1. Savitri Jindal
- Savitri Jindal becomes Asia’s Richest Woman according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- She has a USD 11.3 Billion fortune in the Jindal Group.
- She is the 10th Richest person in India.
2. Akshaya Moondra
- Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) appointed Akshaya Moondra as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- Akshaya will succeed Ravinder Takkar.
- He is the current Chief Financial Officer of Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL).
3. Nakul Jain
- Paytm’s Payments Services Limited appointed Nakul Jain as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- He has succeeded Praveen Sharma.
- Nakul previously served as an executive in Standard Chartered Bank.
4. Auguste Tano Kouame
- Auguste Tano Kouame took charge as the World Bank Country Director for India.
- He has replaced Junaid Kamal Ahmad.
- He previously served as the World Bank’s Country Director for Turkey.
5. Inderjit Camotra
- Unity Small Finance Bank Limited appointed Inderjit Camotra as its Managing Director(MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- He earlier served as an Executive Director with Centrum Financial Services Ltd.
6. Jagdeep Dhankhar
- Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India.
- He will succeed M Venkaiah Naidu.
- He is from Rajasthan District and served as the Governor of West Bengal in 2019.
- He is from BJP.
7. Vishwanathan Anand
- Vishwanathan Anand is appointed as the new FIDE Deputy President.
- He got 157/179 in National Chess Associations Voted in the meeting held in India.
- He is India’s Grandmaster and 5-time World Chess Champion.
8. Prof. Ramadhar Singh
- Prof Ramadhar Singh has been inducted into the US Heritage Wall of Fame.
- He is a professor at Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University.
- He is an Indian Social Psychologist and has done much research on how humans have cognitive ability and dynamic thoughts.
9. James Marape
- James Marape is elected as the New Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
- He is elected for the 2nd term as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea.
- He is the leader of the Pangu Party.
10. Gopal Vittal
- Gopal Vittal is re-appointed as the Airtel Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Airtel.
- He is appointed for 5 years with the support of Stakeholders.
11. William Ruto
- William Samoei Arap Ruto wins Kenya’s presidential poll.
- He defeated his rival former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
- He will be succeeding 4th President Uhuru Kenyatta.
- He is the former Deputy President of Kenya.
12. Rajkiran Rai
- Rajkiran Rai is appointed as the Managing Director of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development (NaBFID).
- He will take the charge of MD on August 8, 2022, for a tenure of 5 years.
- He previously served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Union Bank of India.
13. Shashi Tharoor
- Shashi Tharoor to receive Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.
- It is the Highest Civilian Award in France.
- The recognition comes after Tharoor surprised the officials of the embassy, consulates, Alliance Francaise and military attaches by delivering a speech in French last year.
14. Jeffrey Armstrong
- Jeffrey Armstrong, Canadian Scholar is awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Distinguished Indologist for 2021.
- He is also known as Kavindra Rishi.
- He is the founder of the VASA (Vedic Academy of Science & Arts).
15. Umesh Lalit
- Umesh Lalit is appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India.
- He has replaced Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (N V Ramana).
- He was appointed by our President Droupadi Murmu.
16. Manisha Kalyan and Sunil Chhetri
- Sunil Chhetri was named the 2021-2022 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Men’s Footballer of the year for the 7th time.
- Manisha Kalyan bagged her maiden award for the 2021-22 season.
- Sunil Chhetri and Manisha Kalyan are Indian footballers.
17. Sangeetha Abhayan
- Kerala-based entrepreneur Sangeetha Abhayan won the World Women Entrepreneurs Award.
- She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of eweworld.com (shakthiewe Pvt. Ltd).
- She was awarded for her handloom and handicrafts startups’ performance in tune with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
18. Aarya Walvekar
- Aarya Walvekar, an Indian American has been crowned Miss India USA 2022 at the annual beauty pageant held in New Jersey, USA.
- 74 contestants representing 30 US States participated
- 2022 is the 40th anniversary of Miss India USA.
19. Gautam Adani
- Gautam Adani becomes the World’s 3rd Richest Person with a Net Worth of USD 137 Billion.
- He is the Chairman of Adani Group.
- He overtook the Vuitton Chairman Bernard Arnault (France).
20. Angela Merkel
- Angela Merker, former German Chancellor has been awarded the 2022 UNESCO Peace Prize.
- She was awarded for her courageous decision in 2015 to welcome more than 1.2 million refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.
- She is Germany’s 1st female Chancellor.
21. Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan
- Prof. Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan is appointed as the Whole Time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
- He is the 4th Whole Time Member of SEBI along with 3 other Whole-time members.
- He will hold office for 3 years from the date he assumes charge of the post.
22. Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian
- Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian is appointed as the Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- He is currently working as a Professor of Finance at the Indian School of Business.
- He is the former Chief Economic Adviser.
23. Samir V Kamat
- Samir V Kamat takes charge as New Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman and Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (R&D).
- He has succeeded Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy.
- Prior to his appointment, Dr. Samir V Kamat was serving as the Director General of Naval Systems and Materials at DRDO.
24. Sourav Ganguly
- Sourav Ganguly is appointed as the First Brand Ambassador of DreamSetGo.
- He has also become the Super captain for the company DreamSetGo.
- DreamSetGo is a premium sports and travel platform.
- Ganguly is known as the “Maharaja of Indian Cricket”.
25. Deepak Kumar Lalla
- Deepak Kumar Lalla is appointed as the New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SBI Securities.
- He succeeded Naresh Yadav.
- He previously served as the Head of the Wealth Management Business for the State Bank of India (SBI).
26. Kriti Sanon
- Heads Up For Tails (HUFT) has announced the Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon as their first brand ambassador.
- HUFT aims to help remove hunger and provide health, safety, and shelter for street animals.
- Kriti Sanon is also a HUFT customer and an animal lover.
