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Gurdeep Singh appointed as CMD of NTPC

Gurdeep Singh has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited. His appointment was confirmed by Appointments Committee of the...

January 29, 2016

Atulesh Jindal appointed as new chairman of CBDT

Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Officer Atulesh Jindal has been appointed chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). His appointment was cleared by Appointments Committee of Cabinet...

January 22, 2016

Vikas Thapar appointed as Vice President of Micromax

Homegrown smartphone maker Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as its Vice-President for Finance. In his new role, Thapar will be responsible for strengthening the company’s asset and revenue...

January 11, 2016

Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as Chairman of CCI

Union Government has appointed former IAS Devender Kumar Sikri as Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI). He will succeed Ashok Chawla whose tenure ended as the Chairman...

January 8, 2016

Sam Pitroda appointed as Technical Advisor of Odisha Government

Renowned telecom engineer and inventor Sam Pitroda has been appointed as Technology Advisor to the Odisha Government. He has been appointed as the technology adviser for development of...

January 7, 2016

RK Mathur sworn in as 8th Chief Information Commissioner

Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur (62) has sworn in as the eight Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of the Central Information Commission. He was administered the oath of...

January 4, 2016

Abid Ali Neemuchwala appointed as CEO of Wipro

India’s third largest IT exporter Wipro Limited has appointed Abid Ali Z. Neemuchwala as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Member of the Board of the company....

January 4, 2016

Amitabh Kant appointed CEO of NITI Aayog

Senior IAS officer Amitabh Kant has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Decision in this regard was...

December 28, 2015

Pawan Kumar Agarwal appointed CEO of FSSAI

Senior IAS officer Pawan Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). He will succeed...

December 23, 2015

R K Mathur appointed as Chief Information Commissioner

Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur (62) has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He will have tenure of about three years (2017) till he attain the...

December 18, 2015

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