List of Appointments In Year 2011 Sudhir Chandra New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes appointed on January 1, 2011

N. Anil Kumar Browne New Vice Chief of Indian Air Force(IAF) appointed on January 1, 2011 Dilma Rousseff First woman President of Brazil elected on January 1, 2011 Rajiv Takru Officiating CEO of Prasar Bharati appointed on January 3, 2011 Nicky Helle Govenrner of South Carolina ( USA) 1st women Governer of Indian Origin in USA elected on January 12, 2011 Anand Sinha New deputy governor of RBI appointed on January 18, 2011 Alexander Lukashenko 4th times as President of Belarus elected on January 21, 2011 Sushma Nath First Indian Woman appointed as Finance Secretary on February 3, 2011 S Ramadorai Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Prime Minister s National Skill Development Council appointed on February 1, 2011 Jhalanath Khanal 34th Prime Minister of Nepal elected on February 6, 2011 Amarjit ChopraNew president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). appointed on February 13, 2011 Upendra Kumar Sinha 8th Chairman of market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), appointed on February 17, 2011 B L Bagra New CMD of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), appointed on February 28, 2011 Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed First woman and 10th Secretary General of SAARC, appointed on March 1, 2011 Hema Malini Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnatka on March 3, 2011 Milind Barve New chairman of The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) appointed on March 7, 2011 This position fell vacant after incumbent U K Sinha Shantanu Narayen Appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama s Management Advisory Board on March 11, 2011 Mukesh Ambani First non -American board member in Bank of America appointed on March 16, 2011 Thein Sein New President of Myanmar elected on March 30, 2011 Leela SamsonNew Chairperson of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) appointed on April 1, 2011 Vishnu AgrawalNew Director (Finance) of Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) appointed on April 4, 2011 Pratip Chaudhuri New chairman of State Bank of India appointed on April 7, 2011 S.C.Chetal New Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) appointed on April 9, 2011

B. Muthuraman New President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2011-12 elected on April 11, 2011 Rajendra S. Pawar New chairman of NASSCOM appointed on April 27, 2011 Jarbom Gamlin Sworn in as the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on May 5, 2011 Ismail Omar Guelleh New President of African country Djibouti elected on May 8, 2011 Michel Martelly Sworn in as the 56th President of Haiti on May 14, 2011 J Jayalalithaa Sworn-in as the 27th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 16, 2011 N Rangaswamy New Chief Minister of Puducherry appointed on May 16, 2011 Tarun Gogoi Consecutively third times sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 18, 2011 Oommen Chandy Sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Kerala on May 18, 2011 Mamata Banerjee Sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 20, 2011 Goodluck Jonathan Re-elected as President of Nigeria on May 29, 2011 Sunil Mitra New Finance Secretary appointed on June 1, 2011 Jose Graziano da Silva 8th Director General of the UN s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) elected on June 26, 2011 Abu Muhammad Ayman al-ZawahiriNew amir (supreme leader) of the al-Qaeda appointed on 16 June 2011 Ban Ki-moon Re-elected as Secretary-General of the 193-member Organization UNO on June 21, 2011 Nguyen Tan Dung New Prime Minister of Vietnam elected on June 27, 2011 Ranjan Mathai New Foreign Secretary of India appointed on June 27, 2011 Christine Lagarde First women chief of International Monetary Fund (IMF) elected on June 28, 2011 M V Tanksale New Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India appointed on June 28, 2011 Nishi Vasudeva First Woman Director of HPCL, an Oil PSU appointed on July 4, 2011 Harun Rashid Khan Deputy Governor of RBI succeeding Shyamala Gopinath appointed on July 4, 2011 Pradeep Kumar Sworn in as new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on July 14, 2011 Hina Rabbani Khar Pakistan s first female Minister of Foreign Affairs appointed on July 18, 2011 Rohinton Nariman New Solicitor-General of India appointed on July 23, 2011 Truong Tan Sang New President of Vietnam elected on July 25, 2011 Anil Kumar Browne India s 23rd Chief of the Air Staff appointed on July 31, 2011

D V Sadananda Gowda Sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka on August 2, 2011 Shivraj V Patil Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka on August 3, 2011 KV Kamath New Chairman of Infosys appointed on August 21, 2011 Chandra Mohan Prasad Administered oath as Lokayukta of Bihar on August 25, 2011 R A Mehta Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat on August 26, 2011 Dr. Tony Tan Seventh President of Singapore elected on August 27, 2011 Baburam BhattaraiS worn in as 35th Prime Minister of Nepal on August 29, 2011 Yoshihiko Noda Sixth Prime Minister of Japan elected on August 29, 2011 R. N. Nayak Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation of India appointed on Sept. 1, 2011 Bhuvan Chander Khanduri Sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on September 11, 2011 Helle Thorning-Schmidt First female Prime Minister of Denmark elected on Sept 15, 2011 N Srinivasan Official President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elected on September 19, 2011 Serena Williams UNICEF s international Goodwill Ambassador appointed on September 20, 2011 Pulok Chatterji Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister appointed on October 1, 2011 Sudhir Vasudeva New Chairman of ONGC and its group of companies appointed on October 3, 2011 Makarand Nene New Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. appointed on October 5, 2011 Markandey Katju New Chairman of media regulator Press Council of India appointed on October 5, 2011 Garry Conille Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Haiti on October 18, 2011 Michael D. Higgins Nineth President of European country Ireland elected on October 29, 2011 Abdul Raheem al-Keeb Libya s interim Prime Minister elected on November 1, 2011 Nabam Tuki Sworn as 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 1, 2011 Ismail Omar Guelleh New President of African country Djibouti elected on April 2, 2011 Lucas Papademos Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Greek on November 10, 2011 Sushil Kumar KBC winner Sushil Kumar appointed as ambassador of rural employment scheme MGNREGA on Nov 14, 2011 Cyrus P. Mistry Tata Sons named Shapoorji Pallonji Group MD Cyrus P Mistry as the head of TATA group on November 23, 2011. He will be the king of TATA empire , when Ratan N Tata formally retires.

Kamlesh Sharma Indian diplomat Kamlesh Sharma re-appointed Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth group on November 27, 2011 AK Garg New Chairman and MD of telecom PSU MTNL appointed on Dec 1, 2011 Vinod Rai (CAG) New Chairman of the United Nations panel of external auditors elected on December 8, 2011 Ajit Singh New civil aviation minister in Union Cabinet appointed on Dec. l 8, 2011 Mariano Rajoy Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Spain on December 21, 2011 B. A. Prabhakar Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Andhra Bank. appointed on December 21, 2011 M. S. Raghavan Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Bank of India appointed on December 28, 2011 Portia Simpson-Miller First female Prime Minister of Jamaica elected on December 30, 2011