February One Liner : New Appointments

1. First woman to be appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) - Archana Ramasundram
2. Indian-American investor took charge as Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Sunil Sabharwal
3. New chairman of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - Rozle Prezelj (Slovenian high jumper)
4. New President of the Republic of Kosovo - Hashim Thaci
5. Chairperson of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) - Dinesh Sharma
6. Chairman of Railway board – Ak Mittal
7. New President of FIFA - Gianni Infantino (Switzerland)
8. New Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) - Rajendra Singh
9. New MD and CEO of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSEI) - Udai Kumar
10. New Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) - HL Dattu
11. New Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) - KN Vyas
12. New Australian High Commissioner to India – Harinder Sidhu
13. Christine Lagarde has been reappointed as the Managing Director (MD) of – IMF
14. New Chief Minister of Arunchal Pradesh – Kalikho Paul
15. Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax ( GST) - Amit Mitra

Note: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has been named as the new chairman of the empowered committee of state Finance ministers that is working out the details of the proposed goods and services tax (GST). He will succeed Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani.

1. U K Sinha has been reappointed as the Chairman of- SEBI
2. Bollywood actress appointed as the part time member of the Prasar Bharti Board – Kajol
3. Vice-chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption – Davinder Singh
4. President of the South Asian Wrestling Federation (SAWF) – Brij Bhushan Singh
5. President of International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) - Vishal Mehta
6. Name of the Indian to serve as a panelist on a UN panel on women’s economic empowerment - Renana Jhabvala
7. New Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Limited - Gurdeep Singh
8. Indian appointed as Senior Director in the World Bank – Saroj Kumar Jha
9. New head of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) - Jai Shanker Menon
10. Chairman of the recently created Tax Policy Council (TPC) in India - Union Finance Minister
11. Indian appointed as Vice-President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - D J Pandian