Important Appointments in India 2015

1. National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman2. Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan3. Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K. Viswanathan4. Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari5. Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien6. Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley7. Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad8. Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General :Shumsher K. Sheriff9. National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) Vice-Chairman : Arvind Panagariya10. Chief Election Commissioner : Harishankar Brahma11. Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi12. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma13. National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Chairperson: Justice K. G. Balakrishnan,14. Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Kumar Seth15. Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra16. National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman17. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson18. National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman19. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman20. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman21. National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman22. National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval23. National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General24. Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman25. Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Syed Asif Ibrahim, Director26.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director27.Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director28.National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General29.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General30.Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General31.Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General32.Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General33.Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Parkash Mishra, Director-General34.Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General35.Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General36.Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General37.University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman38.Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. Avinash Chander, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary39.Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram40.Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman41.Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman42.National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson43.Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman44.Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General45.India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General46Law Commission : Justice D. K. Jain, Chairman47.Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President48.National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman49.National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson50.Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General51.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor52.Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman53.Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman54.Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman55.Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman56.Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla57.Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman58.National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD59.Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : R. S. Sharma, CMD60.GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD61.Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman62.Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD63.Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson64.Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman65.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman66.State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman67.Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman68.Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman69.Indias Permanent Representative to UN : Hardeep Singh Puri70.Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman71.Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman72.National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson73.14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman74.National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman75.Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson76Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-Genera77.Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President78.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Dr. Rahul Khullar, Chairman79.Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director80.Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman81.Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director82.Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President83.National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting Director84.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S. Shriram, President85.Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman86.Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman87.Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Shivlal Yadav, Interim President88.NASSCOM : R. Chandrasekaran, Chairman89.National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman90.United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman

IMP CA 1.Chief Economic Advisor - Arvind

subramanium

2. Chief Election Commissionor -

HariShankar Brahma

3. RBI - RaghuRam Rajan

4. RAW - Rajinder Khanna

5. SBI - Arundhati Bhattacharya

6. SEBI - U.K. Sinha

7. IB - Dineshwar Sharma

8. IBPS - TM Bhasin

9. IRDA - T.S.Vijayan

10. ISRO - AS Kiran Kumar

11. NABARD - Dr. Harsh Kumar

Bhanwala

12. NASSCOM - R. Chandrasekhar

13. SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya

14. TRAI - Rahul Khullar

15. UGC - Ved Prakash

16. UPSC - Deepak Gupta

17. DRDO - K Tamilmani(from 1st

Feb)

18. FICCI - Jyotsana suri

19. ASSOCHAM - Rana Kapoor

20. CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma

21. CBDT - Anita Kapur

22. CBI - Anil Kumar Sinha

23. CCI - Ashok Chawla

24. National Commission for women

- Lalitha Kumarmanglam

25. National Innovation Commission

- Sam Pitroda

26. National Security Advisor - Ajit

Kumar Doval

27. Press Trust of India - K N

Shanth Kumar

28. Attorney General of India -

Mukul Rohatgi

29. Bombay Stock Exchange -

Ashish Chauhan

29. National Stock Exchange - Chitra

Ramkrishna

30. Press Council of India - CK

PrasadNEW ABBREVIATIONS--------------------------------------------------1. NABARD - National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development2. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement3. NEFT - National Electronic Fund Transfer4. NAV - Net Asset Value5. NPA - Non Performing Asset6. ASBA - Account Supported by Blocked Amount7. BIFR - Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction8. CAMELS - Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management Earnings, Liquidity, Systems & Controls9. BCSBI - Banking Codes & Standard Board of India10. BIS Bank for International Settlement11. BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision12. BOP - Balance of Payment13. BOT - Balance of Trade14. BPLR Benchmark Prime Lending Rate15. CCIL Clearing Corporation of India Ltd.16. CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau of India Ltd.17. CRISIL - Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd.18. CBLO - Collateralised Borrowing & Lending Obligation19. CPI - Consumer Price Index20. ADR American Depository Receipts21. GDR Global Depository Receipts22. ALM - Asset Liability Management23. ARC Asset Reconstruction Companies24. FINO - Financial Inclusion Network Operation25. CTT - Commodities Transaction Tax26. CRM - Customer Relationship Management27. KYC - Know Your Customer28. SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio29. CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio30. MSF - Marginal Standing Facility31. REPO - Repurchase Option32. NBFC - Non Banking Finance Companies33. OSMOS - Off-Site Monitoring & Surveillance34. IFSC - Indian Financial System Code35. BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange36. NSE - National Stock Exchange37. SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Tele communication38. FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission39. LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility40. DRT Debt Recovery Tribunals.