People in News: June 2019

Published on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

APPOINTMENTS

ANITA BHATIA

She is an Indian-origin, a veteran in strategic partnerships, resource mobilisation and management.
She has been recently appointed as Deputy Executive Director for UN women.
She has also served as Director of Global Partnerships for International Finance Corporation (IFC) and worked for World Bank (WB).

SATISH CHANDRA VERMA

He has been appointed as Advocate General of Chhattisgarh.
Advocate General’s are appointed by Governor of State according to Article 165 of the Indian Constitution.
He replaced former Advocate General Kanak Tiwari..

AJIT DOVAL

He is a retired IPS officer of 1968 batch of Kerala cadre.
During the first term of NDA, he has served as National Security Adviser.
In the second term of Modi Govt, he has been reappointed as National Security Adviser for another five-year term and has been given a rank of Cabinet Minister.

RAKESH MAKHIJA

He has been appointed as Chairman of Axis Bank.
The board of the bank has approved his appointment in March as a chairman subject to Reserve Bank’s clearance.
He will hold the office for a period of 3 years with effect from July 18, 2019, to July 17, 2022, which includes both dates.

RAJIV MAHARISHI

He is Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
In the recently held 72nd WHO Assembly in Geneva, he has been elected as External Auditor of WHO for a period of four years starting from 2020 which ends in 2023.
Initially, in the year he has also been appointed as External Auditor of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

MRUTYUNJAY MOHAPATRA

He is a Scientist and cyclone warning specialist.
He is working as Additional Director General in the Indian Metrological Department (IMD).
Recently he has been appointed as the Chief of Indian Metrological Department (IMD).

JUSTICE DHIRUBHAI NARANBHAI PATEL

He has been sworn in as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
The oath to Chief Justice of a High Court is administered by Governor of state.
He was posted in Jharkhand High Court.

N GOPALASWAMI

He is a former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), who has served from June 2006 to April 2009.
He has been appointed as Electoral Officer for BCCI by Committee of Administrators (CoA).
He will supervise the elections of BCCI and the Indian Cricketers Association.

SHARAD KUMAR

He is a former Chief of anti-terror probe agency National Investigation Agency.
Currently, he is a Vigilance commissioner.
He has been appointed as interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) till new CVC is appointed by the PM.

KRISHNASWAMY NATARAJAN

He is appointed as a Director-General of Indian Coast Guard.
He replaced Rajendra Singh.
He is the 23rd Chief of India’s Security forces.

AMITABH KANT

He is a Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved him an extension for another two years as a CEO of NITI Aayog up to 30.06.2021.

NARINDER BATRA

He is the first Indian to head International Hockey Federation.
He is also the President of Indian Olympic Association.
Recently he has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
He got 58 votes out of 62.

AWARDS

PRIYANKA CHOPRA

She is an Indian actress.
She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
She is going to be awarded the Danny Kane Humanitarian Award by UNICEF.

AMITAV GHOSH

He is a renowned Indian author.
He has been awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English.
Jnanpith award is the Indian Literary Award awarded only to Indian Citizens.

NIRMALA SITHARAMAN AND S JAISHANKAR

Nirmala Sitharaman is the Finance minister of India whereas S Jaishankar is the External Affairs Minister.
Jawaharlal Nehru University is going to confer them alumni award.
Nirmala Sitharaman had completed her MA and M Phil degrees while S Jaishankar his M Phil degree from JNU.

NARENDRA MODI

He is the Prime Minister of India.
Maldives Government is going to confer its highest award named ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ to PM Narendra Modi.

SUNDAR PICHAI AND ADENA FRIEDMAN

Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google while Adena Friedman is the President of Nasdaq.
The duo has been chosen for Global Leadership Award 2019 for their contribution in respective platforms.
The award is conferred by US-India Business Council (USIBC).

SHEELA

She is a Malayalam Actor.
She has been conferred with Malayalam cinema’s highest honour J C Daniel Award.
She is the only second woman to be conferred with this award after Aranmula Ponnamma.

PRATIBHA PATIL

She is a former President of India (2007-2012).
She has been conferred with Mexico’s highest civilian award given to foreigners named ‘Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca’.
She is second President of India to get this award after S Radhakrishna.

SPORTS

VIRAT KOHLI

He is a present captain of the Indian team and a batsman.
He became the fastest cricketer to score 20000 International runs which he scored only in 417 innings.
He surpassed both Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

LEWIS HAMILTON

He is a British racing driver.
He races in Formula One for Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport.
He recently won France Grand Prix 2019 and Canadian Grand Prix 2019 which is his 6th in this season.

FERNANDO TORRES

He is a Spanish Footballer.
He was a part of the 2010 FIFA team which they won.
Recently he has announced his retirement.
He made his debut in 2003 against Portugal.

PANKAJ ADVANI

He is an Indian Billiards and snooker player.
He is also a Padma Bhushan award winner.
Recently he won 35th Men’s Asian Snooker Championship which was held in Doha by defeating Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand by 6-3 in finals.

RASHID KHAN

He is an Afghanistan leg spinner and handy lower-order batsman.
In the recently held ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 he became the most expensive bowler in World Cup history.
He gave 110 runs in 9 overs against England.
He is set to lead his team in all three formats.

YUVRAJ SINGH

He is an Indian middle-order batsman and handy bowler as well.
He played a crucial role in winning both ICC T20I WC 2007 and ICC WC 2011.
He has also hit six sixes to Stuart Broad in ICC T20I WC 2007.
Recently he has announced retirement from International Cricket.