Recent 6 months news in Appointments

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Alok Kumar Mittal as the Director General (DG) of the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) until June 2029.

The ACC has also appointed Sujeet Pandey as the Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) until July 2028.

Leander Paes, a former Indian professional tennis player and Olympic medallist, has been appointed as the Player Ambassador of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF).

Dilip Asbe, the MD & CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).

It is to be noted that the Supervisory Board comprises 12 members, with a provision to expand to 15 members in exceptional cases.

InsuranceDekho, an Insurtech platform, has appointed former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly as its brand ambassador.

The company has also launched the 'Khul Kar Khelo' campaign, which is designed to empower insurance advisors across India.

Amit Garg has been appointed as the Director of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). He succeeds Alok Ranjan and will serve in this position until October 2027.

Bijay Kumar Mohanty has assumed the additional charge as the CMD of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) for a period of 3 months, effective from July 2026.

He succeeds Pradip Kumar Das. He continues to serve as the Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of IREDA.

The Tamil Nadu government has appointed Mylswamy Annadurai, a former ISRO scientist, as the Chairman of the Curriculum Design Committee (CDC) for School Education for a 3-year tenure.

Somnath Ghosh has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of India to Malaysia. He succeeds B Nagabhushana Reddy.

Anupam Misra has been appointed as the CMD of Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL). He succeeds Sanjiv Kumar Singh.

Dr UP Rajeev has been appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram. He succeeds Dr A Rajarajan.

Air Marshal Tejinder Singh has assumed the position of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).

He succeeds Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The Union government has extended the tenure of Ravi Agrawal, the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), by 6 months.

His term is now scheduled to conclude in December 2026. He was initially appointed as the CBDT chief for a 1-year term in June 2024.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mahesh Dixit as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a tenure of 2 years. He succeeds Tapan Kumar Deka.

Pradeep Singh Kharola has rejoined Air India as the Executive Advisor to its Chairman, N Chandrasekaran.

The Department of Financial Services has approved the appointment of Rajendra Kumar Saboo, the Executive Director (ED) of UCO Bank, as the MD & CEO of the bank with additional charge. He will hold this position from June 19, 2026, to August 2026. He succeeds Ashwani Kumar.

Giles Thomson of the United Kingdom has been appointed as the President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for a 2-year term starting in July 2026. He succeeds Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico.

Kunal Shah, the founder of CRED, has been appointed as the Global Head and CEO of WhatsApp. He succeeds Will Cathcart. It is to be noted that he is the first Indian to lead the messaging platform.

Concurrently, Miten Sampat has been appointed as the interim CEO of CRED, as Kunal Shah has stepped down from the position.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the reappointment of Tushar Mehta as the Solicitor General of India for a period of 3 years, starting from July 2026.

The ACC has also approved the reappointment of 5 Additional Solicitors General (ASGs) for the Supreme Court for a 3-year term. They are Vikramjit Banerjee, KM Nataraj, Suryaprakash V Raju, N Venkataraman, and Aishwarya Bhati.

The Department of Financial Services has approved the appointment of Hitesh Rameshchandra Joshi as the CMD of the General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re).

He will assume the office on 16 June 2026 and will serve until September 2028. He succeeds Narayanan Ramaswamy.

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has reconstituted the Expert Committee on Agrobiodiversity for a tenure of 1 year.

Dr PL Gautam has been appointed as the Chair of the committee, and Dr Trilochan Mohapatra has been appointed as the Co-Chair.