Staying updated with recent appointments is crucial for anyone preparing for competitive exams like SSC, Banking, UPSC, RRB, CDS, and state-level exams. Knowing who holds important positions in India and around the world can help you score well in current affairs sections. In this blog post, we provide a simple and complete list of recent appointments in 2024.
This information is essential for exam preparation and will keep you informed about the latest changes in leadership and key roles. Let’s dive in and learn about the important new appointments that you need to know!
Recent Appointments Current Affairs 2025
August 2025
| Appointee | Designation |
|---|---|
| Uma Kanjilal | First woman Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) |
| Justin Nsengiyumva | Prime Minister of Rwanda |
| Sanjay Singhal | Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) |
| K. J. Patel | Managing Director (MD) of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) |
| Bharat B. Bhatia | Vice Chairman & Editorial Chair of Asia-Pacific Telecommunity’s WRC-27 Preparatory Group |
| Prof. Michele Dougherty | First female Astronomer Royal of United Kingdom (first woman in 350 years) [Read More] |
| A. Rajarajan | Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) |
| S. Radha Chauhan | Full-time Chairperson of Capacity Building Commission (CBC) |
| Siba Prasad Mohanty | First Managing Director (MD) of Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (AVFCCL) |
| Gaurav Banerjee | Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) |
| Madhuri Dixit | Brand Ambassador of Odisha’s Handloom Industry |
| Zeenat Kureshi | India’s first woman GCC–India Trade Commissioner under an international chamber of commerce |
| Roli Singh | Chairperson of National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) |
| Vishwas Patel | Chairperson of Payments Council of India (2025–2027 term, re-appointed) |
| Anish Dayal Singh | Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) – Internal Affairs |
| Rajit Punhani | Chief Executive Officer of Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) |
| Akash Tripathi | Managing Director of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Limited |
| Hirdesh Kumar | CEO of NATGRID (National Intelligence Grid) |
| Rajiv Ranjan | Vice President of New Development Bank (NDB) for a five-year term |
July 2025
| Appointee | Designation |
|---|---|
| Parag Jain | Chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) |
| Sahil Kini | CEO of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) |
| Phumtham Wechayachai | Acting Prime Minister of Thailand |
| Priyanka Kakkar | Co-President of Women’s Wing, BRICS CCI |
| Sonali Mishra | First Woman DG of Railway Protection Force (RPF) |
| Kavinder Gupta | Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh |
| Abhijat Sheth | Chairperson of National Medical Commission (NMC) |
| Sanjay Kaul | MD & CEO of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) Company Ltd. |
| R. Doraiswamy | MD & CEO of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) |
| Nitin Gupta | Chairperson of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) |
| Yuvraj Singh | Co-owner & Brand Ambassador, Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) |
| Kranti Prakash Jha | Bihar SVEEP Icon (alongside Nitu Chandra) |
| Ravishankar J. | MD of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) |
| Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko | Prime Minister of Ukraine |
| Ajay Seth | Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) |
June 2025
| Appointee | Designation |
|---|---|
| Anil Kumble | Brand Ambassador for Karnataka Forest and Wildlife Department |
| Raman Aggarwal | CEO of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) |
| Lee Jae-Myung | 14th President of South Korea |
| S Mahendra Dev | Chairperson of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) |
| Ashwani Lohani | Director of Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) |
| Yashasvi Solanki | Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the President of India (First woman officer from Indian Navy) |
| T. Rabi Sankar | Part-time Member of the 16th Finance Commission (XVIFC) |
| Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai | Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) |
| Katrina Kaif | Global Tourism Ambassador of Maldives |
| Devajit Saikia | Chairperson of BCCI Committee on IPL Safety Guidelines |
| Blaise Metreweli | First Woman Chief of UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) |
| Gombojav Zandanshatar | 34th Prime Minister of Mongolia |
| Pakistan | Chair of 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee & Vice-Chair of 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee (UNSC) |
| Anantha Chandrakasan | Provost of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), First Indian-born in this role |
| Anuradha Thakur | First Woman Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) |
| Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla | Chairman, Technical Expert Group (TEG) for Household Income Survey 2026 (MoSPI) |
May 2025
| S.No. | Appointee | Position & Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Jaiswal | Chairperson – Committee on Estimates (2025–2026) |
| 2 | IIT Bombay | Nodal Institute – ‘Pushpak’ National Mission on Drone Technology |
| 3 | K C Venugopal | Chairperson (Re-appointed) – Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Parliament of India |
| 4 | Justice Surya Kant | Executive Chairman – National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) |
| 5 | Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski | Chair – IOC Coordination Commission for Olympic Games Brisbane 2032 |
| 6 | Ajay Kumar | Chairman – Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| 7 | Harvansh Chawla | Chairman – BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BRICS CCI) |
| 8 | Edward Thomas Smith | President – Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), London |
| 9 | Arunabha Gosh | South Asia Envoy – COP-30, UN Climate Conference (2025, Belém, Brazil) |
| 10 | Sarit Maheshwari | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) |
| 11 | Kamil al-Taib Idris | Prime Minister – Sudan |
| 12 | Manoj Kumar Jhawar | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) – PTC India Limited |
| 13 | Michael Guetlein | Head of Development – “Golden Dome” Missile Defense System, USA |
| 14 | Ram Mohan M K | Director – Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) |
April 2025
| S.No. | Appointee | Position & Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natarajan Chandrasekaran | Member, Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth – IMF |
| 2 | Nidhi Tiwari | Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi – Government of India |
| 3 | Poonam Gupta | Deputy Governor – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
| 4 | Sivasubramanian Ramann | Chairperson – PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority) |
| 5 | Subhash Chander (SC) Ralhan | President – Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) |
| 6 | India | Appointed to UN Intergovernmental Working Group (2025–2027) – ISAR |
| 7 | Pratyush Sinha | Chairperson, High-Level Committee on Conflict of Interest – SEBI |
| 8 | Dinesh Maheshwari | Chairperson – 23rd Law Commission of India |
| 9 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Chairperson – Athletes Commission, IWLF |
| 10 | Mangi Lal Jat | Secretary, DARE & Director General – ICAR |
| 11 | Jagmohan | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) – Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited |
| 12 | Ajay Pandey | Vice President, Investment Solutions – AIIB |
| 13 | T. Rabi Sankar | Deputy Governor (Re-appointed for 1 year from May 3, 2025) – RBI |
| 14 | Jitendra Srivastava | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) – REC Limited |
| 15 | Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) | Nodal Authority for Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India – MNRE |
| 16 | Mark Carney | 24th Prime Minister – Canada |
| 17 | Amitesh Kumar Sinha | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) |
| 18 | Tejpaul Bhatia | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Axiom Space |
March 2025
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Botchwey | 7th Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations (first African woman to hold the position) |
| 2 | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya | Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA |
| 3 | Challa Sreenivasalu Setty | Chairman, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) |
| 4 | Steve Waugh | Member, Centre for Australia-India Relations Advisory Board |
| 5 | Jasprit Bumrah | Brand Ambassador, L&T Finance Ltd. |
| 6 | Rajneet Kohli | Executive Director, Foods and Refreshment Division, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) |
| 7 | Sunil Kakkar | Additional Director and Whole-Time Director, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) |
| 8 | Yusuf Pachmariwala | MD & CEO, Hitachi Cash Management Services (CMS) |
| 9 | Ajay Seth | Finance Secretary, Government of India |
| 10 | Gopal Vittal | Chairman of the Board, Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) |
| 11 | Rahul Bhave | MD & CEO, Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) |
| 12 | Parminder Chopra | CMD, REC Ltd. (in addition to CMD of PFC) |
| 13 | S. K. Majumdar | Executive Director, Canara Bank |
| 14 | Rajiv Gauba | Full-Time Member, NITI Aayog |
| 15 | Sanjay Singh | Bureau Member, United World Wrestling (UWW)-Asia |
| 16 | Ashok Singh Thakur | Chairman, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) |
| 17 | Rishabh Pant | Brand Ambassador, Goibibo |
| 18 | Anuj Kumar Singh | Joint Secretary (Director level), UPSC |
| 19 | Amitabh Kant | Chancellor (Chairperson), NIIT University |
| 20 | Deena Mehta | Independent Director, Fino Payments Bank (Re-appointed) |
| 21 | Kirsty Coventry | President, International Olympic Committee (IOC) – First female and African President |
| 22 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | Goodwill Ambassador, VISION 2020 India |
| 23 | Indranil Bhattacharyya | Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
| 24 | Jasprit Bumrah | Brand Ambassador, Skechers |
| 25 | Rajiv Bajaj | MD & CEO, Bajaj Auto (Re-appointed) |
| 26 | Ayushmann Khurrana | ‘Fit India Icon’ |
| 27 | Dr. Lakshmi Venu | Vice Chairman, TAFE |
| 28 | Lip-Bu Tan | CEO, Intel Corporation |
| 29 | Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman | CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) |
| 30 | N Ganapathy Subramaniam (NGS) | Chairman, Board of Directors, Tata Communications |
| 31 | Arun Mammen | Chairman, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA) |
| 32 | Takashi Nakajima | President & CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd. |
| 33 | Atul Kumar Goel | Chief Executive, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) |
| 34 | Vikas Kaushal | CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) |
| 35 | Justice Harish Tandon | Chief Justice, Orissa High Court |
| 36 | Justice Joymalya Bagchi | Judge, Supreme Court of India |
| 37 | Dr. Mayank Sharma | Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) |
| 38 | Ajay Seth | Additional Charge, Secretary, Department of Revenue |
| 39 | Manan Kumar Mishra | Chairman, Bar Council of India (BCI) |
| 40 | Diljit Dosanjh | Global Ambassador, Levi’s |
| 41 | Ajay Bhadoo | CEO, Government e Marketplace (GeM) |
| 42 | Anju Rathi Rana | First Woman Law Secretary of India |
February 2025
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopal Vittal | Acting Chair of the GSMA Board & Vice Chairman & MD of Bharti Airtel |
| 2 | K Balasubramanian | India Subcontinent Sub-Cluster and Banking Head, Citibank |
| 3 | Justin Hotard | Incoming CEO of Nokia |
| 4 | Maimun Alam | Director in the Ministry of Steel under the Central Staffing Scheme |
| 5 | Gyanesh Kumar | Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India |
| 6 | Prabdev (P.D.) Singh | CEO of Standard Chartered Bank for India and South Asia |
| 7 | Vivek Joshi | Election Commissioner of India |
| 8 | V Anantha Nageswaran | Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) of India (extended tenure until March 2027) |
| 9 | Kash Patel | Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), USA |
| 10 | Shaktikanta Das | Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| 11 | Sabyasachi Kar | Director of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi |
| 12 | Vijender Gupta | Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| 13 | Hein Schumacher | Stepping down as CEO of Unilever (March 2025) |
| 14 | IOA Ad-hoc Committee | Managing the affairs of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) |
| 15 | N Chandrasekaran | Head of the Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation (RTEF) |
| 16 | Tuhin Kanta Pandey | 11th Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) |
| 17 | Dorababu Daparti | Deputy CEO of SBI Life Insurance Company |
January 2025
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajesh Nirwan | Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) |
| 2 | Hisashi Takeuchi | Re-appointment as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maruti Suzuki |
| 3 | Deshnee Naidoo | First Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) |
| 4 | Shailesh Kumar Davey | The New CEO of Zoho Corp, a leading cloud software startup |
| 5 | Jitender Pal Singh | India’s New Ambassador to Israel |
| 6 | Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana | Brand ambassador for this year’s edition of FICCI Frames |
| 7 | Akhil Gupta | Chairman of Bharti AXA Life Insurance |
| 8 | Neeraj Parakh | CEO and Executive Director of Reliance Power |
| 9 | Senior IPS Officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal | Additional Director General (ADG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) |
| 10 | Justice Alok Aradhe | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court |
| 11 | Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya | Chief Justice of Delhi High Court |
| 12 | Sanjiv Ranjan | Secretary General of Indian Ocean Rim Association |
| 13 | Ambarish Kenghe | Group Chief Executive Officer of Angel One, , one of India’s leading financial services platforms, |
| 14 | Gyanendra Pratap Singh | Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
| 15 | Justice Arun Mishra | Ombudsman and Ethics Officer of the BCCI |
| 16 | Vineet Joshi | Secretary of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education |
| 17 | Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran | Newest judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| 18 | Shri Ashish Naithani | Judge of Uttarakhand High Court |
| 19 | Bahadur Singh Sagoo | New president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) |
| 20 | Dr. V. Narayanan | Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO |
| 21 | Azimul Haque | CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board |
| 22 | Senior IAS officer Faiz Ahmed Kidwai | New Director-General (DG) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) |
| 23 | Manish Singhal | Secretary General of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) |
| 24 | Bhuvnesh Kumar | CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) |
Recent Appointments Current Affairs January to December 2024
December 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.S. Dhoni, the legendary cricketer | Brand ambassador for Eurogrip Tyres, a leading Indian brand known for its 2, 3-wheeler, and off-highway tyres. |
| 2 | Bhavesh Jain | New MD & CEO of TransUnion CIBIL |
| 3 | Preeti Lobana | New Country Manager and Vice President of Google for India |
| 4 | Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma | Ambassador of Nepal to India. |
| 5 | Bollywood superstar Salman Khan | Brand ambassador for the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup 2025 in India |
| 6 | Former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian | New Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) |
| 7 | Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia | Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court |
| 8 | Arunish Chawla | New Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry |
| 9 | Dr. Sandip Shah | New Chairperson of The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) |
| 10 | Justice V Ramasubramanian | New Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) |
| 11 | Ajay Singh (President of The Boxing Federation of India (BFI)) | Appointed as a board member of World Boxing’s Asian Body |
Recent Appointments of Governors
| SL. NO. | State | New Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manipur | Ajay Kumar Bhalla |
| 2 | Bihar | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| 3 | Kerala | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
| 4 | Odisha | Hari Babu Kambhampati |
| 5 | Mizoram | General Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh |
November 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Evans | First Anti-Slavery Commissioner to Combat Modern Slavery in Australia |
| 2 | Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh and renowned tennis player Sania Mirza | Dubai Sports Council Ambassadors |
| 3 | Brazilian Federal Police Commissioner Valdecy Urquiza | New Secretary General of Interpol |
| 4 | K Sanjay Murthy | Next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India |
| 5 | Mithali Raj, the former captain of India’s women’s cricket team | Mentor for Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) Women’s Cricket Operations |
| 6 | Actor Pankaj Tripathi | Festival Ambassador for Arunachal Rang Mahotsav 2024. (International Theatre Festival) |
| 7 | Balasubramanian, a distinguished Indian Foreign Service (IFS) | High Commissioner to Maldives |
| 8 | Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Shri Dinesh Bhatia | Next Ambassador of India to Brazil |
| 9 | Dr. Jaiteerth Raghavendra Joshi | New Chief of BrahMos Aerospace (The globally renowned BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system) |
| 10 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | New Defence Secretary in South Block New Delhi |
| 11 | Dr. Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes | Secretary General of the World Agriculture Forum (WAF) |
| 12 | Praveena Rai | CEO and MD of Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) |
| 13 | Itaru Otani | Chairman of India Yamaha Motor |
| 14 | Harsha Vardhan Agarwal | President-Elect of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) |
| 15 | Justice Sanjiv Khanna | 51st Chief Justice of India |
| 16 | Actor Sonu Sood | Brand Ambassador and Honorary Tourism Advisor for Thailand |
| 17 | Mara Kocho | Next Managing Director (MD) of the North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC) |
| 18 | Arvindar Singh Sahney | New chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) |
| 19 | Amandeep Johl | New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) |
October 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajay Kumar Singh | New Director General of Police (DGP) for Jharkhand |
| 2 | Prabhakar Raghavan | Google’s Chief Technologist |
| 3 | Pranav Chawda | New chief executive officer (CEO) of JP Morgan Chase India |
| 4 | Dr. Himanshu Pathak | Director General-designate of the e International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) |
| 5 | Justice Sanjiv Khanna | 51st Chief Justice of India |
| 6 | Dr. Neena Malhotra | India’s Ambassador to Sweden |
| 7 | Amitabh Chaudhry | Re-Appointed as MD and CEO of Axis Bank by RBI |
| 8 | Deepak Agarwal | New Managing Director (MD) of the National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) |
| 9 | Vipin Kumar | Chairman of Airports Authority of India |
| 10 | Shashwat Sharma | New Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Airtel |
| 11 | Sheikh Naim Qassem | Hezbollah’s New Chief |
| 12 | S. Paramesh | Director General (DG) of the Indian Coast Guard |
| 13 | Aishath Azeema | Maldives’ ambassador to India |
| 14 | Amit Kumar | Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of AI Assets Holding Limited (AIAHL) |
| 15 | Praveen Vashista | New Special Secretary for Internal Security |
| 16 | Akash Tripathi | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Digital India Corporation (DIC) |
| 17 | Sandip Goenka | CEO of Acko’s new life insurance division, ACKO Life. |
| 18 | Abhyuday Jindal | New President of Indian Chamber of Commerce |
| 19 | Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar | New Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) |
| 20 | Vikram Dev Dutt | Officially assumed the role of Coal Secretary |
| 21 | Ajit Kumar Saxena | Assumed additional charge of the post of CMD (Chief Managing Director) at RINL (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited) |
| 22 | MV Shreyams Kumar | Managing Director of the renowned Mathrubhumi newspaper |
| 23 | Aviral Jain | Executive Director (ED) of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
| 24 | Sanjeev Kumar Singla | India’s Next Ambassador to France |
| 25 | Air Marshal SP Dharkar | Vice Chief of the Air Staff |
| 26 | Sharad Kumar | New chief of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| 27 | Manish Tiwary | Managing Director of Nestlé India Limited |
| 28 | L Satya Srinivas | Additional CEO of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) |
| 29 | Manoj Kumar Dubey | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) |
| 30 | Dia Mirza | Jury Member for ALT Environmental Film Festival 2024 |
September 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RS Sharma | Non-Executive Chairperson of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) |
| 2 | Mr. R. Ravindran | Next Ambassador To Iceland |
| 3 | Amrit Mohan | Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) |
| 4 | Atishi Marlena | New Chief Minister of Delhi |
| 5 | Anurag Garg | Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) |
| 6 | World boxing champion Nikhat Zareen | Deputy Superintendent of Police of Telangana |
| 7 | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | President of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) |
| 8 | Alok Ranjan | Heads of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) |
| 9 | Jitendra J Jadhav | Director General of Aeronautical Development Agency |
| 10 | James Cameron | Joins the Board of Directors of Stability AI, a London-based startup best known for its artificial intelligence image-generation tool. |
| 11 | Justice Manmohan | Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court |
| 12 | IPS Nalin Prabhat | Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir |
| 13 | M V Shreyams Kumar | President of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) |
| 14 | Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command |
| 15 | V. Satish Kumar | Director (marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) |
| 16 | Bharath Sesha | Managing Director of Philips India, a Dutch multinational conglomerate |
| 17 | Actress Alia Bhatt | New Global Brand Ambassador of L’Oreal Paris (French cosmetics Company) |
| 18 | India’s Table Tennis Icon Sharath Kamal | first Indian ambassador of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Foundation |
| 19 | Ajay Ratra (Former India wicketkeeper) | Appointed as a selector for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| 20 | Aparna Yadav | Vice-Chairperson of UP Women’s Commission |
| 21 | Randhir Singh | Elected as the First Indian President of the Olympic Council of Asia |
| 22 | Tuhin Kanta Pandey | New Finance Secretary |
| 23 | Arun Goel | India’s Ambassador to Croatia |
| 24 | Vinay Goyal | State Mission Director of the National Health Mission (NHM) |
| 25 | Amit Shah | Re-elected as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language |
| 26 | Rajesh Verma | Chairperson of the Commission for air quality management in the National capital region and adjoining areas (CAQM). |
Appointment of 8 New Chief Justices for High Courts
| Name | Current Position | New Position |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Manmohan | Acting CJ of Delhi High Court | Chief Justice of Delhi High Court |
| Justice Rajiv Shakdher | Judge of Delhi High Court | Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court |
| Justice Suresh Kumar Kait | Judge of Delhi High Court | Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court |
| Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji | Judge of Calcutta High Court | Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court |
| Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar | Judge of Bombay High Court | Chief Justice of Kerala High Court |
| Justice Tashi Rabstan | Judge of J&K&L High Court | Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court |
| Justice KR Shriram | Judge of Bombay High Court | Chief Justice of Madras High Court |
| Justice MS Ramachandra Rao | Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court | Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court |
August 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. T.V. Somanathan | Cabinet Secretary of India |
| 2 | Daljit Singh Chaudhary | New Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) |
| 3 | Rajwinder Singh Bhatti | New Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) |
| 4 | Subhasri | MD and CEO of Shriram Capital |
| 5 | Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar | Director General of Project Seabird |
| 6 | Satish Kumar | New Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board |
| 7 | B Srinivasan | Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) |
| 8 | Sindhu Gangadharan | New Chairperson of National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) |
| 9 | Sanjeev Raina | Additional Director General (ADG) in the India-China LAC guarding force |
| 10 | Chirag Paswan | National president of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) |
| 11 | Deepti Gaur Mukherjee | Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) |
| 12 | Rajesh Nambiar | President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) |
| 13 | Amardeep Singh Bhatia | Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) |
| 14 | Govind Mohan | New Union Home Secretary |
| 15 | M Suresh | Interim Chairman of Airports Authority of India |
| 16 | Satya Prakash Sangwan | Chef de Mission for Paris Paralympics 2024 |
| 17 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) |
| 18 | Salee Sukumaran Nair | Managing Director and CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank |
| 19 | Rahul Navin | New Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) |
| 20 | Paetongtarn Shinawatra | Thailand’s Youngest Prime Minister |
| 21 | Vijay Mohan Kwatra | Indian Ambassador To United States |
| 22 | Sandeep Poundrik | Secretary of the Ministry of Steel |
| 23 | Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh | Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI) |
| 24 | Lalitha Nataraj | CEO of Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app |
| 25 | Raj Kumar Chaudhary | Chairman & Managing Director of NHPC Limited |
| 26 | Tan Su Shan | First Female CEO of DBS Group |
| 27 | Praveena Rai | New MD & CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) |
| 28 | Challa Sreenivasulu | Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) |
| 29 | Dinesh Karthik | New Ambassador for SA20 League |
| 30 | Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera | Assam Rifles Director General |
| 31 | Dr. Grinson George | Director at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) |
| 32 | Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair | First woman to serve as the Director of General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) |
July 2024
| Sl. No. | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | New Governor of Jharkhand |
| 2 | Former Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan | Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| 3 | Manoj Mittal | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) |
| 4 | Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur | Festival director for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) |
| 5 | IPS officer Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal | New Director General of Police of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 6 | Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani | re-elected unanimously as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from India |
| 7 | KV Subramanian | Federal Bank MD & CEO |
| 8 | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan | Principal Adviser for National TB Elimination Programme |
| 9 | Rajat Sharma | President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) |
| 10 | Justice Aalia Neelum | First Woman Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Pakistan |
| 11 | Robert Jerard Ravi | New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) |
| 12 | Arun Kumar Bansal | New Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paytm Payments Bank |
| 13 | Manoj Saunik, former Chief Secretary of Maharashtra | New Chairman of the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) |
| 14 | Chief Financial Officer Georges Elhedery | New CEO of HSBC Bank |
| 15 | Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra | India’s New Ambassador to the U.S. |
| 16 | Manolo Marquez | Head Coach Of Indian Men’s Football Team |
| 17 | Challa Sreenivasulu Setty | Next chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) |
| 18 | Ravi Agrawal, a 1988-batch IRS officer, | New chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) |
| 19 | Akhilesh Pathak | New Chief General Manager of the Southern Region Transmission System-I (SRTS-I) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) |
| 20 | Dr. BN Gangadhar | Chairperson of the National Medical Commission |
| 21 | Ex-R&AW Chief Rajinder Khanna | Additional National Security Adviser (NSA) |
| 22 | Naveen Chandra Jha | New MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. |
| 23 | Sujata Saunik | Maharashtra’s First Woman Chief Secretary |
| 24 | Justice Sheel Nagu | Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| 25 | Smt. Charulatha S Kar and Arnab Kumar Chowdhury | Executive Director (ED) of RBI |
| 26 | Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra K Ojha | Principal spokesperson of the central government. |
| 27 | LIC Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty | Re-Designated Managing Director & CEO of LIC |
| 28 | Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi | Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court |
| 29 | Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico | Presidency of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for a two-year term |
| 30 | Rachel Reeves | Britain’s First Woman Finance Chief |
| 31 | Former Chief Justice of India, Uday Umesh Lalit | Chairman of the search and selection committee for appointing vice-chancellors in West Bengal’s state-run universities. |
| 32 | Govind Singh (re-appointed) | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank (Utkarsh SFB) |
June 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Former Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa | Next President of the European Council |
| 2 | Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri | India’s New Foreign Secretary |
| 3 | Aksha Mohit Kamboj | Vice President of India Bullion Jewellers Association |
| 4 | Simon Mak | vice-chancellor of India’s first artificial intelligence university, Universal AI University (UAIU) |
| 5 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda | Leader of The House in Rajya Sabha |
| 6 | Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani | Next Vice Chief of Army Staff |
| 7 | Girija Subramanian | CMD of New India Assurance Company |
| 8 | Anuj Tyagi | MD and CEO of HDFC ERGO General Insurance |
| 9 | Former Disney executive Gaurav Banerjee | MD and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks |
| 10 | Paul Thomas | MD & CEO of ESAF Small Finance Bank |
| 11 | MLA C. Ayyanna Patrudu | Elected Speaker of Andhra Assembly |
| 12 | Atul Kumar Chaudhary | Secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| 13 | Manoj Jain | Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited |
| 14 | Bhartruhari Mahtab | Pro-Tem Speaker of Lok Sabha |
| 15 | Sudhakararao Papa | Director (Enterprise) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) |
| 16 | Girish Tanti | New Chairman of Global Wind Energy Council India |
| 17 | IAS officer Ashwani Kumar | Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) |
| 18 | Ajith Kumar KK | MD & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank |
| 19 | Tesam Pongte | New Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly |
| 20 | Pawan Kalyan | Deputy CM of Andhra Pradesh |
| 21 | Dr Kapil Dua | President of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons |
| 22 | Former IAS Officer P K Mishra | Principal Secretary to PM Modi |
| 23 | Ajit Doval | National Security Adviser (NSA) |
| 24 | Prem Prabhakar | MD and CEO of SBICAP Ventures Limited |
| 25 | Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman | Army Chief of Bangladesh |
| 26 | Abhijit Kishore and Rahul Vatts | Appointed as New Leadership of Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) |
| 27 | Lt General Upendra Dwivedi | next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) |
| 28 | Prem Singh Tamang | Sikkim Chief Minister |
| 29 | InderPal Singh Bindra | Secretary of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). |
| 30 | Raj Priy Singh, an Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer | Director in the Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 31 | Sameer Bansal | CEO of PNB MetLife |
| 32 | Former Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon Yang | Elected President of upcoming General Assembly Session |
| 33 | Aditya Roy Kapur | Brand Ambassador of Bisleri Limonata |
| 34 | Shri Kamal Kishore Soan | Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) |
| 35 | Om Birla | First Lok Sabha Speaker in 20 Years to be Re-elected as MP |
| 36 | Rakesh Mohan Joshi | Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) |
| 37 | Sushil Kumar Singh | New Chairperson of Deendayal Port Trust |
| 38 | Badminton Star PV Sindhu | Brand Ambassador for Tobacco Control |
May 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakesh Ranjan (IAS officer from Manipur Cadre) | Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
| 2 | Sandeep Batra | Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company |
| 3 | Shah Rukh Khan | New Brand Ambassador of Muthoot Pappachan Group |
| 4 | P Santhosh | MD & CEO of The National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) |
| 5 | Shehra BJP MLA Jetha Ahir | Chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) |
| 6 | Rushabh Gandhi | MD and CEO of IndiaFirst Life Insurance |
| 7 | Pradeep Natarajan | IDFC FIRST Bank’s Whole Time Director |
| 8 | Senior IPS Officers A.Y.V. Krishna & N. Venu Gopal | Additional directors in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) |
| 9 | Kapil Sibal | president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) |
| 10 | Idashisha Nongrang | First woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya |
| 11 | Vinay Firake | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) |
| 12 | Dileep Sanghani | Chairman Of The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) |
| 13 | Keki Mistry | Chairman of HDFC Life |
| 14 | Subodh Kumar | Director in Ministry of Ayush |
| 15 | Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan | National Ambassador for UNICEF India. |
| 16 | Sanjaya Kumar Mishra | President of the Goods & Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) |
| 17 | Hitesh Sethia | MD and CEO of Jio Financial Services |
| 18 | Justice Dinesh Kumar | Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) |
April 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judith Suminwa Tuluka | Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
| 2 | Atul Mehra | MD and CEO of Axis Capital Limited |
| 3 | Sanjay Nayar | New President of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) |
| 4 | Rakesh Mohan | New member of Economic Advisory Panel by World Bank Group |
| 5 | Ousmane Sonko | New PM of Senegal |
| 6 | PS Dinesh Kumar | Presiding officer of Securities Appellate Tribunal |
| 7 | Astrid Schomaker | 8th Executive Secretary of Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
| 8 | Justice Najmi Waziri | Chairman of a committee focused on safeguarding the forests in Delhi |
| 9 | Love Kumar | Inspector General (IG) in Special Protection Group (SPG) |
| 10 | Srinivas Pallia | CMD and MD of Wipro |
| 11 | Manoj Panda | Full-time member of 16th Finance Commission |
| 12 | Dinabandhu Mohapatra | Part-time member of Governing Board of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) |
| 13 | Tarun Bajaj | Head of US-India Tax Forum |
| 14 | Vinod Francis | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of South Indian Bank |
| 15 | Lindy Cameron | United Kingdom Appointed first woman high commissioner to India |
| 16 | Sachidananda Mohanty | Member of University Grants Commission (UGC) |
| 17 | Vandita Kaul | Secretary of the Department of Posts |
| 18 | Kristalina Georgieva | Managing Director (MD) of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? |
| 19 | Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | Prime Minister of Kuwait |
| 20 | Anurag Kumar | Joint Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) |
| 21 | Bjarni Benediktsson | prime minister of Iceland |
| 22 | Justice Anirudhha Bose | Director of National Judicial Academy (NJA) |
| 23 | Professor Elisa Morgera | UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights |
| 24 | Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | Next Chief of the Naval Staff |
| 25 | Nalin Prabhat | Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG) |
| 26 | Sapna Tewari | Special Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB) |
| 27 | Gita Sabharwal | New UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia |
| 28 | Narpat Singh | Railway Adviser in the High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | Col Edison Napyo as the first Defence Advisor to India |
| 30 | T. Rabi Sankar | Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
| 31 | Sunil Kumar Yadav | Director of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs |
| 32 | Yuvraj Singh | Ambassador for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 |
March 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daljit Singh Chaudhary | Director General (DG) of the National Security Guard (NSG) |
| 2 | Anurag Agarwal | Head of Parliament security (joint secretary (security)) |
| 3 | S Chockalingam | New chief electoral officer (CEO) of Madhya Pradesh |
| 4 | Brajesh Mehrotra | New chief secretary of Bihar |
| 5 | Kishor Makwana | Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), New Delhi |
| 6 | Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh | New Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh |
| 7 | Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu | New Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India |
| 8 | Navneet Kumar Sehgal | Chairman of the Prasar Bharati |
| 9 | Sheyphali B Sharan | Principal director general (PDG) of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) (official spokesperson of the Government of India) |
| 10 | Vinay Kumar | New ambassador of India to Russia |
| 11 | Matam Venkata Rao | Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the 2023–24 term |
| 12 | Soumendu Bagchi | India’s ambassador to Iraq |
| 13 | Govind Dholakia | New chairman of Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) |
| 14 | Luis Montenegro | Prime Minister of Portugal |
| 15 | Girija Subramanian | Chairman and managing director (CMD) of the New India Assurance Company |
| 16 | Bhupesh Sushil Rahul | CMD of United India Insurance Company |
| 17 | Rashmi Bajpai and Amit Misra | Executive directors for the Oriental Insurance Company |
| 18 | Dasarathi Singh | Executive director of the Agriculture Insurance Company of India |
| 19 | Sadanand Vasant Date | Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) |
| 20 | Piyush Anand | Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) |
| 21 | Hansha Mishra | Director in the Union Public Service Commission |
| 22 | Sita Ram Meena | Next Ambassador of India to Niger |
| 23 | Abhay Thakur | India’s next envoy to Myanmar |
| 24 | Nidhu Saxena | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Maharashtra |
| 25 | PR Sreejesh | Co-chair of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes Committee |
| 26 | Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid | First Bangladeshi umpire to be appointed to ICC Elite Panel of Umpires |
February 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anil Kumar Lahoti | Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) |
| 2 | Sanjay Verma | Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC |
| 3 | Radha Raturi | First woman chief secretary Uttarakahnd |
| 4 | Jay Shah | President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) |
| 5 | Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi | New Vice Chief of the Army Staff |
| 6 | Mio Oka | New Country Director for India |
| 7 | Ajay Kumar Choudhary | Non-executive chairman and independent director of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) |
| 8 | Sindhu Ganapathy | First transgender person to be appointed as the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) |
| 9 | Sanjay Kumar Jain | Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) |
| 10 | A.S. Rajeev | Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) |
| 11 | Wencai Zhang | Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the World Bank Group |
| 12 | Dr Samir Shah | New Chairman of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| 13 | Geeta Batra | New director at the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) |
| 14 | Justice (retired) A.M. Khanwilkar | Chairperson of the Lokpal |
January 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Arvind Panagariya | Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission |
| 2 | Ravindra Kumar Tyagi | New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited |
| 3 | Nadia Calvino | First woman president of the European Investment Bank |
| 4 | Rashmi Shukla | First woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Maharashtra Police |
| 5 | D. P Santhosh | MD and CEO of the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) |
| 6 | Senthil Pandian C | Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva |
| 7 | Raghuram Iyer | CEO of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) |
| 8 | Sue Redfern | First female neutral umpire |
| 9 | Daljit Singh Chaudhary | Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) |
