Current Appointments 2012: IBPS PO General Awareness Prepration

In the article on IBPS PO Exam Preparation, we are covering the Major Appointments / Selections that had made the headlines in the past six months.In our endeavour, to cover the Current Affairs of Last six months for IBPS PO Exam Preparation, we are posting these articles on General Awareness (Current Affairs and Banking Awareness)

The Appointments covered in this section are from October 2011 to March 2012 (Six months).We will update this page with the latest appointments.So readers are requested to check this page regularly as this page will continually gets updated once new appointments are made.

October 2011

1). Yoshihiko Noda: He has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Japan.

2). Tony Tan: President of Singapore.

3). Dr. Baburam Bhattarai: New Prime Minister of Nepal.

4). M.C Joshi: Appointed as new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

5). Admiral Nirmal Verma: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma took over as the Chairman of       COSC (Chief of Staff Committee)

6). T.K.A Nair: New Adviser to Prime Minister.

7). Pulok Chaterjee: New Principal-Secretary to Prime Minister.

8). Sadanand Gowda: New CM of Karnataka. .He succeeded Y.S Yeddurappa.

9) Ms Mamata Sharma: Appointed Chairperson of National Commission for Women.

10) Almazbek Atamabayez: New president of Kyrgyzstan

11). Micheal D. Higins: 9th President of Ireland.

12). Ashok chawla: Appointed Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI).

13) Justice (Retd.) Markenday Katju: Appointed as Chairman of Press Council of India.

November 2011

1). Mr Vinod Rai: The CAG of India Mr Vinod Rai has been appointed as external auditor of Two major UN organizations ; the Vienna based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

2). Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt: New Prime Minister of Denmark

3). Mr V Krishnamurthy: Chairman of Newly constituted NMCC (National Manufacturing competitiveness Council)

4). Mr Mariono Rajoy: New Prime Minister of Spain.

5). Mario Monty: Prime Minister of Italy.

6). Lucas Papademos: Prime Minister of Greece

7) Nabam Tuki: Chief-Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

8) Seven Directors for RBI Board Appointed: The Central Govt reconstituted the RBI Board and appointed the following directors:

• Mr G.M Rao: Head of GMR Group.
• Anil Kakodkar: Former Atomic Energy Commission, Chairman
• Dipankar Gupta: Former JNU Professor.
• Mr Najeeb Jung: Chancellor of Jamai Millia Islamia
• Ms Ela Bhatt: Founder and General-Secretary of SEWA
• Ms Indira Rajaraman: Professor Emertius at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
• Mr Kiran Karnik: Former NASSCOM, Chairman.

December 2011

1). Cristina F. Kirchner : Re-Elected as President of Argentina.

2). Mr Sudhir Vasudeva: Appointed as New Chairman of ONGC

3). Mr Arvinder Singh Bakshi: New Chairperson Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

4). Kim Jong Un : He become the Supreme Leader of Norty-Korea's Ruling

5) Nancy Powell: US Ambassador to India

January 2012: 

1). Mr John Key: Re-elected for 2nd term as New Zea-land Prime Minister

2). Mr Martin Schultz: President of European Union.

3) Ramesh Sippy: Appointed as chairman of National Film Development Corporation

February 2012: 

1) Mr Joseph Kabila: President of Democratic Republic of Congo.

2). Joachim Gauck: Appointed as President of Germany.

3) Abed Rabbo Mansour: Elected as president of Yemen

4) Rahul Khullar: India's Ambassador to Belgium

March 2012: 

1) Mr Ma Ying -Jeou : Re-elected a Taiwan President.

2). Mr Vikramjit Singh Sahney: Mr Vikramjit Singh Sahney, corporate president of Sun Group had taken over as the president of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

3). Mr M Rafeeque : Appointed as the president of Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO)

4). Vice-Admiral M. P Murlidharan: Director-General of Indian-Coast Guard.

April 2012: 

1) Mr Jawahar Sircar: New CEO of Prasar Bharti

2). Dr Mohammed Waheed Hassan: He Succeeded Mr Nasheed as the President of Maldives

3). Mr Sauli Niinsto : New president of Finland.

4). Lt General Birkram Singh: India's New Chief of Army Staff. He will assume office on 31st May, 2012 after the retirement of Mr V.k Singh