People in News: August 2022 PDF

Published on Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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.

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