New Appointments/ National

1. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (64) will be the next Chief Justice of India (CJI). He
will be the 44th CJI and shall succeed Chief Justice TS Thakur who retires on January 3,
2017.
2. Union Government has appointed Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat as new Chief of Army.
He succeeds Army Chief General Dalbir Singh who retires on December 31, 2016.
3. Rajiv Jain appointed as new chief of Intelligence Bureau.
4. Air Marshal BS Dhanoa appointed Air Chief of IAF.
5. AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam (65) sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu following death of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
6. Senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana given additional charge of the post of Director,
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He took charge following retirement of Anil
Sinha.
7. Who has been appointed as the Director General of National Gallery of Modern
Art (NGMA)____ Adwaita Gadanayak
8. Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairperson of IDFC
Bank____Veena Mankar.
9. . Who has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)____ J Ravichandran
10. New chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)___ B S Bhullar.
11. Head the committee for promotion of Digital Economy___ Chandrababu
Naidu.
12. New Director-General of Military Operations - Lt-General A K Bhatt.
13. First woman director of LBSNAA - UpmaChowdhary
14. New Chairman of NHAI - Yudhvir Singh Malik.
15. The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Shri M. Rajeshwar Rao as the
Executive Director.
16. New Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Alka Sirohi. She
succeeds Deepak Gupta.
17. Bindeshwar Pathak is the brand ambassador for Swachh Rail Mission.
18. Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India MS Sahoo
19. Rajeev Rishi -Indian Banks Association Chairman for 2016-17.
20. Bilal Nazki appointed as chairperson of J&K Human Rights Commission.
21. Karnal Singh appointed as Director of Enforcement Directorate.
22. S Sivakumar full-time member of 21st Law Commission of India
23. Junaid Ahmad appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India. He will
succeed Onno Ruhl who completed his four-year term recently.
24. New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - Sushil Chandra. He will
replace Rani Singh Nair.
25. New Director General (DG) of counter-terrorism force National Security Guard (NSG)
Sudhir Pratap Singh
26. R. K. Pachnanda appointed as Director General of National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF).
27. New Directors General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) OP Singh
28. New Chief Justice of Kerala High Court - Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar
29. New Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court - Justice G C Gupta
30. New Governor of RBI Urjit Patel. He succeeds Raghuram Rajan. He assumes
charge as the 24th Governor of RBI.
31. New Chancellor of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) University Ashok
Chawla.
32. New Governor of Manipur Najma Heptullah.
33. New Chief Justice of Bombay High Court - Manjula Chellur

34. New Chief Justice of Patna High Court - Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari
35. New Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court - Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
36. New Chief Minister of Gujarat - Vijay Rupani. He succeeds Anandiben Patel.
37. New Governor of Punjab - V P Singh Badnore
38. New Governor of Assam - Banwarilal Purohit
39. New Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu
40. New MD of SBI Dinesh Kumar Khara
41. Aishwaryaa R Dhanush appointed as UN Womens Advocate for Gender Equality and
Womens Empowerment in India
42. New Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Jagdish Mukhi