Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan assumed Presidency of the
Royal Society
Indian-American Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry in 2009 with Tom Steitz and Ada Yonath.
Patricia Scotland appointed as Secretary General of
Commonwealth of Nations
With this, Patricia become the first British citizen and first
woman as well to hold the role in the 66-year history of 53-member
Commonwealth.
Sunil Kanoria appointed as President of ASSOCHAM
Kanoria succeeded Rana Kapoor, Yes Bank Managing Director and
CEO.
Michael Keating appointed as Special Representative for
Somalia and Head of UNSOM
Keating will succeed Nicholas Kay, who will complete his
assignment in December 2015. Kay was associated with UNSOM for over the past
two and a half years.
Swati Dandekar appointed Executive Director to Asian
Development Bank by Obama
Dandekar, 64, will succeed Robert M Orr, who has held the
position since 2010. Dandekar will serve as one of 12 international directors
and hold the title of ambassador.
Harshavardhan Neotia elected as President of FICCI
Neotia will succeed the current FICCI President Jyotsna Suri,
Chairperson and Managing Director of Bharat Hotels Ltd, during the chamber's
AGM in December 2015.
Justice T S Thakur appointed Chief Justice of India
Justice Thakur will take over the office from 3 December 2015 as
the 43rd Chief Justice of India.
Syed Akbaruddin appointed as next Permanent
Representative of India to UN
Akbaruddin is a 1985 batch IFS officer and currently, serving as
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan elected as Vice-Chairman
on BIS Board
With this, he became the first Indian to be elected the
vice-chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Subir Gokarn appointed as IMF's Executive Director
Gokarn’s name was cleared by Appointments Committee of Cabinet
presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as per an order issued by the
Department of Personnel and Training.
Justice AP Shah appointed as the Ethics Officer
(Ombudsman) at BCCI
He will preside as the sole decision maker on all conflict of
interest issues plaguing Indian cricket.
Justice T S Thakur set to be the Chief Justice of India
He will be appointed as the highest-ranking judge in the Supreme
Court of India on 2 December 2015.
Indian-born Harjit Sajjan sworn-in as Defence Minister of
Canada
He is one of the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 30-member
Cabinet that was sworn-in at a public ceremony held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa,
Canada.
Navtej Singh Sarna appointed as Indian High Commissioner
to United Kingdom
Prior to this appointment, Sarna was working as Secretary (West)
in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Suresh N Patel appointed as MD & CEO of Andhra Bank
Patel has around three decades of experience in the banking
sector at various levels and most of it in Gujarat.
Captain Krishna Swaminathan took over command of aircraft
carrier INS Vikramaditya
INS Vikramaditya is Indian Navy's new and formidable aircraft
carrier which was commissioned at Severodvinsk in Russia on 16 November 2013.
Deepak Singhal appointed Executive Director of Reserve Bank
of India
Singhal replaced K K Vohra who will now look after the Deposit
Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC).
AK Jha took over as CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
Before taking over the charge in MCL, Jha served as the Director
(Production & Planning) in MOIL Limited.
Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna took over as
Maintenance Head of IAF
Khanna was commissioned in the mechanical stream of Aeronautical
Engineering branch in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 25 July 1977.
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