Monthly Current Affairs August 2016 “APPOINTMENTS” key points to Remember.
Darren Lehmann handed two-year extension as Australia coach
Justice DB Bhosale sworn-in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Bhaskar Khulbe appointed Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Air Marshal Neelakantan takes charge of Southern Air commandDilip Rath takes over as Chairman NDDB
Mondelez names Deepak Iyer MD of India business
Prachanda elected as Nepal PM
Nimesh Kampani steps down as MD of JM Financial
Sudhanshu Mani appointed as new GM for ICF
Youssef Chahed named Tunisia`s new prime minister
Nita Ambani first woman elected as member of IOC
D K Gayen assumed charge of new GM of East Central Railway
VinodRai steps down from IDFC Bank’s board
CARE Ratings names Mokashi MD
Anand Sinha to replace Vinod Rai on IDFC Bank board
Sitaraman Shankar appointed Network18 Managing Editor
KK Khurana appointed new head for BHEL Corporate R&D
ACC has approved appointments of four G Ms as Executive Directors
Max Hypermarkets India appoints Rajeev Krishnan as MD
State Bank of India appoints Dinesh Kumar Khara as MD
Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris quits: Recode
ITC’s Savlon engages SainaNehwal as its brand ambassador
RS appoints 10 MPs to jt panel on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Microsoft appoints SriramRajamani as MD of its India lab
Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigns from NMML body
ManjulaChellur named new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
Modigovt appoints new governors for 3 states; NajmaHeptullah to be new Manipur Governor
Shri Yogeshwar Sangwan appointed as India’s new Ambassador to Georgia
Najma Heptulla sworn in as Governor of Manipur
Amul MD Sodhi appointed on board of India Post Payment Banks
Deepika Padukone is now the face of Vistara!
VP Singh Badnore takes oath as new Punjab Governor
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as the 12th Lt Governor of A & N Islands
Ashok Chawla to take over as YES Bank non-executive chairman
Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as Governor of Assam
Manjula Chellur sworn in as Chief Justice of Bombay HC
P D Gupta appointed VC of Homi Bhabha National Institute
New ED at Corporation Bank
Tata Sons appoints Bain Capital’s MD, Amit Chandra as a non-executive director
Usain Bolt was appointed as ‘Chief Speed Officer’ by Digicel.
CRPF ropes in PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador
State Bank of Travancore appoints new Chief GM Ashok Kumar Pradhan