People in News: January 2022 PDF

Published on Wednesday, February 09, 2022

1. Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is named in ICC T10I team of the year.
She is an Indian cricketer and the highest scorer in 2021.

2. Dr. Albert Bourla

Dr. Albert Bourla is awarded the Genesis Prize 2022.
He is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer.
The cash amount for the Genesis Prize is $1 Million.

3. Vinod Rai

Vinod Rai is appointed as the Independent Chairman of Unity Small Finance Bank(SFB).
He the former Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG)
Unity Small Finance Bank(SFB) is the 12th small finance bank and opened as a joint venture between Centrum Group and BharatPe.

4. Mia Mottley

Mia Mottley is appointed as the Prime Minister of Barbados.
She is elected for the 2nd Consecutive term.
She is the first female PM of Barbados and the 8th person to hold the seat of Prime Minister in Barbados.

5. Raghuvendra Tanwar

Raghuvendra Tanwar is appointed as the Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
He is the Professor emeritus of Kurukshetra University.
He will assume office for 3 years.

6. Prajakta Koli

Prajakta Koli is named as the “Youth Climate Champion”
The appointment was made by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India.
She is a famous YouTuber and actor.

7. Vinod Anand Jha

Vinod Anand Jha is appointed as the New Chairperson of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) Adjudicating Authority, New Delhi.
He was appointed by the Finance Ministry.
He is a retired IRS officer and served as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Pune, Maharastra.

8. Arun Kumar Purwar

Arun Kumar Purwar is appointed as the Chairman of IIFL Finance.
He is the former SBI Chairman.

9. Pushp Kumar Joshi

Pushp Kumar Joshi is appointed as the new Chairman & Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation(HPCL).
He will succeed Mukesh Kumar Surana.
He currently serves as the Director of Human Resources at HPCL.

10. Anantha Nageswaran

Anantha Nageswaran is appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor of India.
He will succeed K V Subramanian.
He is a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM) of India from 2019 to 2021.
He also served as the Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business.

11. Urjit Patel

Urjit Patel is appointed as the Vice President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
He will serve for 3 years starting from 1st February 2022 to 2025.
He is the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
He will succeed D J Pandian.

12. Haitham Al Ghais

Haitham Al Ghais is appointed as the New Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
He is appointed for a tenure of 3 years.
He previously served as the Governor of OPEC and as the Director of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

13. Bharath Subramaniyam

Bharath Subramaniyam became India’s 73rd Chess Grandmaster(GM).
He is a 14-year-old Chess Player from Chennai.

14. Alikhan Smailov

Alikhan Smailov is the New Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
He is followed by the Resignation of Askar Mamin Cabinet.
He previously served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

15. Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega is the President of Nicaragua.
He was sworn in for the 5th term as the President of Nicaragua.

16. Clive Lloyd

Former West Indies Cricketer Clive Lloyd receives Knighthood.
He received this from Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle.

17. S. Somanath

Somanath is appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO).
He will succeed K. Sivan.
Mr. Somanth will be the 10th Chairman of ISRO.
He is the senior space scientist in Gaganyaan, India’s 1st Huma Spaceflight mission.

18. Shaylyn Ford

Shaylyn Ford wins Mrs. World 2022 award.
She is from the United States.
She was crowned by the 2020 Mrs. World Kate Schneider from Ireland.

19. Vikram Dev Dutt

Vikram Dev Dutt is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India.
He is appointed by the Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
He is currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Tourism in the Government of Delhi.
He succeeded Rajiv Bansal.

20. Roberta Metsola

Roberta Metsola is appointed as the New President of the European Union(EU) Parliament.
She is the youngest-ever President and only the third woman to head the EU Parliament.
She succeeded David Sassoli who passed away.
She is 43 years old politician from Malta.

21. Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is appointed as the Ambassador for the Universal Acceptance Steering Group.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder of Paytm.
Universal Acceptance Steering Group, is an international organization that works on developing and recommending standards for language scripts that are not currently used for accessing the internet.

22. Dimitar Kovacevski

Dimitar Kovacevski is elected as the New Prime Minister of North Macedonia.
He is the leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.
He was the former deputy finance Minister of Macedonia.
He has succeeded Zoran Zaev who resigned as the Prime Minister on December 2021.

23. Harshaali Malhotra

Actress Harshaali Malhotra has been awarded the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award 2022.
She has done her performance as Munni, in the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan starring Salman Khan.

24. Zhang Ming

Zhang Ming is appointed as the New Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO).
Zhang succeeded Vladimir Norov.
Zhang is a Veteran Chinese Diplomat.

25. Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Goswami is appointed as the Ambassador to Legends League Cricket (LLC) to promote women's empowerment.
LLC has set up a women's match official team.
Jhulan Goswami is an Indian woman cricketer.

26. Shafali Verma

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Shafali Verma is appointed as the Brand Endorser of the Bank of Baroda.
Shafali Verma is an Indian Women Cricketer.

27. G Asok Kumar

G Asok Kumar is appointed as the new Director-General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga.
He is popularly known as the “Rain Man of India” for his excellent work in rainwater harvesting under the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain”.

28. Vinay Kumar Tripathi

Vinay Kumar Tripathi is appointed as the New Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board.
He is currently working as the General Manager of North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
He succeeds Suneet Sharma.

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