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People in News: June 2022 PDF

Published on Thursday, July 07, 2022

1. Wesley SO

  • Filipino American Chess Grandmaster (GM) Wesley SO won the Norway Chess Blitz Tournament 2022.
  • It is the 10th Edition of the Norway Chess Blitz Tournament 2022.

2. Natarajan Sundar

  • Natarajan Sundar was appointed as the Chief of National Assets Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).
  • He is the Ex-SBI Executive.
  • He succeeds Padmakumar M Nair.

3. Sachin Tendulkar

  • Sachin Tendulkar is set to continue as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
  • He is the former Indian Cricketer.
  • He is associated with UNICEF for over 2 decades.

4. Rajesh Gera

  • Rajesh Gera was appointed Director-General, National Informatics Centre (NIC).
  • He was the Senior Scientist at National Informatics Centre.
  • National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

5. Ahmed Salman Rushdie

  • Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie received Companion of Honour.
  • Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022, featuring more than 40 professionals and community champions of Indian Origin.
  • Salman Rushdie is the Indian Born British novelist and the author of Midnight’s Children.

6. Sandip Pradhan

  • Sandip Pradhan gets another tenure extension of more than 2 years as the Director-General of the Sports Authority of India.
  • He was an Indian Revenue Service Officer of 1990 Batch.
  • He replaced Neelam Kapoor as the Director-General of the Sports Authority of India.

7. Akash Ambani

  • Akash Ambani is appointed as the New Chairman of Reliance Jio.
  • He is the Co-owner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians along with his father and mother, Nita Ambani.
  • His father Mukesh Ambani resigns from the Board of Reliance Jio.

8. Kushi Patel

  • Kushi Patel from the United Kingdom wins Miss India Worldwide 2022.
  • She is a biomedical student from the United Kingdom.
  • This is the 29th edition of Miss India Worldwide.

9. Parameswaran Iyer

  • Parameswaran Iyer is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog.
  • He replaced Amitabh Kant who has completed his 6year stints as the CEO of Niti Aayog.
  • Parameswaran Iyer functions as the Programme Manager of 2030 Water Resources Group, a platform of the World Bank Water Conservation Wing.

10. Venkat Nageswar Chalasani

  • Venkat Nageswar Chalasani is appointed as the Member of the Advisory Committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL).
  • He succeeds R Subramaniakumar.
  • Venkat is the former Deputy Managing Director of SBI.

11. Ruchira Kamboj

  • Ruchira Kamboj is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN).
  • She is the 1st Female Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan.
  • She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian Ambassador to the UN.

12. Rahul Srivatshav

  • Rahul Srivatshav becomes India’s 74th Grandmaster.
  • He is 19 years old and hails from the State of Telangana.
  • International Chess Federation has awarded this title during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy.

13. Gustavo Petro

  • Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian Election and becomes 1st Leftist President.
  • He is the former Mayor of Capital Bogota.
  • He will succeed Ivan Duque Marquez.

14. Ramakrishna Mukkavilli

  • Ramakrishna Mukkavilli is recognized as the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer.
  • He is the first Indian to be recognized.
  • He is the founder and Managing Director of Maithri Aquatech.

15. Krishna Srinivasan

  • Krishna Srinivasan is appointed as Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia and Pacific Department.
  • He will succeed Changyong Rhee.
  • He is currently serving as the Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia and Pacific Department.

16. Rabab Fatima

  • Rabab Fatima is appointed as Permanent Representative of Bangladesh as the Under-Secretary-General or Assistant Secretary-General of the UN.
  • She succeeds Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica.
  • She is the current Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York.

17. R Subramania Kumar

  • R. Subramania Kumar is appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of RBL Bank.
  • He succeeds Rajeev Ahuja.
  • Previously he was the Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank.

18. S L Thaosen

  • S L Thaosen is appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
  • He has been serving as the Special Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF).
  • He will replace the DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra.

19. Hamza Abdi Barre

  • Hamza Abdi Barre is appointed as the New Prime Minister of Somalia.
  • He is the former Chairman of the Jubbaland State Election Commission.
  • He replaces Mohamed Hussein Roble.

20. A R Rahman

  • Music Maestro A R Rahman is appointed as the Ambassador of Indo-United Kingdom Together Season of Culture Platform.
  • He is the key consultant to the Season of Culture.

21. Major Bajram Begaj

  • Major Bajram Begaj is elected as the New President of Albania.
  • He will succeed President Ilir Meta.
  • He was previously posted as the Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces.
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