Recent 6 months news in Appointments

The Government of India has nominated Sanjay Lohiya as a Non-Executive Director on the Central Board of the RBI and the State Bank of India (SBI). He succeeds M Nagaraju.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Chairperson and members of the National Statistical Commission (NSC).

Dr. Saibal Chattopadhyay has been appointed as the Chairperson, while Prof. Shubhabrata Das, Satyendra Bahadur Singh, and Dr. Madhavan Mukund have been appointed as members of the commission.

Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, the current Vice Chief of the Army Staff, has been appointed as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS). He will assume charge on June 30, 2026, succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi.

Saurabh Vijay, the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has assumed additional charge as the CEO of the IndiaAI Mission.

He succeeds Abhishek Singh. Sudeep Shrivastava has assumed charge as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the IndiaAI Mission.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Prashant Sitaram Lokhande as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). He succeeds Rahul Singh.

Khalilur Rahman, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, has been elected as the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He will serve a 1-year term, succeeding Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock.

Neelkanth Mishra has been appointed as the Executive Director at the World Bank for a tenure of 3 years. He succeeds Parameswaran Iyer.

Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Defence Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, has been given the additional charge of Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) and Chairman of the DRDO. He succeeds Dr. Samir V Kamat in these roles.

Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, previously a Judge of the Sikkim High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.

The SEBI has approved the appointment of 2 Executive Directors (EDs) for each of the 3 Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs): BSE Ltd (BSE), Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL), and National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL).

The appointments are as follows: BSE: Saurabh Shukla (Critical Operations) and Gopalan S Raghavan (Regulatory & Compliance), CDSL: Amit Mahajan (Critical Operations) and Nayana Ovalekar (Regulatory & Compliance), NSDL: Subhash Kelkar (Critical Operations) and Ankit Sharma (Regulatory & Compliance).

Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo has been appointed as the Prime Minister (PM) of Senegal. He succeeds Ousmane Sonko.

Five new judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court (SC), taking its current strength to 37, one short of the sanctioned strength of 38.

The newly appointed judges are Senior Advocate Venkita Subramani Mohana, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, and Justice Arun Palli.

Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty has assumed charge as the 20th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN), succeeding Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar.

Major General Rachel Thomas has been appointed as the Additional Director General of the Military Nursing Service (MNS), succeeding Major General Lissamma. Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry has assumed charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command, succeeding Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan.

Packirisamy Jawahar has been appointed as the Chairman of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA). He succeeds DV Swamy.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has appointed Rohit Rajpal, a former Davis Cup captain, as the Chef de Mission for the 23rd Commonwealth Games (2026 CWG), to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Additionally, Ravi Bengani has been appointed as the Deputy Chef de Mission, while Vandana Rao and Rahul Swami have been designated as the general team managers for the Indian contingent.

Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar has been appointed as the 48th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) of the Indian Navy. He succeeds Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan.

Prior to this, he served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. He was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 2022 and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in 2026.

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has been appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted Committee on Petitions of the Upper House.

A total of 10 members have been nominated to the panel. The other members are Harsh Mahajan, Gulam Ali, Shambhu Sharan Patel, Mayankkumar Nayak, Masthan Rao Yadav Beedha, Jebi Mather Hisham, Subhasish Khuntia, Rwngwra Narzary, and Sandosh Kumar P.

The RBI has appointed Gunveer Singh as the Executive Director with immediate effect, assigning him the charge of the Department of Payment and Settlement Systems (DPSS).

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has extended the tenure of Anurag Garg as the Director General (DG) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) until July 2027.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted the parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women for the 2026–27 session, effective from April 21, 2026, with Dr. Daggubati Purandeswari appointed as the Chairperson.

The committee comprises 30 members, with 20 nominated by the Speaker from the Lok Sabha and 10 nominated by the Chairman from the Rajya Sabha. The tenure of the JPC does not exceed one year, and it is reconstituted annually.