarters– Paris, President– Josée Kirps

Archives (ICA) France

International Union of Headquarters– Paris, Director General– Established- 1922

Railways (UIC) France François Davenne

Goldman Sachs Group, Headquarters– New Chairman and Chief Founded in- 1869
Inc. York, The United States Executive Officer
of America (USA) (CEO)– David Solomon

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International Energy Headquarters- Paris, Executive Established
Agency (IEA) France Director- Dr. in- 1974
Fatih Birol
International Boxing Headquarters – President – Umar The International
Association (IBA) Lausanne, Switzerland Kremlev Boxing Association
(IBA) is a non-profit
international
organization that
succeeded the
former
Fédération Internati
onale de Boxe
Amateur
in 1946 and is the
only worldwide
governing body for
all forms of boxing.

International Campaign Headquarters– Geneva, Executive Director–

to Abolish Nuclear Switzerland Melissa Parke
Weapons (ICAN)
Global Wind Energy Headquarters– Lisbon, Chief Executive Officer
Council (GWEC) Portugal (CEO)- Ben Backwell
Chairman– Jonathan
Cole

International Olympic Headquarters – Lausan President -Thomas The International

Committee (IOC) ne, Switzerland Bach Olympic Committee
(IOC) is a not-for-
profit independent
international
organisation that is
committed to make
a better world
through sport. It
was established
on 23rd June 1894,
just under two years
before the first
Olympic Games took
place in April 1896.
Boxing at the 2024
Paris Olympics will
be overseen by the
IOC.

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Morgan Stanley Headquarters– New Chief Executive Officer Founded in 1935
York, US (CEO)- Edward (Ted)
Pick

Brand Finance Chairman & Chief Headquarters– Established-1996

Executive Officer London, The United
(CEO)- David Haigh Kingdom(UK)
Managing Director
(MD)– Ajimon Francis

Multiple Sclerosis Headquarters– London, Chief Executive Officer Established

International Federation UK (CEO)- Peer Baneke in 1967
(MSIF) It is a charity
registered with the
Charity Commission
of England and
Wales and a UK
company limited by
guarantee.

Food and Agriculture Headquarters– Rome, Director–General– Qu FAO, established in

Organization (FAO) Italy Dongyu 1945, is a
specialized agency
of the UN to make
international efforts
to combat hunger
and to achieve food
security for all.
Antarctic Treaty Executive Secretary– Parties: 29
Consultative Meeting Albert Lluberas consultative parties
(ATCM) Secretariat– Buenos and 28 non-
Aires, Argentina consultative parties.

Organization for Headquarters– Paris, Secretary-General– The forerunner of

Economic Cooperation France Mathias Cormann the OECD was the
and Development (OECD) Organisation for
European Economic
Co-operation
(OEEC).
The Convention
transforming the
OEEC into the OECD
was signed on 14
December 1960 and
entered into force
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 1961.

European Space Agency Headquarters– Paris, Director General– Dr. It is an

(ESA) France Josef Aschbacher intergovernmental
organisation,
created in 1975 that
provides Europe’s
gateway to space.
International Chamber of Headquarters– Paris, Secretary General– Founded- 1919
Commerce (ICC) France John W.H. DENTON AO ICC is the apex body
for all Chambers of
Commerce globally.

International Headquarters– Geneva, Secretary-General– ITU was initially

Telecommunication Switzerland Doreen Bogdan-Martin established in 1865
Union (ITU) (First woman Head of as the “International
ITU) Telegraph Union”
and was later
renamed as
International
Telecommunication
Union in 1934.
International Labor Orga Headquarters– Geneva, Director-General– Founded – 1919
nization (ILO) Switzerland Gilbert
Fossoun Houngbo
International Laboratory Headquarters– Chair– Etty Feller
Accreditation Silverwater, New South
Cooperation (ILAC) Wales, Australia

Kroll Headquarters- New Chief Executive Kroll is leading

York, the United States Officer– Jacob independent
of America (USA) Silverman provider of risk and
financial advisory
solutions,
established as Duff
and Phelps in 1932.
Later, renamed as
Kroll in 2021-2022
National Oceanic and Headquarters– Richard W. Spinrad is NOAA was created
Atmospheric Washington, DC, the USA the Under Secretary of in 1970 as a
Administration (NOAA) Commerce for Oceans science-based
and Atmosphere and agency under the
the 11th NOAA USA Department of
Administrator. Commerce.

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Vitiligo Support and Headquarters – Lagos, Founder and
Awareness Foundation Nigeria Executive Director
(VITSAF) – Ogo Maduewesi
International Shooting Headquarters– Munich, President– Luciano
Sport Federation (ISSF) Germany Rossi

S&P Global Ratings Headquarters- New President- Martina L.

York, the United States Cheung
of America (USA)
Association of Southeast Headquarters– Jakarta, Secretary-General– Established
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Indonesia Dr. Kao Kim Hourn in 1967
(Cambodia)
Chairmanship (2024)
- Lao People’s
Democratic Republic
((Lao PDR)

Kantar Group Headquarters- London, Chief Executive

United Kingdom (UK) Officer (CEO)- Chris
Jansen
Yale University Location– New Haven, President – Peter
Connecticut, The United Salovey
States of America(USA)

Columbia University Headquarters– New President– Minouche

York, USA Shafik

Central Banking Headquarters– London, Founder and Central Banking

Publications the United Kingdom(UK) Chairman– Robert Publications was
Pringle founded in 1990
and acquired by
Infopro Digital in
2017.

Times Higher Education Headquarters– London, Times Higher

the United Kingdom(UK) Education (THE) is a
company that
provides data,
insights, and
expertise on higher
education
worldwide.
United Nations High Headquarters– Geneva, High Commissioner– UNHCR was
Commissioner for Switzerland Filippo Grandi (Italy) established
Refugees(UNHCR) in 1950 by the
United Nations

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 General Assembly
(UNGA) in the
aftermath of the
Second World War
UN Convention to Combat Headquarters– Bonn, Executive Secretary–
Desertification UNCCD Germany Ibrahim Thiaw

International Headquarters– Monaco Secretary-General– Dr

Hydrographic Mathias Jonas
Organization (IHO) (Germany)
International Fund for Headquarters– Rome, President– Alvaro IFAD was set up as
Agricultural Development Italy Lario an international
(IFAD) financial institution
in 1977
China National Headquarters- Beijing, Administrator- Zhang
Space Administration(CN China Kejian
SA)
Centre Headquarters- Paris, President- Philippe Founded- 1961
National d’Etudes Spatial France Baptiste
es (CNES)
International Olympic Headquarters– President– Thomas Motto – Citius,
Committee (IOC) Lausanne, Switzerland Bach Altius, Fortius –
Communiter
or Faster, Higher,
Stronger – Together
Loomba Foundation Founder and The Loomba
Chairman – Lord Raj Foundation is a
Loomba registered charity in
the United Kingdom
(UK), India and USA
World Crafts Council The current President– Saad Al-
AISBL (WCC- headquarters for the Qaddumi
International) term (2021-2024) is
located in the State
of Kuwait
World Table Tennis CEO– Stephen Dainton The World Table
Tennis (WTT) is the
subsidiary created
by the International
Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF) in
March 2019 to
manage all its
commercial and
events business.

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Economic Intelligence Headquarters– London, Managing Director– Founded– 1946
Unit (EIU) The United Kingdom Robin Bew

North Atlantic Treaty Headquarters– Secretary–General– Members– 32

Organization (NATO) Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg members countries
(Norway)
National

Indian Space Research Headquarters Chairman – Sreedhara Established in

Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru, Karnataka Panicker Somanath – 1969

Indian Army Headquarters– New Chief of the Army Staff Established – 1895
Delhi, Delhi (COAS)- General Manoj
Pande

Indian Navy Headquarters – New Chief of Naval Staff Founded – January

Delhi, Delhi (CNS) – Admiral 26, 1950
Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

Indian Air Force (IAF) Headquarters – New Chief of Air staff (CAS) Founded – 1932
Delhi, Delhi – Vivek Ram
Chaudhari
Confederation of India Headquarters- New Director General Established
Industry(CII) Delhi, Delhi – Chandrajit Banerjee in- 1895
President- Sanjiv Puri

Bureau of Indian Headquarters– New Director- BIS came into

Standards (BIS) Delhi, Delhi General(DG)– Pramod existence, through
Kumar Tiwari an act of parliament
dated 26 November
1986, on 1 April
1987.
Society for Applied Headquarters- Mumbai, Director General Established- 1984
Microwave Electronics Maharashtra (DG)- Dr. P
Engineering and Research Hanumantha Rao
(SAMEER)
Military College of Headquarters- Indore, Established- 1967
Telecommunication Madhya Pradesh (MP) MCTE is the
Engineering (MCTE) engineering training
establishment for
the Corps of Signals
of the Indian Army.
National Institution for Headquarters- New Established – 2015
Transforming India Delhi, Delhi
(NITI Aayog)

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Intelligence Bureau (IB) Headquarters – New Director- Tapan Formed- 1887
Delhi, Delhi Kumar Deka
National Human Rights Headquarters – New Acting Chairperson– Established- 12th
Commission (NHRC) Delhi, Delhi Vijaya Bharathi Sayani October 1993
Hindustan Aeronautics Headquarters- Bengalu Chairman and Established- 1940
Limited (HAL) ru, Karnataka Managing Director
(CMD)- C.B.
Ananthakrishnan
(Additional Charge)

New Space India Headquarters- Bengalu Chairman and Established- 2019

Limited (NSIL) ru, Karnataka Managing
Director– Radhakrishn
an Durairaj

Hurun India Headquarters– Managing Hurun Report Inc. is

Mumbai, Maharashtra Director(MD) and a leading research,
Chief luxury publishing
Researcher– Anas and events group
Rahman Junaid established in 1998
in London (UK).
Hurun India was
launched in 2012.

Motilal Oswal Asset Managing Established- 14th

Management Director (MD) and November, 2008
Company Ltd (MOAMC) Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)– Prateek
Agarwal
NSE Indices Limited Headquarters– Managing Director Founded- 1998
Mumbai, Maharashtra (MD)- Mukesh Agarwal

Defence Research and Headquarters– New Chairman– Dr Samir DRDO was formed
Development Delhi, Delhi Vankatpati Kamat in 1958 from the
Organisation (DRDO) amalgamation of the
then already
functioning
Technical
Development
Establishment
(TDEs) of the Indian
Army and the
Directorate of
Technical
Development &
Production (DTDP)

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 with the Defence
Science
Organisation (DSO).

Council of Scientific and Headquarters- New President- Prime It is an autonomous

Industrial Research Delhi Minister (PM) body established
(CSIR) Narendra Modi in 1942. It is the
Director General largest publically
(DG)- N. Kalaiselvi funded multi-
disciplinary
Research &
Development (R&D)
organisation under
the administrative
control of Ministry
of Science and
Technology (MoST)
, GoI.

National Statistical Headquarters– New Chairman– The GoI set up the

Commission (NSC) Delhi, Delhi Prof. Rajeeva Laxman K NSC through a
arandikar resolution dated
June 1, 2005. The
NSC was officially
constituted on July
12, 2006. The
establishment of the
NSC was based on
recommendations
from the Rangarajan
Commission.
Aadhar Housing Finance Managing Director AHFL (Formerly
Limited (AHFL) (MD) & Chief Executive known as DHFL
Officer (CEO)- Rishi Vysya Housing
Anand Finance Limited)
was established in
2010 and
commenced
operations in
February 2011.
Indian Computer Director- Established- 2004
Emergency Response General(DG)- Dr.
Team (CERT-In) Sanjay Bahl

Telecom Regulatory Headquarters – New Chairman – Anil Established – 1997

Authority of India (TRAI) Delhi, Delhi Kumar Lahoti

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Employees’ State Headquarters- New Director General Established
Insurance Corporation Delhi, Delhi (DG)- Kamal Kishore in – 1952
(ESIC) Soan

National Council of Headquarters- New Director General Established- 1956

Applied Economic Delhi, Delhi (DG)- Poonam Gupta
Research (NCAER)
Directorate General of Headquarters- New Director General (DG) DGCA is an attached
Civil Aviation (DGCA) Delhi, Delhi – Vikram Dev Dutt office of the
Ministry of Civil
Aviation(MCA)
Mazagon Dock Headquarters– Chairman & Founded– 1934
Shipbuilders Limited Mumbai, Maharashtra Managing
(MDSL) Director(CMD)–
Sanjeev Singhal
Mindspace Business Headquarters – Mumb Chief Executive Established – 2019
Parks REIT ai, Maharashtra Officer(CEO) – Ramesh
Nair

Central Electronics Headquarters– New Chairman & Established– 1974

Limited (CEL) Delhi, Delhi Managing
Director(CMD)–
Chetan Prakash Jain
Federation of Indian Headquarters- New President- Dr. Anish Established – 1927
Chambers of Commerce Delhi, Delhi Shah
and Industry (FICCI)
Appointments Committee Headquarters – New Chairperson
of the Cabinet (ACC) Delhi, Delhi – Narendra Modi

Indian Institute of Public Headquarters– New President – Jagdeep The IIPA was
Administration (IIPA) Delhi, Delhi Dhankhar created under the
Director General– Societies Act of
Surendra Nath Tripathi 1860 and was
formally
inaugurated by the
1st Prime Minister
of India, Jawaharlal
Nehru, as the 1st
President of the
Society, on 29
March 1954 in New
Delhi.
Bharat Electronics Headquarters Chairman and Established – 1954
Limited (BEL) – Bengaluru, Karnataka Managing
Director (CMD)
– Manoj Jain

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Software Technology Headquarters- New Director General STPI, established on
Parks of India (STPI) Delhi, Delhi (DG)- Arvind Kumar 5th June 1991, is
registered as an
autonomous society
under the Societies
Registration Act,
1860.

Gati Shakti Headquarters Chancellor – Ashwini GSV was established

Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) – Vadodara, Gujarat Vaishnaw (Union in 2022 by the Act
Minister of Railways) of Parliament. GSV
is India’s first
transport
University. It is
formerly National
Rail and
Transportation
Institute.
Supreme Court (SC)of Headquarters – New Chief Justice of India
India Delhi, Delhi (CJI) – Dhananjaya Y.
Chandrachud
Boxing Federation of Headquarters: New President: Ajay Singh Established: 2016
India (BFI) Delhi, Delhi

Competition Commission Headquarters– New Chairperson – Ravneet

of India (CCI) Delhi, Delhi Kaur
Agricultural and Headquarters – New Chairman – Abhishek The APEDA was
Processed Food Products Delhi, Delhi Dev established by the
Export Development Government of
Authority (APEDA) India (GoI) under
the APEDA Act
passed by the
Parliament in
December, 1985.
Edelweiss Headquarters- Mumbai, Chairman- Rashesh
Group (Edelweiss Maharashtra Shah
Financial Services
Limited)
Centre for Development Headquarters – New Chief Executive
of Telematics (C-DOT) Delhi, Delhi Officer (CEO)
– Rajkumar Upadhyay

MediBuddy Co-founder and

CEO- Satish Kannan

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NEC Corporation India Headquarters- New Chairman- Aalok Established – 2006
Private Limited Delhi, Delhi Kumar

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