People in News: December 2021 PDF

Published on Monday, January 10, 2022

1. Madalena Andersson

Magdalena Andersson is elected as the 1st Female Prime Minister of Sweden.
She was the former Finance Minister of Sweden.
Sweden is the last Nordic country to get a female Prime Minister.
Nordic Countries include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.

2. Parag Agarwal

Parag Agarwal took charge as Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Twitter.
He was followed by the resignation of Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter.
Parag is an Indian American and previously posted as the CTO of Twitter.

3. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi won the 65th Ballon d’Or Award.
Messi is an Argentina Footballer and has won this award for the 7th time.
Ballon d’Or Award (English: Golden Ball) is an annual award and most prestigious individual award for a soccer player.

4. V Praveen Rao

V Praveen Rao wins the 7th Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Award for 2017 -19.
He is the present Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University(PJTSAU).
This award is given as a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contributions to agricultural development and sustainable agriculture methods.

5. Dinyar Patel

Dinyar Patel won Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 for his book “Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism”.
This prize is given for nonfiction literature on modern and contemporary India.
It also carries a cash prize of INR 15 lakh.
NIF means New India Foundation.

6. Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt is appointed as the Brand Ambassador for Arunachal Pradesh.
This event was taken place on the celebration of the 50th year or Golden Jubilee celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh.
Sanjay Dutt is a renowned Bollywood Actor.

7. Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is appointed as the Brand Ambassador of GUVI.
GUVI is an Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) incubated Startup.
This is to create technological awareness among everyone, especially women.
Smriti Mandhana is an Indian Cricketer.

8. Anju Bobby George

Long Jump Player Anju Bobby George wins the women of the year award from World Athletics.
She has been awarded for her efforts in advancing sports in the country and also efforts for gender equality.

9. Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawade is appointed as the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Cultural and Creative Industries.
Naomi Kawase is the Japanese Film Director.
She was appointed by the UNESCO head Audrey Azoulay.

10. Sambit Patra

Sambit Patra is appointed as the New Chairman for Indian Tourism Development Corporation.
Prior to this post, he was working as an Independent Director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Indian Tourism Development Corporation comes under the Ministry of Tourism and its headquarters is in New Delhi.

11. Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu

Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu are appointed as the Brand ambassadors for Disney BYJU’s Early Learn App.
Neeraj Chopra is an Indian Javelin Thrower and P V Sindhu is an Indian Shuttler.
BYJU’s Early Learning App teaches young children aged between 6-8 years through the app.

12. Anupam Ray

Dr. Anupam Ray is appointed as India’s permanent representative at UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
He is currently serving as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
United Nations Conference on Disarmament comes under United Nations General Assembly to negotiate a multilateral disarmament forum.

13. Pankaj Sharma

Dr. Pankaj Sharma is appointed as the Next Ambassador of India to Mexico.
He served as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.

14. Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt is named the PETA India “Person of the Year 2021”.
She is a Bollywood Actress and she was awarded for her investment in bio-degradable vegan leather “Fleather”.

15. Vijay Raaz and Varun Sharma

Actors Vijay Raaz and Varun Sharma are appointed as the Brand Ambassadors for the EaseMyTrip.
EaseMyTrip is a business portal for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer segments.

16. Atul Kumar Goel

Atul Kumar Goel is appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of Punjab National Bank.
He will succeed in Mallikarjuna Rao.
Prior to this appointment, Atul served as the MD and CEO of UCO Bank.

17. Viral Desai

Viral Desai won Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021.
He is called the Green man of Gujarat.
He is an industrialist from Surat, Gujarat.

18. Pankaj Advani

Pankaj Advani won the 2021 National Billiards Title.
He is an Indian Billiards and Snooker Player.

19. Harjinder Singh

Harjinder Singh is appointed as India’s “Chef de Mission” for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
He currently serves as the General Secretary of the Indian Ice Hockey Association.

20. H.O. Suri

H.O. Suri is appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance Company.
Prior to this position, he is the financial advisor of IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Company.

21. Divya Hedge

Divya Hedge wins UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment.
She is an Indian Climate Action Entrepreneur who runs a firm called “Baeru Environmental Services”.
They fight climate changes through rural population especially through women and they gave employment opportunities for rural women in their firm.

22. Atul Dinkar Rane

Atul Dinkar Rane is appointed as the Director-General(DG) of the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited manufactures the BrahMos supersonic cruise Missile.
Atul always remained in the core team of BrahMos Aerospace since its foundation as a joint venture with Russia.

23. Gabriel Boric

Gabriel Boric is elected as the Youngest President of Chile.
He is just 35-year-old and belongs to Social Convergence Party.

24. Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Uttarakhand State.
He is an Indian cricketer.
He is appointed with the aim to encourage the youth of the state towards sports and public health.

25. Salman Khan

Salman Khan is appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the COVID Vaccination in Maharashtra.
He is a Bollywood Actor and he was appointed to create COVID Vaccination awareness in Maharashtra.

26. Karl Nehammer

Karl Nehammer was sworn in as Austria’s Chancellor.
He was appointed by the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen.
He succeeds Alexander Schallenberg.
Prior to this post, he has served as the Interior Minister of Austria.

27. Avani Lekhara

Avani Lekhara wins “Best Female Debut” at 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards
She is an Indian Shooter and won India’s First Gold Medal in Shooting in Tokyo Olympics 2020.

28. Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the “Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo” award.
It is Bhutan’s Highest Civilian Award.
Modi is the 1st Foreigner to receive this award.

29. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla is conferred with the TiE 2021 “Global Entrepreneur of the Year” award.
He was awarded under the category of “Business Transformation”
The event was held in Dubai, UAE.

30. Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton received “Knight Bachelor” of Services to Motorsport.
Hamilton is a Britain’s 7 times F1 Champion.
The award was presented by Charles, the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle, England.

31. Unsoo Kim

Unsoo Kim is appointed as the Managing Director of Hyundai Motor India Limited.
He will replace Seon Seob Kim.

32. General Naravane

General Naravane took charge as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee(CoSC).
He succeeds Bipin Rawat, who died in a flight crash in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
Naravane is the senior-most of the Chiefs of all three armed forces- Army, Navy, and Air Force.

33. Sanjiv Mehta

Sanjiv Mehta is elected as the President of Hindustan Unilever Limited.
He currently serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited.

34. Balkrishna Doshi

Balkrishna Doshi is honored with the Royal Gold Medal 2022.
He is an Indian Architect who designed Chandigarh.
Royal Gold Medal is one of the world’s highest honors for Architecture.

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