List of New Appointments in August 2020 - August Current Affairs 2020

List of New Appointments in August 2020

Here we are with the most important Current Affairs of August 2020 Month. In this blog we have covered the List of New Appointments which are highly important from exam point of view:

* Sashidhar Jagdishan - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank. 

Replaced- Aditya Puri.

The Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu has resigned from his post.

* Girish Chandra Murmu - Former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

He is the 14th CAG of India.

* Manoj Sinha - President Ram Nath Kovind Appointed Union minister Manoj Sinha as the next Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

* Pradeep Kumar Joshi - Educationist Professor, Pradeep Kumar Joshi appointed as Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

* P S Ranipse - Appointed as Inspector General (IG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

* Hardayal Prasad - PNB Housing Finance has announced the appointment of the former SBI Card head, Hardayal Prasad as its new managing director and chief executive officer.

* Harsh Kumar Bhanwala - Appointed as Executive chairman of Capital India Finance Limited.

* Pramod Bhasin - Appointed a new Chairman of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

* Soma Mondal- Selected by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) as the next chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

* Subhash Sheoratan Mundra - Ex RBI deputy governor, Appointed as non-executive chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBH).

* Sameer Gehlaut- Appointed as Chief executive officer of Indiabulls Ventures Ltd.

* Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, AVSM, NM - Director General Naval Operations (DGNO).

* Kaushik Khona - Appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of GoAir Airline. 

Replace - Vinay Dube

* Harbhajan Singh - Amritsar based e-mobility start-up, eBikeGO has appointed its brand ambassador - Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh.

* Rakesh Asthana -  Appointed as the new director-general of the Border Security Force (BSF) by Government of India.

* GP Garg - Appointed  as executive director (ED) of The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)

* Ashok Lavasa - Gave Resignation as the Election Commissioner of India. 

*** Rajiv Kumar - Appointed  as the new Election Commissioner of India by The Government of India. (Most Imp)

* Satya Pal Malik - Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya with effect from 18 August 2020 by President of India, Ram Nath Kovind 

Ex- Governor of Goa.

* Rohit Sharma - Brand ambassador for Sports eyewear brand “Oakley” 

* Ashwani Bhatia - Appointed as Managing director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI) by Government of India.

Replace - PK Gupta

* G Satheesh Reddy - He is a Renowned Indian scientist, and has been given a two-year extension as the chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

* Rajiv Srivastava - Resigned from Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), has resigned from the post.

* Satyanarayan Goel - New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX)

* Kevin Mayer - Resigned from TikTok CEO post

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