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SL. Post Name Month
Banking
1 New Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) Jatinder Bir Singh Feb-14
2 The new Country Director for India of the Asian Development Bank Teresa Kho Feb-14
3 Chairman and Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on deputation for three years Yaduvendra Mathur Feb-14
4 New Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi Mar-14
5 Re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for another two years. Harun Rashid Khan Jul-14
6 Managing Director and Chief Executive of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd (TMB) H S Upendra Kamath Jul-14
7 Deputy Managing Directors of the Export-Import Bank of India David Rasquinha and Debasish Mallick Jul-14

 

8 Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Life Insurance Arijit Basu Jul-14
9 Managing Director of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) Santanu Mukherjee Jul-14
10 Fourth deputy governor of the Reserve bank of India S S Mundra Jul-14
11 Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB), Warangal V Narsi Reddy Jul-14
12 New Managing Director and CEO of the new bank IDFC Rajiv Lall Jul-14
13 Head of Bharat Banking of infrastructure finance company IDFC Ravi Shankar Aug-14
14 Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association for 2014-15 TM Bhasin Aug-14
15 Reappointed as part-time chairman of DCB Bank Ltd for another three years Nasser Munjee Sep-14
16 Head of Committee which recommended to segregate the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) post of Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks to improve corporate governance PJ Nayak Sep-14
17 New Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kerala-based South Indian Bank Ltd V.G. Mathew Sep-14
18 Head of Committee on Capacity Building in banks and non-banks G Gopalakrishna Sep-14
India Business
19 New Chairman and Managing Director of PSU Company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) Madhusudan Jan-14
20 Chairman and Managing Director of defence public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd S.K. Sharma Jan-14
21 Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Retail Raj Jain Jan-14
22 President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Chandrashekhar Jan-14
23 Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Munish Sharda Jan-14
24 New Chief Executive Officer of Uninor Morten Karlsen Sorby Jan-14
25 MD of Bharti Enterprises of all non-telecom businesses of the group retail insurance, food and agriculture, realty and other businesses of the group Manoj Kohli Jan-14
26 President of its Indian business of Ford India Nigel Harris Jan-14
27 New Managing Director of Yahoo India Gurmit Singh Feb-14
28 New President of the Chartered Accountants Institute for 2014-15 K Raghu Feb-14
29 New head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India’s most profitable firm Dinesh K. Sarraf Feb-14
30 resident and Managing Director of General Motors India Arvind Saxena Feb-14
31 New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus India Srinivasan Dwarakanath Mar-14
32 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SpiceJet R.Neelakantan Mar-14
33 New chief Executive Officer of Global mining giant Vedanta Resources Tom Albanese Mar-14
34 New Director (Commercial) of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), also the first woman employee of the company to be elevated to the post of Director. Soma Mondal Mar-14
35 New Chief Executive Officer of Britania Industries Varun Berry Mar-14
36 The Managing Director and CEO of Merico Ltd, a leading FMCG company in India Saugata Gupta Mar-14
37 Chairman of retail firm Trent, a part of Tata Sons, Noel Naval Tata Apr-14
38 New chairan emeritus with an additional role of chief mentor of Mining giant Vedanta Resources group firm Sesa Sterlite Anil Agarwal Apr-14
39 New MD of ERP giant SAP’s Indian arm, SAP India Ravi Chauhan Apr-14
40 Chief Executive Officer of India Infoline Asset Management Company Prashasta Seth Apr-14
41 Chairman and Managing Director of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Narendra Kothari Apr-14
42 General Manager of India Motorola Mobility Amit Boni Apr-14
43 Appointed on the Board of US“India Business Council (USIBC) Anand Mahindra Apr-14
44 New Managing Director of Volvo India Kamal Bali Apr-14
45 Chief Executive Officer of Liquor firm United Spirits Ltd Anand Kripalu Apr-14
46 New Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Erich Nesselhauf Apr-14
47 Managing Director of Indian arm of Japanese foods firm Nissin Foods Gautam Sharma Apr-14
48 New President of India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) M N Vidyashankar May-14
49 Indian corporate leader selected to co-chair 2014 edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa Sunil Bharti Mittal May-14
50 Managing Director Volvo Buses India VRV Sriprasad May-14
51 New Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd, India’s flagship overseas oil and gas assets acquisition firm Narendra Kumar Verma May-14
52 New Chief Executive Officer of India’s 2nd largest smartphone player, Micromax Vineet Taneja May-14
53 CEO of IBN18 Network Avinash Kaul May-14
54 Given additional charge as Chairman of the India’s largest company Indian Oil Corp R K Malhotra Jun-14
55 Chairman of Indian smart phone maker Micromax Sanjay Kapoor Jun-14
56 New President of Reliance Jio Sunil Dutt Jun-14
57 New CEO of Infosys, India’s second largest IT Services Company Vishal Sikka Jun-14
58 CEO and Managing Director designate of ACC with effect from 1st August 2014 Harish Badami Jun-14
59 Head of Commercial Banking at Citibank India with immediate effect Tushar Vikram Jun-14
60 New Chief Operation Officer (COO) of Infosys, India’s second largest IT Services Company UB Pravin Rao Jun-14
61 New chairman of India’s largest mining company Coal India with immediate effect A.K. Dubey Jun-14
62 Head of India’s largest oil firm, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Ashok Jun-14
63 Additional charge of the post of Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation AMK Sinha Jul-14
64 New Chief Executive officer mid-tier IT services Company Hexaware Technologies R Srikrishna Jul-14
65 Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reliance Infrastructure M S Mehta Jul-14
66 New Chairman Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Jethabhai Patel Aug-14
67 New Managing Director for SAP Labs India Dilipkumar Khandelwal Aug-14
68 Vice-President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce Aditya Vardhan Agarwal Aug-14
69 First President of Indian Steel Association (ISA) C.S.Verma Aug-14
70 New Chief Executive Officer of American Express Banking Corp (AEBC), India Manoj Adlakha Sep-14
71 Reappointed Chief Executive Officer and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) N Chandrasekaran Sep-14
72 Next Chairman of the defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. T.Suvarna Raju Sep-14
India Govt/Admin Related
73 Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in Department of Space A Vijayanand Jan-14
74 New secretary of Telecom regulator TRAI Sudhir Gupta Jan-14
75 Joint Secretary with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), under Ministry of Commerce Shailendra Singh Jan-14
76 Director General (Forests) and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests S S Garbyal Jan-14
77 The Secretary Security in the Cabinet Secretariat H C Meena Jan-14
78 New governor of Kerala Sheila Dikshit Mar-14
79 New Chief of Naval Staff Robin K Dhowan Apr-14
80 New Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Apr-14
81 India’s next Ambassador to Norway N A K Browne Apr-14
82 New Secretary, Department of Posts Kavery Banerjee May-14
83 New Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission Rajiv Mathur May-14
84 New Attorney General of India, the top law officer of the country Mukul Rohatgi May-14
85 Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Nripendra Misra May-14
86 New National Security Adviser Ajit Doval May-14
87 Next Ambassador to Turkey Rahul Kulshreshth May-14
88 New Solicitor General by the newly elected NDA Government Ranjit Kumar Jun-14
89 Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi P K Mishra Jun-14
90 New Revenue Secretary . Shaktikanta Das Jun-14
91 Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rajeev Topno Jun-14
92 Information Officer in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Sharat Chander Jul-14
93 New Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Jul-14
94 New Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development . Shankar Aggarwal Jul-14
95 New Governor of Chhattisgarh Balramji Dass Tandon Jul-14
96 New Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripath Jul-14
97 New Governor of Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Jul-14
98 New Governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Jul-14
99 Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sanjeev Kumar Singla Jul-14
100 New Governor of Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Jul-14
101 New Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) K.V. Chowdary Jul-14
102 New Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) K V Chowdary Aug-14
103 New Deputy National Security Adviser, also Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Arvind Gupta Aug-14
104 New Governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Aug-14
105 New chief of Joint Intelligence Committee R N Ravi Aug-14
106 New Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Aug-14
107 New Governor of Maharashtra Vidyasagar Rao Aug-14
108 New Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha Aug-14
109 17th Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Sep-14
110 New Governor of Kerala P Sathasivam Sep-14
111 New Chief Justice of India Justice H L Dattu Sep-14
112 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sherpa for the G20 annual Summit 2014 Suresh Prabhu Sep-14
113 42nd Chief Justice of India Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu Sep-14
India Others
114 New Air Force chief Arup Raha Jan-14
115 Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Justice B.S. Chauhan Jan-14
116 The Union Government extended the term of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman U K. Sinha Jan-14
117 Re-elected as President of the Badminton Association of India Akhilesh Das Gupta Jan-14
118 Member (Finance), Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Commissions Sudarsanam Srinivasan Jan-14
119 Chief executive officer and managing director of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) S N Goel Jan-14
120 New chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the country Aruna Bahuguna ( first woman to head National Police Academy) Jan-14
121 New Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Nanda Kumar Jan-14
122 The Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) Alok Sinha Jan-14
123 Chairman and Managing Director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), a navratna public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Shipping, Arun Kumar Gupta Jan-14
124 President of The Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) Sirajuddin Qureshi Jan-14
125 New Vice-President of the Chartered Accountants Institute for 2014-15 Manoj Fadnis Feb-14
126 The Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur Feb-14
127 New President of Indian Olympic Association. N Ramachandran Feb-14
128 The Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) KS Popli Mar-14
129 President of the Indian Meteorological Society for 2014-16 Akhilesh Gupta Mar-14
130 Coach of the India’s senior men’s national hockey team Jude Felix Mar-14
131 Interim President of BCCI till the probe related to IPL spot fixing of last year is completed. Sunil Gavaskar Mar-14
132 President of CII for 2014-15 Ajay S. Shriram Mar-14
133 President-Designate of CII for 2014-15 Sumit Mazumder Mar-14
134 Publisher of Penguin Random House India Chiki Sarkar Mar-14
135 New Chairman of the Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) BN Srikrishna Mar-14
136 Next Chief Justice of India Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Apr-14
137 Chairman for the year 2014-15 of India’s Software industry body Nasscom R Chandrasekaran Apr-14
138 special advisor for the 7th IPL of the Interim President of BCCI-IPL Sunil Gavaskar Deepak Parekh Apr-14
139 Vice-Chairman for the year 2014-15 of India’s Software industry body Nasscom BVR Mohan Reddy Apr-14
140 First woman Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice G Rohini Apr-14
141 Principal Economic Advisor Ila Patnaik Apr-14
142 The coach of the junior men’s hockey team by Hockey India Harendra Singh Apr-14
143 India’s first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) & East Asia Summit Suresh Kumar Reddy Apr-14
144 New Chief of Naval Staff Robin K Dhowan Apr-14
145 New President of Computer Society of India HR Mohan Apr-14
146 Vice Chief of Naval Staff Sunil Lamba Apr-14
147 New whole time member for a period of five years of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) R.V. Verma May-14
148 New Army Chief of India Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag May-14
149 First Woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Archana Ramasundaram May-14
150 Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Justice B.S. Chauhan May-14
151 Indian Cricketer was selected as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games that is scheduled to be held in Kerala in January-February 2015 Sachin Tendulkar May-14
152 India’s Governor on the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank Arun Jaitley Jun-14
153 Indian Navy Officer as the flag officer commanding-in-chief of the Western Naval Command (WNC) Anil Chopra Jun-14
154 Former India captain has been appointed as an expert member on cricketing affairs of the Supreme Court-appointed Mudgal committee Sourav Ganguly Jun-14
155 Famous Indian scientist elected as member of the UN’s body focused on oceans and law of the sea Rasik Ravindra Jun-14
156 President of Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) Amit Shah Jun-14
157 Arbitrator in the Rs. 20,000 crore tax dispute case with UK telecom giant Vodafone R.C Lahoti Jun-14
158 Chief of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for the 14th consecutive year N Srinivasan Jun-14
159 Vice-Chairman of Bar Council of India, New Delhi Justice S L Bhojegowda Jun-14
160 Who from Indian Army was appointed as member of a UN Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in UN peacekeeping Abhijit Guha Jun-14
161 Nodal Officer  for the matches likely to be held in Kochi during the 2017 FIFA under-17 world cup football. A P M Mohammed Hanish Jul-14
162 New Supreme Court judges Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Rohington F Nariman Jul-14
163 Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Yellapragada Sudharshan Rao Jul-14
164 New Chairman, Chiefs of Staffs Committee Arup Raha Jul-14
165 Head of the 1.3 million strong Indian army, 26th Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag Jul-14
166 Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court (also first woman Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court) Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur Aug-14
167 New Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Philip Campose Aug-14
168 Head of Expenditure Management Commission set by Indian Government Bimal Jalan Aug-14
169 New chairman of Union Public Service Commission Rajni Razdan Aug-14
170 New Team Director of Indian Cricket Team Ravi Shastri Aug-14
171 Head of high-level committee to recommend restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) Shanta Kumar Aug-14
172 Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), appointed as Naga interlocutor RN Ravi Aug-14
173 Head of Arjuna Awards selection committee Kapil Dev Aug-14
174 Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee Ajitpal Singh Aug-14
175 Athletics Federation of India President, appointed the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Adille Sumariwala Aug-14
176 Head of committee, constituted by the Union Government to suggest the place to build the capital city of Andhra Pradesh Sivaramakrishnan Aug-14
177 Former UGC chairman and head of a four member committee hto review the present status of Universities Grants Commission Hari Gautam Aug-14
178 New Sports Brand Ambassador of Delhi Government Sushil Kumar Sep-14
179 First women chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), situated in Shimla Chandrakala Padia Sep-14
180 Head of a high-level committee to draft the proposed amendments in key environment laws within two months TSR Subramanain Sep-14
181 Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) Narendra Ambwani Sep-14
182 Chair of an expert panel to recommend best technologies for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bharat” national sanitation campaign Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Sep-14
183 New chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW). Lalitha Kumaramangalam Sep-14
184 Former McKinsey India Chairman as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI) Adil Zainulbhai Sep-14
185 Head of committee to recommend strategies on restructuring the Railway Board Bibek Debroy Sep-14
186 Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2014-15 Amit Mathew Sep-14
187 India’s former Ambassador to the UN, new Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM). Hardeep Singh Puri Sep-14
188 New President of News Broadcasters Association (NBA) Rajat Sharma Sep-14
189 Head of Committee to conduct forensic audit of NSEL and liquidate the assets of its defaulting borrowers in the over 5500 crore rupees payments scam. V V Daga Sep-14
190 Head of 15-member committee to examine the financial architecture for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) K V Kamath Sep-14
191 New chief vigilance officer of Capital market watchdog SEBI Gyan Bhushan Sep-14
Indian Politics
192 BJP Leader was appointed as national vice president of BJP Kalyan Singh Mar-14
193 15th Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi May-14
194 New Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) N Chandrababu Naidu May-14
195 Consecutive fifth term as Chief Minister of  Sikkim Pawan Chamling May-14
196 New Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang May-14
197 Eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the second consecutive term Nabam Tuki May-14
198 New Chief Minister of Bihar after Nitish Kumar resigned from the post Jitan Ram Manjhi May-14
199 New Chief Minister of Gujarat and succeeded PM Narendra Modi Anandiben Patel May-14
200 Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term Naveen Patnaik May-14
201 Additional charge of Governor of the new proposed state of Telangana E S L Narasimhan May-14
202 Senior Congress leader as the Protem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha Kamal Nath May-14
203 Senior Congress Leader was named as the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha by the Indian Congress Party Mallikarjun Kharge Jun-14
204 New Lok Sabha Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan Jun-14
205 Chief Minister of newly-created state Telangana? K Chandrasekhar Rao Jun-14
206 Congress leader named as the Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad Jun-14
207 First speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary Jun-14
208 First Assembly speaker of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Jun-14
209 New national president of Bharatiya Janata Party. Amit Shah Jul-14
210 Leader of reconstituted BJP Parliamentary Party in both Houses of Parliament Narendra Modi Jul-14
211 New Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay Jul-14
212 Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha M Thambidurai Aug-14
213 The Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC. K V Thomas Aug-14
214 Senior Congress leader, appointed as the Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC. K V Thomas Aug-14
215 New Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu bas AIADMK Supremo Ms. Jayalalithaa had to resign as Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam Sep-14
World Business
216 New CEO Global Software giant Microsoft Satya Nadella Feb-14
217 New head of Google’s YouTube video business Susan Wojcicki Feb-14
212 New Chairman of Global Software giant Microsoft John Thompson Feb-14
213 Next CEO of Nokia Rajeev Suri Apr-14
214 New CEO of Ford Motor effective from 1st July 2014 Mark Fields May-14
215 New Chief Executive Officer of Tesco, Largest retailer in UK with effective from 1st October 2014 Philip Clarke Jul-14
216 New Chairman of Luxury carmaker Ferrari Sergio Marchionne Sep-14
World others
217 Head of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen Jan-14
218 Dean of the prestigious Harvard College Rakesh Khurana Jan-14
219 First woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires’ panel with election as an Associate and Affiliate International official Kathy Cross Jan-14
220 US President Barack Obama nominated whom as the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) Michael Rogers Feb-14
221 Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the US Central Bank and the most powerful Central bank in the world, Janet Yellen Feb-14
222 Indian-American professor as the dean of the prestigious Princeton University Graduate School Sanjeev Kulkarni Feb-14
223 New director-general (DG) of the WWF International Marco Lambertini Feb-14
224 Special Advisor to United Nations to help steer the multi-nation body frame a policy and ensure its implementation in the area of broadband and associated cyber security issues Vivek Lall Feb-14
225 Musician/Music Director has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of Unesco Nepal’s ‘Education For All’ Bappi Lahiri Feb-14
226 First women President and general secretary of the Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA), for the first time in its 67-year history Aditi Khanna Mar-14
227 Next secretary general of NATO, the 28-nation military alliance Jens Stoltenberg Mar-14
228 USA President Barack Obama has nominated whom as the next US Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sunil Sabharwal Apr-14
229 Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has appointed whom as the coach of senior hockey team  Pakistan Shahnaz Shaikh Apr-14
230 Third arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the Central Government and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd on KG basin. Michael Hudson McHugh May-14
231 National coach of Pakistan Cricket Team for a period of two years Waqar Younis May-14
232 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed whom to command a United Nations peacekeeping force Major Gen. Kristin Lund May-14
233 Australia has appointed prominent investment adviser as the Chair of Australia-India Council Ashok Jacob May-14
234 New interim US Ambassador to India after retirement of previous US Ambassador Nancy Powell Kathleen Stephens May-14
235 New Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank Hiroshi Naka May-14
236 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has nominated ____________ as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein Jun-14
237 President of its upcoming 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Sam Kahamba Kutesa Jun-14
238 New Interpol Secretary General  appointed by the Executive Committee of Interpol Juergen Stock Jun-14
239 Indian origin judge, as the eighth Attorney-General of Singapore Justice V. K. Rajah Jun-14
240 First Chairman of the International Cricket Council N Srinivasan Jun-14
241 The 11th President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Mustafa Kamal Jun-14
242 NRI businessman re-elected to the board of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce MA Yusuffali Jun-14
243 First female four-star officer to be promoted to admiral post in the USA Navy’s 236-year old history. Michelle Howard Jul-14
244 British Actress, appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women Emma Watson Jul-14
245 The Comptroller & Auditor General of India, took charge as Member of the United Nations Board of Auditors for a term of six year Shashi Kant Sharma Jul-14
246 Head of 3 member committee set by United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to probe possible war crimes and human rights violations during a month long conflict in Gaza William Schabas Aug-14
247 Senior IAS officer, Executive Director (ED) in World Bank Subhash Chandra Garg Sep-14
248 United Nations Messenger of Peace by UN chief Ban Ki-moon, with a special focus on climate change Leonardo DiCaprio Sep-14
249 China’s new Ambassador to India. Le Yucheng Sep-14
250 President-elect of the International Economic Association (IEA) from September 2014 Kaushik Basu Sep-14
251 Next US Ambassador to India by the President of USA Richard Rahul Verma Sep-14
252 Chief  most powerful intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan Rizwan Akhtar Sep-14
253 New Bangladesh High Commissioner to India. Syed Muazzem Ali Sep-14
254 Senior IAS officer, appointed as Executive Director (ED) in World Bank Subhash Chandra Garg Sep-14
World Politics
255 Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Jan-14
256 New President of Madagascar  Hery Rajaonarimampianina Jan-14
257 New prime minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala Feb-14
258 New Prime Minister of Italy  Also became the youngest ever prime minister of Italy at the age of 39. Matteo Renzi Feb-14
259 New President of Maldives Abdulla Yameen Mar-14
260 Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia has appointed his half-brother _________, as the next heir to the throne Moqren Mar-14
261 New President of Chile Michelle Bachelet Mar-14
262 New prime minister of France Manuel Valls Apr-14
263 New President of Malta o become Malta’s ninth President? Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca Apr-14
264 New Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive term for four years. Viktor Orban Apr-14
265 President of Algeria for the fourth consecutive time Abdelaziz Bouteflika Apr-14
266 New President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela May-14
267 Libya’s new prime minister Ahmed Maitiq May-14
268 President of South Africa Jacob Zuma May-14
269 New President of Egypt. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi May-14
270 Malawi’s New president Peter Mutharika May-14
271 Next President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko May-14
272 President of Syria for another seven year term Bashar al-Assad Jun-14
273 10th president of Israel Reuven Ruby Rivlin Jun-14
274 New President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Jun-14
275 Spain’s new king Felipe VI Jun-14
276 Next president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker Jun-14
277 President of El Salvador Sanchez Ceren Jun-14
278 Afghanistan’s new President Ashraf Ghani Jul-14
279 New President of Syria Bashar al-Assad Jul-14
280 Next president of Indonesia Joko Widodo Jul-14
281 Seventh President of Iraq. Muhammad Fuad Masum Jul-14
282 First President of Turkey won through direct presidential election Recep Tayyip Erdogan Aug-14
283 New Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi Aug-14
284 The 29th Prime Minister of Thailand. Prayuth Chan-ocha Aug-14
285 President of Turkey after winning the country’s first public vote Recep Tayyip Erdogan Aug-14
286 Indian origin, Shadow Minister in U.K. Seema Malhotra Aug-14
287 New president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Sep-14
288 Re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for the third consecutive time John Key Sep-14
289 Fiji’s new prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama Sep-14