India has experienced a transformative wave of appointments in 2024, signalling significant shifts across various sectors.
Among the standout changes, Ajay Banga has stepped into the role of India's representative at the World Bank, bringing his vast expertise in global economic policy to the forefront.
In a groundbreaking move for gender representation, Alka Mittal has become the first woman to lead ONGC, paving the way for greater inclusivity in the energy sector.
Additionally, Arvind Krishna has been appointed as the head of NITI Aayog, promising to drive innovation and strategic policymaking in the country.
In this article, we’ll provide a detailed look at the complete list of new appointments in India for 2024. These include changes in government, public sector enterprises, and other major organisations. A downloadable PDF will also be available to help you access the full list easily.
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Complete List of New Appointments in India 2024
Here’s the complete list of new appointments in India for 2024, including key changes in government, public sector enterprises, and major organisations.
December 2024
| Name | Designation |
| Sanjay Malhotra | Governor of the Reserve Bank of India |
| Archana Shukla | Joint Director in the National Testing Agency |
| Amit Kumar | Joint Director in the National Testing Agency |
| Sandip Kumar Mishra | Director in the National Testing Agency |
| Shivani | Joint Director in the National Testing Agency |
| Nitin Jain | Director in the Ministry of Steel |
| Eranki Venkat Bhaskar | Private Secretary to Minister of Coal & Mines |
| Mudit Srivastava | Internal Financial Adviser (Director level) |
| Pulkesh Kumar | Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Ashok Kumar | High Commissioner to Zambia |
November 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Rajesh Kumar Singh | Defence Secretary at South Block |
| Dr. Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes | Secretary General of the World Agriculture Forum |
| Itaru Otani | Chairman of India Yamaha Motor |
| India | President of the International Solar Alliance |
| Harsha Vardhan Agarwal | FICCI President |
| Mara Kocho | Incoming (NEHHDC) |
| Arvindar Singh Sahney | Chairman at Indian Oil Corporation |
| Amandeep Johl | CEO of the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| K Sanjay Murthy | Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| Alka Tiwari | Chief Secretary of Jharkhand |
| Mithali Raj | Mentor for the Andhra Cricket Association |
| Justice D. Krishnakumar | Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court |
| Pankaj Tripathi | Festival Ambassador for Arunachal Rang Mahotsav 2024 |
| G. Balasubramanian | High Commissioner of India to the Maldives |
| Dinesh Bhatia | India’s Ambassador to Brazil |
| Binod Kumar | Managing Director and CEO of Indian Bank |
| Dr. Jaiteerth Raghavendra Joshi | Chief of BrahMos Aerospace |
| Shriya Pilgaonkar | Goodwill Ambassador of All Living Things Environmental Film Festival |
| JMM leader Hemant Soren | 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand |
| Nand Kishore | MD & CEO of SBI Funds Management Limited |
| Raj Kumar Chaudhary | Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited |
| Mallika Srinivasan | Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board |
October 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya, Nagesh Kumar | External Members of MPC |
| Shri Aviral Jain | Executive Director of RBI |
| Sharad Kumar | Head of Anti-Corruption Unit |
| Manoj Kumar Dubey | CEO, Chairman, and Managing Director of Indian Railway Finance Corporation |
| Virat Sunil Diwanji | Additional Director in Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| Manish Tiwary | Managing Director of Nestlé India Limited |
| Sanjeev Kumar Singla | Ambassador of India to France |
| L Satya Srinivas | Interim CEO of the Government e-Marketplace |
| Noel Tata | Chairperson of Tata Trusts |
| Pritpal Kaur | 2024 IACP 40 Under 40 awardees |
| Paramesh Sivamani | Chief of the Indian Coast Guard |
| Omar Abdullah, Surinder Choudhary | Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Aishath Azeema | Maldives Ambassador to India |
| Amit Kumar | Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of AI Assets Holding Limited |
| Justice Sanjiv Khanna | 51st Chief Justice of India |
| Praveen Vashista | Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Akash Tripathi | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Digital India Corporation |
| Ravi Ahuja | CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Nayab Singh Saini | Chief Minister of Haryana |
| Sourav Ganguly | Director of Cricket for JSW Sport |
| Sandip Goenka | CEO of Life Insurance Business, ACKO Life |
| Smt. Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar | Chairperson of the National Commission for Women |
| Abhyuday Jindal | President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce |
| Deepak Agarwal | Full-time Managing Director of NAFED |
| Manu Kapoor | Group Chief of Public Policy and Corporate Affairs |
| KAP Sinha | Chief Secretary of Punjab |
| Praveena Rai | CEO and Managing Director of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India |
| Rashmika Mandanna | National Ambassador to promote cyber safety |
| Sumathi Dharmawardena | Independent Chair of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit |
| Ashok Chandra | MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank |
September 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command |
| Bharath Sesha | Managing Director for the Indian subcontinent |
| Dr. D K Sunil | Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| Vinai Kumar Saxena | Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
| Y Haragopal | Managing Director of NABCONS |
| Sharath Kamal | First Indian ambassador of the ITTF Foundation |
| Ajay Ratra | Indian Cricket Selection Committee |
| Aparna Yadav | Vice-Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Women’s Commission |
| Deepti Gaur Mukerjee | Member of the SEBI Board |
| Amit Shah | Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language |
| Randhir Singh | First Indian President of the Olympic Council of Asia |
| Tuhin Kanta Pandey | Finance Secretary |
| Vinay Goyal | State Mission Director of the National Health Mission |
| Rajesh Verma | Chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management |
| Subrata Mondal | MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance |
| Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty | Controller of Personnel Services (CPS) in the Indian Navy |
| Manish Kumar Gupta | Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Amrit Mohan Prasad | Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal |
| Aishwarya Bhati, Balbir Singh, KM Nataraj, Madhavi Divan, N Venkataraman, and Sanjay Jain | Additional Solicitor Generals in the Supreme Court |
| G Srinivasan | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Health Insurance |
| Samir Kumar | Amazon India’s new country manager |
| Joohi Smita Sinha | Chief General Manager (CGM) of SBI’s Bengaluru Circle |
| Squadron Leader Mohana Singh | First female fighter pilot in the LCA Tejas aircraft fleet |
| Anurag Garg | Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau |
| V Vaidyanathan | Managing Director and CEO of IDFC First Bank |
| Nikhat Zareen | Telangana Police as the Deputy Superintendent of Police |
| Justice Sunita Agarwal | Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court |
| Justice Alok Aradhe | Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court |
| Justice Vipin Sanghi | Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court |
| Justice Amjad A. Sayed | Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court |
| Justice S. Muralidhar | Chief Justice of the Madras High Court |
| Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi | Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court |
| Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra | Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court |
| Justice Arup Kumar Goswami | Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court |
| Amar Preet Singh | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | President of the National Rifle Association of India |
| Alok Ranjan | Chief of the National Crime Records Bureau |
| Jitendra J Jadhav | Director General of the Aeronautical Development Agency |
| Krishnan Venkat Subramanian | Managing Director & CEO of Federal Bank |
| Amit Garg | Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy |
| Brijendra Pratap Singh | Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Aluminium Company Limited |
| Girish Chandra Murmu | Chairmanship of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions |
| Bhushan Akshikar | President of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India |
| MK Stalin | Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu |
| Justice Manmohan | Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court |
| Air Chief Marshal AP Singh | Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force |
| IPS officer Nalin Prabhat | Director General of Police for Jammu and Kashmir |
August 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Subhash Chandra Lal Das | Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Steel |
| Lt. Gen. Sadhna Saxena Nair | Director General Medical Services (Army) in the Indian Armed Forces |
| Dr. Grinson George | Director at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute |
| Mohsin Naqvi | President of the Asian Cricket Council |
| Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak | President of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India |
| Daljit Singh Chawdhary | Director General of the Border Security Force |
| Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera | Director General of Assam Rifles |
| Challa Sreenivasulu Setty | Chairman of the State Bank of India |
| Praveena Rai | MD & CEO of MCX |
| Tan Su Shan | Female CEO of DBS Group |
| Harish Dudani | Member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission |
| Rekha Sharma | Chairperson of the National Commission for Women |
| T.V. Somanathan | Cabinet Secretary |
| Raj Kumar Chaudhary | Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited |
| Shri Sandeep Poundrik | Secretary of the Ministry of Steel |
| Lalitha Nataraj | CEO of National Payments Corporation of India |
| Vinay Mohan Kwatra | India’s new Ambassador to the United States |
| PR Sreejesh | Head Coach of India’s Junior Men’s Hockey Team |
| Rahul Navin | Full-time Director of the Enforcement Directorate |
| Govind Mohan | Union Home Secretary |
| Salee Sukumaran Nair | MD & CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank |
| Morne Morkel | Bowling Coach of the Indian Men’s Cricket Team |
| Ashok Kumar Singh | Director General of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation |
| Satya Prakash Sangwan | Chef de Mission for the Indian Contingent |
| M Suresh | Interim Chairman of the Airports Authority of India |
| Parvathaneni Harish | India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| Rajesh Nambiar | President-Designate of NASSCOM |
| Sanjiv Ranjan | Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association |
| Deepti Gaur Mukherjee | Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Chirag Paswan | National President of Lok Janshakti Party |
| Sanjeev Raina | Additional Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police |
| Sindhu Gangadharan | Chairperson of NASSCOM |
| B Srinivasan | Director General of the National Security Guard |
| Satish Kumar | Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board |
| Jay Shah | Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar | Director General of Project Seabird |
| Subhasri | Managing Director and CEO of Shriram Capital |
| IAS Officer Amrit Lal Meena | Chief Secretary of Bihar |
| Dr. T.V. Somanathan | India’s Cabinet Secretary |
| Satish Kumar Vaduguri | Interim Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation |
| Nehal Vora | MD & CEO of CDSL |
| Rajwinder Singh Bhatti | Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force |
| Samir Ashwin Vakil | Director in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office |
| Manisha Saxena | Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training |
| Mugdha Sinha | Director General (Tourism) |
| Ajay Bhadoo | Additional Secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
| Dr. Vivek Joshi | Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training |
| Nagaraju Maddirala | Secretary, Department of Financial Services |
| Rajesh Kumar Singh | Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Defence |
| Amardeep Singh Bhatia | Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade |
| Katikithala Srinivas | Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Chandra Sekhar Kumar | Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Neelam Shammi Rao | Secretary, National Commission for Minorities |
July 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Shri Arnab Kumar Chowdhury | Executive Director of RBI |
| Smt. Charulatha S Kar | Executive Director of RBI |
| Sujata Saunik | Chief Secretary of Maharashtra |
| Akhilesh Pathak | Chief General Manager of (SRTS-I) of the Power Grid Corporation of India |
| Manoj Kumar Singh | Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh |
| Manoj Ahuja | Chief Secretary of Odisha |
| Siddhartha Mohanty | CEO and Managing Director (MD) of LIC |
| Dr B N Gangadhar | Chairperson of National Medical Commission |
| Rajinder Khanna | Additional National Security Adviser (NSA) |
| Justice Sheel Nagu | Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| Dhirendra K Ojha | Principal Spokesperson of the Central Government |
| Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi | 15th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand |
| Mr. Ratan Kumar Kesh | Interim Managing Director and CEO (MD & CEO) |
| Gautam Gambhir | Head Coach of the Indian Men’s Cricket Team |
| Satyanarayan Goel | Chairman and Managing Director of (IEX) board |
| Gagan Narang | Chef-de-Mission for the Indian contingent |
| Uday Umesh Lalit | Chairman of the search and selection committee of West Bengal |
| Govind Singh | MD & CEO of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank |
| Professor Soumya Swaminathan | Principal Advisor at the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme |
| Mahabaleshwara MS | Independent Director of TFCI Ltd. |
| Rajat Sharma | President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association |
| Lt Gen Shankar Narayan | Commandant of Army Hospital (R&R) |
| Manvi Madhu Kashyap | State’s first transgender Sub-Inspector of Police |
| Robert Jerard Ravi | Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL |
| Arun Bansal | Managing Director and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank |
| Justices Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh and R. Mahadevan | Judges of the Supreme Court |
| Manoj Saunik | Chairman of the (MahaRERA) |
| Mr. Sumant Sinha | Co-Chair of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders |
| Vinay Mohan Kwatra | India’s next Ambassador to the United States |
| K Paul Thomas | Managing Director and CEO |
| Deepa Malik | Sub-regional Representative for South Asia |
| Manolo Marquez | Head coach of the Indian men’s senior football team |
| Sanjeev Krishan | Chairperson of PwC |
| Rajendra Prasad Goyal | Additional charge as CMD of NHPC |
| Krishnan Venkat Subramanian | MD & CEO of Federal Bank |
| Nita Ambani | Member of International Olympic Committee |
| Cmde D.K. Murali | Chairman and Managing Director of Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited |
| Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal | Director General of Police for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Shekhar Kapur | Festival Director for the 55th and 56th editions of the (IFFI) |
| Ajinkya Naik | Youngest-ever President of the (MCA) |
| Manoj Mittal | Chairman and Managing Director at the Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| Sanjay Shukla | Managing Director of the National Housing Bank |
| Preeti Sudan | Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission |
| Prabodh Seth and Ramesh Narain | Members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| Subhash Chandra Lal Das | Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Steel |
| Lt. Gen. Sadhna Saxena Nair | Director General Medical Services in the Indian Armed Forces |
| Rashmi Bajpai | Executive Director in Oriental Insurance Company Ltd |
| Amit Mishra | ED in OICL |
| Hitesh Ramesh Chandra Joshi | ED in GIC Re |
| Radhika C.S | ED in GIC Re |
| T. Babu Paul | ED in NICL |
| Prasad C.G. | ED in NICL |
| Sunita Gupta | ED in UIICL |
| Dasarathi Singh | ED in Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd |
| Lakshman Prasad Acharya | Governor of Assam with additional responsibilities for Manipur |
| Gulab Chand Kataria | Governor of Punjab |
| Veteran BJP leader Om Prakash Mathur | Governor of Sikkim |
| Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Jharkhand Governor |
| Jishnu Dev Varma | Governor of Telangana |
| IAS officer K Kailashnathan | Lt Governor of Puducherry |
June 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Mr. P. D. Vaghela | Chairperson of the Deendayal Port Trust |
| Sushil Kumar Singh | Chairperson of the Deendayal Port Authority |
| Rakesh Mohan Josh | Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) |
| Om Birla | MP from the Kota parliamentary seat |
| Shri Kamal Kishore Soan | Additional charge of Director General of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation |
| Sameer Bansa | MD and CEO of PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd |
| Raj Priy Singh | Director of the Department of Rural Development |
| Inder Pal Singh Bindra | Secretary of the Competition Commission of India |
| Prem Singh Tamang | Chief Minister of Sikkim |
| Abhijit Kishore | Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Cellular Operators’ Association of India |
| Chandrababu Naidu | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| Neerabh Kumar Prasad | Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh |
| Vijaya Bharathi Sayani | Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission |
| Prem Prabhakar | MD and CEO of SBICAP Ventures Limited |
| Mohan Charan Majhi | Chief Minister of Odisha |
| Pema Khandu | Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ms. Jyoti Vij | Director General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| Ajit Doval | India’s National Security Adviser |
| Harsh Pati Singhania | First Vice-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce |
| Dr. P.K. Mishra | Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| Dr. Kapil Dua | President of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons |
| Tesam Pongte | Speaker of the 8th Arunachal Pradesh Assembly |
| Ajith Kumar KK | MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank |
| Rajeev Krishnamuralilal Agarwal | Non-Executive Independent Director on the board of Paytm |
| Ashwani Kumar | New Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Girish Tanti | Chairman of GWEC India |
| Bhartruhari Mahtab | Pro tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha |
| Akhil Gupta | Chairman of Bharti AXA Life Insurance |
| Sudhakararao Papa | Director (Enterprise) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| Atul Kumar Chaudhary | Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh | Chairman of the Indian Institute of Public Administration |
| Mr. Manoj Jain | Chairman & Managing Director at Bharat Electronics Limited |
| Rear Admiral Nelson D’Souza | Commandant of the Military Institute of Technology |
| Pradeep Singh Kharola | Director General of the National Testing Agency |
| C. Ayyannapatrudu | Speaker of the 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Paul Thomas | Chairperson of Sa-Dhan |
| Gaurav Banerjee | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SPNI |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space |
| Rajnath Singh | Ministry of Defence |
| Amit Shah | Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Cooperation |
| Nitin Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| JP Nadda | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Ministry of Rural Development |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| S Jaishanka | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Anuj Tyagi | Managing Director and CEO of HDFC ERGO General Insurance |
| Girija Subramanian | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of New India Assurance |
| Arun Kumar Singh | An additional director on Bandhan Bank's board |
| Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani | Vice Chief of Army Staff by the Indian government |
| Rahul Gandhi | Leader of the Opposition in the 18th Lok Sabha |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha |
| Jeegar Shah | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Citi’s India franchise |
| Aksha Mohit Kamboj | Vice President of the India Bullion Jewellers Association |
| Naveen Chandra Jha | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI General Insurance |
| Kapil Dev | President of the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Vikram Misri | India’s Foreign Secretary |
| Neerabh Kumar Prasad | Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh |
| Prithviraj Kothari | National President of Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd |
| Challa Sreenivasulu Setty | Chairman of the State Bank of India |
| General Upendra Dwivedi | 30th Chief of the Indian Army |
| Ravi Agrawal | Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| Samrat Chaudhary | GST Rate Rationalisation GoM |
| New finance minister from Odisha | GoM on Analysis of Revenue from GST |
| Ajit Pawar | GoM on Boosting Real Estate Sector under GST |
May 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Training Command |
| Hitesh Kumar Sethia | Managing Director and CEO of Jio Financial Services |
| Pratima Singh | Director of DPIIT |
| Shashi Bhushan Singh | Secretary of the National Jute Board |
| Sanjaya Kumar Mishra | President of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal |
| Atanu Chakraborty | Part-time Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank |
| Sanjeev Nautiyal | Managing Director & CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank |
| Dr. Mallika Nadda | Chairperson of the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Advisory Council |
| Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya | Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. |
| Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan | Vice Chief of Naval Staff |
| Sandeep Batra | Chairman of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company |
| Rakesh Singh | CEO of Paytm Money |
| Sujai Raina | Country Manager for India |
| Subodh Kumar | Director in the Ministry of Ayush |
| Keki Mistry | Chairman of HDFC Life |
| R Shankar Raman | President at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) |
| Jaya Tripathi | Head of Key Relations Group at SBI General Insurance |
| Dileep Sanghani | Chairman of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative |
| R Lakshmi Kanth Rao | Executive Director (ED) by RBI |
| Idashisha Nongrang | First woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Meghalaya |
| Vinay Firake | CEO of the APMEA Strategic Market Unit at Wipro Limited |
| Rushabh Gandhi | Managing Director (MD) and CEO of India First Life Insurance |
| Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla | Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy |
| Kapil Sibal | President of the Supreme Court Bar Association |
| IPS officers A.Y.V. Krishna & N. Venu Gopal | Additional directors in the CBI |
| Pradeep Natarajan | Whole Time Director on the Board of IDFC FIRST Bank |
| Sanjiv Puri | President of the Confederation of Indian Industry |
| Pradip Kumar Tripathi | Secretary to the Lokpal |
| Raj Kumar Goyal | Secretary in the Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law & Justice |
| Amit Yadav | Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment |
| Rajendra Kumar | Secretary in the Department of Border Management under the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Rakesh Ranjan | Chairman of Staff Selection Commission |
| Ramesh Babu V | Member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) |
| Justice Sheel Nagu | Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court |
| Jaya Badiga | Judge in the Sacramento County Superior Court |
| Justice Najmi Waziri | Chairperson of the Administrative Committee of the Equestrian Federation of India |
| Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh | Member of Commandant, National Defence Academy |
| Pradeep Kumar Sinha | Non-Executive Part-time Chairman of ICICI Bank |
| Jetha Ahir | Chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) |
| Apurva Chandra | Chairperson of Committee A at the 77th World Health Assembly |
| Gaurav Banerjee | CEO of Sony Corporation’s India unit |
April 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Sandeep Bapat | Senior partner and co-chief investment officer |
| Ms. Sheyphali B. Sharan | Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau |
| Atul Mehra | MD and CEO of Axis Capital |
| Monica Jasuja | Chief Growth and Partnership Officer |
| Rajeev Singhal | Managing Director of Tata International Limited |
| Sanjay Nayar | President of ASSOCHAM |
| Lieutenant General JS Sidana | 33rd Director General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers |
| Santosh Kumar Jha | Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway Corporation |
| Sandeep Jain | President of the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises |
| Ramit Goyal | Future Generali India Insurance |
| Rakesh Mohan | World Bank Group’s Economic Advisory Panel |
| Ms. Astrid Schomaker | Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| Dr. Meenesh Shah | Chairman of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. |
| Justice Najmi Waziri | Chairperson of a committee for the protection of forests in Delhi |
| Justice PS Dinesh Kumar | Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) |
| Dheeraj Bhatnagar | Technical Member |
| M.P. Ram Mohan | Professor at the Indian Institute of Management |
| Dinabandhu Mohapatra | Non-Executive Independent Director |
| Srini Pallia | CEO and Managing Director of Wipro Limited |
| Love Kumar | Inspector General in the Special Protection Group |
| Vinod Francis | Deputy CFO |
| Sushil Sharma | Chairman and Managing Director of SJVN Limited |
| Jayaraj Shanmugam | Head of Global Airport Operations |
| Manoj Panda | New finance commission member |
| Justice Aniruddha Bose | Director of The National Judicial Academy |
| Tarun Bajaj | Chair of the US-India Tax Forum |
| Harendra Singh | Head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team |
| Manoj Mittal | Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of IFCI Ltd |
| Sanjay Shukla | Managing Director of the National Housing Bank |
| Ingmar De Vos | President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations |
| Ashish Kumar Chauhan | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Stock Exchange |
| Sridhar Vembu | Co-founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation |
| Ms. Vandita Kaul | Secretary of the Department of Posts |
| Anurag Kumar | Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation |
| Saurabh Garg | Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | Chief Member of the Indian Navy |
| Nalin Prabhat | Director-General of the National Security Guard |
| Kaushik Rajashekara | International Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan |
| Santosh Viswanathan | India Region Head of Intel |
| Sapna Tiwari | Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau |
| Ajith Kumar K.K. | Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank |
| Keki M Mistry | Chairman of HDFC Life Insurance |
| Shri Narpat Singh | Railway Adviser at the High Commission of India |
| Gita Sabharwal | United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia |
| Professor Naima Khatoon | First woman Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University |
| T Rabi Sankar | Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India |
| Amitabh Chaudhry | Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank |
| Hardayal Prasad | Managing Director and CEO of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited |
| Narsingh Yadav | Chairman of the Wrestling Federation of India |
| Arun Alagappan | Executive Chairman of Coromandel International Limited |
| Sunil Kumar Yadav | Director of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs |
| Dr. Krishna M Ella | Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Bharat Biotech |
| Professors A Ganesh Kumar and Debasis Kundu | Members of the National Statistical Commission |
| Sarvadanand Barnwal | Director in the Department of Land Resources |
| Mohammad Rihan | Director General of the National Institute of Solar Energy |
| Justice Dinesh Kumar | Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal |
March 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Anand Singhi | Member of Chief – Retail and Government Business |
| IPS officer Anurag Agarwal | Head of Parliament security |
| Ajay Kanwal | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Jana Small Finance Bank |
| S Ravindran | Part-time chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank |
| Sub-Inspector Suman Kumari | First woman sniper of the Border Security Force (BSF) |
| Brajesh Mehrotra | Chief Secretary of Bihar |
| Rajendra Prasad Goyal | Chairman and Managing Director of NHPC Limited |
| Mr. B K Divakara | Whole-time Director (Executive Director) of CSB Bank |
| Manish Prasad | President and Managing Director for the Indian Subcontinent |
| Alok Rungta | Managing Director & CEO of Future Generali India Life Insurance |
| Devendra Jhajharia | President of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) |
| Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
| Shri Kishor Makwana | Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes |
| Dhanaraj T | Executive Director of the Indian Overseas Bank |
| Nayab Singh Saini | 11th Chief Minister of Haryana |
| Deepak Ballani | Director General of the Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association |
| Justice Satyendra Kumar | Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh |
| Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu | Election Commissioners |
| Rahul Singh | Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Shri B. Sairam | Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) |
| Arvind Kapil | CEO of Poonawalla Fincorp |
| Navneet Kumar Sehgal | Chairman of Prasar Bharati |
| Jaideep Hansraj | Group President of ‘One Kotak’ by Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| Mr. Ashwani Kumar | President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations |
| Vinay Kumar | Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation |
| Kumar Venkatasubramanian | CEO for P&G India |
| Girija Subramanian | Chairman and Managing Director of the New India Assurance Company |
| Govind Dholakia | Chairman of the Surat Diamond Bourse |
| IPS officer Sanjay Mukherjee | Director General of Police of West Bengal |
| M V Rao | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar | Chairperson of Lokpal of India |
| Lingappa Narayana Swamy, Sanjay Yadav, Sushil Chandra, Ritu Raj Awasthi, Pankaj Kumar | Judicial Member of Lokpal of India |
| Mary Kom | Chef de Mission for the Indian contingent |
| Bhupesh Sushil Rahul | Chairman and Managing Director of United India Insurance Company Limited |
| Hansha Mishra | Director in the UPSC |
| Sadanand Vasant | Director General of the National Investigation Agency |
| Rajeev Kumar Sharma | Director General of the Bureau of Police Research & Development |
| Nidhu Saxena | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Kamal Kishore | Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction at (UNDRR) |
| PR Sreejesh and Chile’s Camila Caram | Co-chairs of the FIH Athletes Committee |
| Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani | Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |
| Arnab Banerjee, CEO of CEAT Ltd | Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association |
| Pavan Davuluri | To lead the company’s Windows and Surface teams |
| Moushumi Basu | President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association |
| Joyshree Das Verma | 41st National President of the FICCI Ladies Organisation |
| Dr. Ravi Kota | Chief Secretary of Assam |
February 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Harun Rashid Khan | Part-Time Chairman of AU Small Finance Bank |
| Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania | Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India |
| Shri Pawan Kumar | Officer of Indian Cost Accounts Service |
| Champai Soren | Chief Minister of Jharkhand |
| Radha Raturi | First woman Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand |
| Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava | Permanent Judge of the Jharkhand High Court |
| Apurva Chandra | Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare |
| Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi | Vice Chief of the Indian Army |
| Senior advocate Rajendra Prasad Gupta | Advocate General of Rajasthan |
| Jay Shah | Chairman of the Asian Cricket Council |
| Shri Vivek Kumar Gupta | Managing Director of NHSRCL |
| H Venkatachalam Iyer | CEO & MD of Tata AIA Life Insurance |
| Naveen Tahilyani | CEO & MD of Tata Digital |
| Ravi Kumar Jha | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management |
| Narendra Kumar Yadav | Brand ambassador for the Fit India Movement |
| Ajay Kumar Choudhary | Non-executive chairman of its board |
| Sindhu Ganapathy | Transwoman Travelling Ticket Examiner |
| Anand Radhakrishnan | CEO of Sundaram Asset Management |
| Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal | 72nd President of ICAI |
| Charanjot Singh Nanda | Vice-President of ICAI |
| M R Kumar | Part-time non-official Director and non-executive Chairman of BOI |
| Srinivasan Sridhar | Part-time non-official Director and non-executive Chairman on the IOB |
| Aravamudan Krishna Kumar | Board of UCO Bank |
| Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain | Chairman & Managing Director of the IRCTC |
| Virendra Bansal | MD & CEO of SBICAPS |
| Pranam Wahi | Additional independent director of Axis Bank |
| Nikhil Joshi | Managing Director of BDI |
| Nand Kishore Yadav | Speaker of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha |
| Justice Nilay V Anjaria | Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court |
| Pradeep Kumar Sinha | Non-Executive Part-time Chairman of ICICI Bank |
| Shubman Gill | Punjab’s ‘state icon’ for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections |
| Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi | Vice Chief of the Army Staff |
| Ashish Vijayakar | Managing Director and CEO of SBM Bank India |
| Rajeev Mantri | Member Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel |
| A S Rajeev | Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission |
| Jacintha Kalyan | India’s first female pitch curator |
| Anand Singhi | Member of Chief – Retail and Government Business |
| Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar | Chairperson of Lokpal |
| Sachin Jain | CEO for India by the World Gold Council |
| Viswas Raghavan | Head of Banking and Executive Vice Chair of Citigroup |
| Geeta Batra | Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility |
| Daljit Singh Chaudhary | Director General of the National Security Guard |
| Mundkur Shyamprasad Kamath | Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited |
January 2024
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Ajay Banga | India’s representative in the World Bank |
| Alka Mittal | first woman to lead ONGC |
| Arvind Panagariya | Chairman of the Sixteenth Finance Commission |
| Geetika Mehta | Managing Director of Nivea |
| Durga Shanker Mishra | Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh |
| Randhir Jaiswal | Official Spokesperson of the MEA |
| Karan Adani | Managing Director of APSEZ |
| Ashwani Gupta | New Chief Executive Officer of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited |
| Sanjiv Khanna | Executive Chairperson of NALSA |
| Shashi Singh | President of AIRIA |
| P Santhosh | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NARCL |
| Puneet Chhatwal | New Chairman of the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) |
| Rashmi Shukla | Director General of Police |
| Sanjiv Aggarwal | CEO and Managing Director (MD) of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) |
| Vikas Sheel | Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Raghuram Iyer | Chief Executive Officer (IOA) |
| Ravindra Kumar Tyagi | New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of POWERGRID |
| G Ram Mohan Rao | Executive Director by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) |
| Senthil Pandian | Ambassador/Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of India |
| Dr. M. Balaji | Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India |
| Parveen Kumar | Adviser to the Executive Director of the IMF |
| Smita Sarangi | Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank |
| Kalyan Revella | Counsellor (Economic) at the Embassy of India |
| Tanu Singh | First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of India |
| Ritesh Pai | CEO of PhonePe’s International Payments Business |
| Ms. Aruna Nayar | Secretary to the Railway Board |
| Samir Kumar Sinha | Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in the Defence Ministry |
| Rajay Kumar Sinha | Member of Finance and Investment at the IRDAI |
| Sheel Vardhan Singh | Member of the UPSC |
| Rear Admiral Upal Kundu | Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command |
| Manish Jain | Country Managing Director for Experian India |
| Michael Patra | Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India |
| Vice Admiral AN Pramod | Director General of Naval Operations (DGNO) |
| Praveen Achuthan Kutty | Managing Director and CEO of DCB Bank |
| Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty | Commandant at the Indian Naval Academy |
| Mr. Maheshwar Rao | Managing Director of the BMRCL |
| Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha | Chief Staff Officer at the Eastern Naval Command |
| Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary | Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) |
| Jagrut Kotecha | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for India |
| Veera Rana | Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh |
| Atul Mehra | Managing Director and Chief Executive of Axis Capital |
| Dr. Sandeep Dadia | Chief Executive Officer of Insurance Brokerage |
| Kanika Pasricha | Chief Economic Advisor of Union Bank of India |
| Justice Prasanna Bhalchandra Varale | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Preeti Rajak | First Woman Subedar |
| Anil Kumar Lahoti | Chairman of TRAI |
| Sharat Chauhan | Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Puducherry |
| Shri. Ajay Narayan Jha, Smt. Annie George Mathew, Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha | Full-time Members of the Sixteenth Finance Commission |
| Dr. Soumya Kanti Ghosh | Part-time Member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission |
1. Sanjay Malhotra as RBI Governor
Appointed on December 11, 2024, Sanjay Malhotra's transition from Revenue Secretary to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised many.
His appointment marked a significant shift as he succeeded the long-serving Shaktikanta Das, who was known for his hawkish stance on monetary policy.
Analysts view Malhotra's appointment as a potential signal for a more accommodating monetary policy, which could lead to interest rate cuts earlier than anticipated.
2. Alka Mittal as ONGC Chief
In a landmark move for gender equality, Alka Mittal became the first woman to lead Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
This appointment in a traditionally male-dominated sector was seen as a significant step towards inclusivity and representation in India's energy industry.
3. Arvind Krishna as Head of NITI Aayog
Appointed to lead the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), Arvind Krishna's role is expected to drive innovation in national policymaking. His selection was notable given the strategic importance of NITI Aayog in shaping India's development agenda.
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4. Ajay Banga as India's Representative in the World Bank
Ajay Banga's appointment as India's representative at the World Bank in January 2024 was met with surprise and optimism.
Known for his extensive experience in global finance and leadership roles, including as CEO of Mastercard, Banga brings a wealth of knowledge to this position. His expertise is expected to help India navigate complex economic challenges on the global stage.
Many believe that his leadership will strengthen India's voice in international financial discussions, particularly in areas like climate change financing and sustainable development.
5. Gyanesh Kumar as Election Commissioner
In February 2024, Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as an Election Commissioner, a role critical for maintaining the integrity of India's democratic processes.
His previous experience in various administrative positions, including Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has prepared him well for this significant responsibility.
Kumar's appointment was surprising due to his relatively low profile compared to other candidates.
However, his strong background in governance and public administration is expected to bring fresh perspectives to the Election Commission, especially as India gears up for crucial elections in the coming years.
6. Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi as Vice Chief of Army Staff
Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi's appointment as Vice Chief of Army Staff in March 2024 was notable due to his extensive military background and leadership experience.
He has served in various key positions, including Commander of the Northern Command, where he oversaw operations in sensitive border areas.
Analysts expect that Dwivedi’s strategic insights will play a vital role in shaping the Indian Army's operational readiness and modernisation efforts, particularly concerning emerging threats.
7. Dr. D.K. Sunil as CMD of HAL
In June 2024, Dr. D.K. Sunil was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
This appointment surprised many due to his background as an engineer and academic rather than a traditional corporate leader. Dr. Sunil has been instrumental in various defence projects and is known for his innovative approach to aerospace technology.
His leadership is expected to drive HAL’s growth in manufacturing advanced aircraft and defence systems, aligning with India’s goal of self-reliance in defence production under the "Make in India" initiative.
8. Justice Dinesh Kumar as Presiding Officer of the SAT
Justice Dinesh Kumar's appointment as the Presiding Officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in September 2024 raised eyebrows due to his previous judicial roles primarily focused on civil law rather than securities regulation.
His extensive legal background and experience in handling complex cases make him a suitable choice for this important position.
Many legal experts believe that his fresh perspective will enhance the tribunal's effectiveness in addressing appeals related to securities laws and regulations.
9. Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar as Chairperson of NCW
In October 2024, Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW).
Her selection was surprising due to her previous roles primarily focused on grassroots activism rather than high-profile political positions. Rahatkar has been a strong advocate for women's rights and empowerment throughout her career.
Her appointment is expected to bring a fresh perspective to the NCW, emphasising practical solutions to issues faced by women in India today.
Download the PDF: Complete List of New Appointments in India 2024
In December 2024, India witnessed several key appointments across various sectors. Notable figures include Sanjay Malhotra as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Archana Shukla as Joint Director of the National Testing Agency. For a complete list of appointments, download the PDF here.
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