People in News: July 2022 PDF

Published on Monday, August 08, 2022

1. K K Venugopal

Kottayan Katankot (K.K.) Venugopal is reappointed as the Attorney General (AG) of India for 3 months.
He is the 15th AG of India.
He succeeded Mukul Rohatgi in 2017 and served as the AG till now.
Venugopal is a Senior Advocate and he is appointed by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.

2. Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
He has appointed after the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray.
Devendra Fadnavis is as appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Eknath Shinde served as the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Public Works (Public Undertakings) in the Maharastra State Government between 2014 – 2019.

3. Bill Ready

Bill Ready will take the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pinterest Inc.
He will replace Ben Silbermann who is the co-founder of Pinterest and served as the CEO for the past 12 years.
Bill is from Google and he is the present President of Commerce & Payments at Google.

4. Ravi Shastri

Indian Cricketer and Team Coach, Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the new ambassador for Fan Code.
FanCode is live content, sports statistics, and an e-commerce marketplace.

5. Shahid Kapoor

Bollywood actor, Shahid Kapoor has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of PokerBaazi.com.
PokerBaazi is an Online Indian poker platform.

6. Tanuja Nesari

Tanuja Nesari was awarded the Ayurveda Ratna Award 2022 by the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament.
She is the Director of the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
She was awarded for her contribution to the field of growth of Ayurveda at the global and national levels.

7. Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Sandeep Kumar Gupta is named as the next Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited.
He will replace Manoj Jain.
He has been Director for Finance of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) since August 2019.

8. Sini Shetty

Sini Shetty takes the Crown of Femina Miss India 2022.
She hails from Karnataka and she won the 58th Edition of Femina Miss India World 2022.

9. Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid is appointed as the Prime Minister of Israel.
He has officially become the 14th Prime Minister (PM) of Israel.
He is replacing PM Naftali Bennett.

10. Gita Gopinath

Gita Gopinath was featured on the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s “Wall of former Chief Economists”.
She becomes First Woman and 2nd Indian to feature on the Wall of former Chief Economists.
She is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist since October 2018.

11. Paritosh Tripathi

Paritosh Tripathi is appointed as the New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI General Insurance.
He succeeded Prakash Chandra Kandpal.
He was also the CEO of the SBI DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

12. Maryna Viazovska

Maryana Viazovska becomes 2nd Woman to Win Fields Medals 2022.
She is from Ukraine and is a renowned Mathematician.
She currently works as a Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.

13. Kaustubh Radkar

Kaustubh Radkar is appointed as the brand ambassador of Garmin Ltd.
He is an Indian Triathlete and an Ironman Certified Coach.
Garmin Ltd. is a fitness segment.

14. Asit Rath

Asit Rath is appointed as the New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Aviva Life Insurance Company India.
He succeeds Amit Malik.
He currently serves as the CEO of Prudential Myanmar Life Insurance.

15. Ajay Devgn

Ajay Devgn is appointed as the brand ambassador of Insecticide (India) Ltd (IIL).
It is a crop protection firm.
Ajay Devgn is a Bollywood actor and he is tied up to boost the usage of agrochemicals in farming.

16. Jayanti Prasad

Jayanti Prasad takes charge as a Whole-time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
He has served as the Chief Auditor at the United Nations for six years.

17. Ashish Chauhan

Ashish Chauhan is appointed as the New Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE).
He will succeed Vikram Limaye.
He currently serves as the Chancellor of the University of Allahabad.

18. Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe is appointed as the new Interim President of Sri Lanka.
He succeeded after the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Wickremesinghe belongs to the United National Party.

19. Meena Hemchandra

Meena Hemchandra is appointed as the part-time chairman of Karur Vysya Bank.
She held the position of an additional director of Karur Vysya Bank.

20. Madhulika Bhaskar

Madhulika Bhaskar is appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of New Indian Assurance Company Ltd.
She was appointed for the term of 3 months.
She succeeded Atul Sahai.

21. Bajram Begaj

Bajram Begaj is sworn in as the new President of Albania.
He succeeded former President Ilir Meta.
He is a retired Military Commander and become the 8th President of Albania.

22. Indermit Gill

Indermit Gill is appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group (WBG).
He is also appointed as the Senior Vice President for development economics.
He is the 2nd Indian to be appointed in this post after Kaushik Basu.

23. Sheikh Al Ahmad Al Sabah

Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is the New Prime Minister of Kuwait.
He replaced Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
He was appointed by the Kuwait Emir.

24. Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
He is the 34th Australian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
He is the former Association of Tennis Professionals' number one player and two times Grand Slam Champion.

25. Kaushik Rajshekara

Kaushik Rajshekara wins Global Energy Prize 2022.
He is an Indian-American Professor.
He was awarded for his contribution to transportation electrification and energy efficiency technologies while reducing power generation emissions.

26. Draupadi Murmu

Draupadi Murmu is elected as India’s 15th President.
She is the first-ever tribal and second-ever woman President of India.
She is the former Governor of Jharkhand.

27. Dinesh Gunawardena

Dinesh Gunawardena is appointed as the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
He was sworn in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
He is the 73 years old Senior Sri Lanka Member of Parliament.

28. Michelle Poonawalla

Michelle Poonawalla has received the Shiromani Award.
She was awarded for her contribution in the field of Art.
She is an Artist and Businesswoman.

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