Recent 6 months news in Appointments

Shashi Shekhar Vempati has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for a period of 3 years. He succeeds Prasoon Joshi.

Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed as the 3rd Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India. He succeeds General Anil Chauhan, whose extended tenure ends on 30 May 2026. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan is appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) and will assume command on 31 May 2026. He succeeds Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Justice (Retd.) Anupinder Singh Grewal as the President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of 5 years. He succeeds Justice (Retd.) Ramalingam Sudhakar.

Lt Gen Madhavan Unnikrishnan Nair (Retd.) has been appointed as the Strategic Defence Advisor to Synergy Quantum. Prior to the appointment, he served as the 3rd National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).

The Government of India (GoI) has appointed Dr R Balasubramaniam and Dr Joram Aniya as full-time members of NITI Aayog.

Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has been appointed as the Festival Director for the 57th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. It is to be noted that the IFFI was established in 1952 and is one of the premier film festivals in Asia.

Parminder Singh has been appointed as the CEO of Reliance Enterprise Intelligence Ltd (REIL) with immediate effect. It is to be noted that REIL is a joint venture (JV) between Reliance Intelligence Ltd and Facebook Overseas Inc of Meta.

Ravi K has been appointed as the 22nd CMD of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). He succeeds DK Sunil.

The RBI has approved the re-appointment of B Ramesh Babu as the MD & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) for a third consecutive term of 2 years till July 2028.

Srikanth Velamakanni, the Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive of Fractal, has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for the 2026-2027 term. He succeeds Sindhu Gangadharan.

Kishor Patil, the MD & CEO of KPIT Technologies, has been elected as the Vice Chairperson of NASSCOM.

Vibha Padalkar has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of HDFC Life Insurance for a 5-year term. Her tenure is scheduled to conclude in September 2031.

The Government of India (GoI) has appointed Dr Ashok Lahiri, a veteran economist and former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), as the Vice-Chairman of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). He succeeds Suman Bery.

Dr Gobardhan Das, an eminent scientist and the Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, has also been appointed as a full-time member of the NITI Aayog.

Suresh Sethi has been appointed as the Group Country Manager for India and South Asia of Visa, a global payment technology corporation.

Samrat Choudhary, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party, has sworn in as the 24th Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar. He is the first leader from the BJP to hold the post. He succeeds Nitish Kumar as the CM. Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers (Dy CMs).

Carlos Alcaraz, the world number one ranked tennis player from Spain, has been appointed as the Global Brand Ambassador of Infosys, a global technology services firm.

Nadir Godrej will retire as the Chairman of Godrej Industries Ltd and assume the role of Chairman Emeritus.

Pirojsha Godrej, the current Chairperson Designate of the Godrej Industries Group, will succeed him as the Chairperson of the Godrej Industries Group and Godrej Industries Ltd., effective August 14.

The National Assembly of Vietnam has unanimously elected To Lam as the state president for the 2026–2031 tenure. It is to be noted that he also serves as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).