List of Important New Appointments (National & International) in August 2017:
Dear Readers, List of New Latest Appointments of both National and International in the month of August 2017 was given here, Candidates those who are preparing for the upcoming exams can make use of it.
Important National New Appointments in August 2017:
| 13th Vice President of India | Venkaiah Naidu (He succeed Hamid Ansari)
1st Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1st President of India – Rajendra Prasad 13th Vice President of India – Venkaiah Naidu 14th President of India – Ram Nath Kovind |
| New Chief of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command | Lt General Abhay Krishna (He succeeds Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi who has retired from service.)
Chief of Army Staff – Bipin Rawat |
| Chairman of the board of directors of the BSE | Dhirendra Swaruphas (Former Chairman of the Pension Funds Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), he replaces incumbent SudhakarRao) |
| Head of committee to study issues related to data protection, appointed by MeitY | B.N Srikrishna (The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has appointed an expert panel committee that would study various issues relating to data protection in the country and will suggest a draft data protection Bill.)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology – Ravi Shankar Prasad Constituency –Bihar, Rajya Sabha |
| Head of committee on ‘fair market conduct’ formed by SEBI | T K Viswanathan (committee on ‘fair market conduct’ which will suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades.) |
| Secretary General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) | Sanjaya Baru (He succeeds A Didar Singh)
FICCI – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry HQ – New Delhi President – Pankaj Patel |
| Chairman and Manging Director (CMD) in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) | Mohammad Mustafa
SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India Headquarters – Lucknow New CMD – Mohammad Mustafa Preceded by – Kshatrapatishivaji |
| Next Ambassador of India to The Republic of Kazakhstan | Prabhat Kumar (presently Ambassador of India to Colombia)
Country – Kazakhstan Capital – Astana Currency – Kazakhstani tenge |
| Next Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog (think-tank that replaced the Planning Commission) | Rajiv Kumar (He will succeed Arvind Panagariya)
Chairman of NITI Aayog – PM Modi New Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog – Rajiv Kumar Preceded by – Arvind Panagariya CEO of NITI Aayog – Amitabh Kant |
| Brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in UP | Akshay Kumar Bollywood actor
State – Uttar Pradesh Capital – Lucknow CM – Yogi Adityanath Governor – Ram Naik |
| New Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of Payback India |
Gautam Kaushik |
| Brand ambassador by a health and wellness startup Cure.fit | Hritik Roshan |
| The 45th  Chief Justice of India | Justice Dipak Misra  (He will be replacing incumbent Justice J S Khehar)
Present & 44th CJI – Justice J S Khehar 1st CJI – H J Kania Next & 45th CJI – Justice Dipak Misra |
| Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) | lyricist Prasoon Joshi (He replaced former Chairman Pahlaj Nihalani) |
| WHO Goodwill Ambassador | Athlete Milkha Singh
WHO – World Health Organization Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland Director-General of WHO – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Nick Name of Milkha Singh – The Flying Sikh |
| Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of San Marino | Reenat Sandhu (presently Ambassador of lndia to ltaly)
Country – San Marino Capital – San Marino city Currency – Euro |
| New CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) | Dilip Asbe (He succeeds A. P. Hota)
NPCI – National Payments Corporation of India Chairman – Shri Balachandran M Headquarters – Mumbai |
| Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways India LtdÂ
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Vinay Dube
Jet Airways HQ – Mumbai Its Parent company is Tailwinds Private Limited New CEO – Vinay Dube |
| Newly appointed a Member of the reconstituted Censor Board | Actress Vidya Balan |
| Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy Luxembourg | Gaitri Issar Kumar (presently Ambassador of India to Belgium)
Country – Luxembourg Capital – Luxembourg city Currency – Euro |
| Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) | David Rasquinha
EXIM Bank – Export-Import Bank of India HQ – Mumbai |
| CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited | Santosh Sharma |
| MD & CEO of Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) | Sankara Rao |
| New President and MD of General Motors | Sanjiv Gupta (He replaces Kaher Kazem)
General Motors HQ – Detroit, Michigan, United States New President & MD of GM India – Sanjiv Gupta Preceded by – Kaher Kazem New President and CEO of GM Korea – Kaher Kazam |
| Executive Director of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) | Mamta Suri
IBBI – Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Chairman of IBBI – Dr. M. S. Sahoo |
| New Chairman of Railway Board | Ashwani Lohani (Replacing Ashok Mittal) |
| Interim Chairman and MD of Air India | Rajiv Bansal (Presently the Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor at Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, he replaces Ashwani Lohani who took over as the Railway Board Chairman) |
| Director General of the Railway Protection Force | CISF ADG Dharmendra Kumar (Replaces S K Bhagat)
B.N.Laihri was the first DG of Railway Protection Force Union Minister for Railways – Suresh Prabhu Constituency – Andhra Pradesh, RajyaSabha |
| Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs | Rajiv Gauba
Union Home Minister – Rajnath Singh Constituency – Lucknow |
Important International New Appointments in August 2017:
| Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea | Peter O’Neill
Country – Papua New Guinea Capital – Port Moresby Currency – Papua New Guinean kina |
| President of Iran | Hassan Rouhani
Country – Iran Capital – Tehran Currency – Rial |
| Three Indian-Americans Appointed to key government posts by Donald Trump | Neil Chatterjee was confirmed as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Krishna R. Urs was confirmed as the Ambassador to Peru, Vishal Amin got the post of White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. |
| Executive Director of World Bank | Senior bureaucrat S Aparna (presently Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, she replaces S C Garg)
World Bank HQ – Washington D.C President – Jim Yong Kim |
| Deputy Comptroller for Minority Affairs in New York’s Nassau county | Indian American Dilip Chauhan
Country – Bahamas Capital – Nassau Currency – Bahamian Dollar |
| President of Kenya | Uhuru Kenyatta
Country – Kenya Capital – Nairobi Currency – Kenyan shilling |
| Russia’s new ambassador to India | Nikolay Kudashev
Country – Russia Capital – Moscow Currency – Russian Ruble New Russia’s Ambassador to India – Nikolay Kudashev Preceded by – Alexander Kadakin |
| Goodwill Ambassador for Handicap International | Neymar (World’s Most expensive player)
Neymar – Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer Country – Brazil Capital – BrasÃlia Currency – Brazilian real |
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