Weekly Update: Appointments: Week2, January 2016

Appointments during the second week of Jan 2016 i.e. 03/01/2016 to 09/01/2016

Ques. Who sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India?

Ans. R.K. Mathur

Ques. Who took charge as CMD of BHEL?

Ans. Atul Sobti

Ques. Who has been named the new chairman of IAMAI?

Ans. Kunal Shah

Ques. Who has been appointed as new CEO of Wipro?

Ans. Abidali Neemuchwala

Ques. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Novo Nordisk's campaign 'Changing Diabetes', initiated by it in India?

Ans. Sachin Tendulkar

Ques. Who has been appointed as Chairman of General Motors (GM)?

Ans. Mary Barra

Ques. Recently LinkedIn appointed ________ as Country Manager for India.

Ans. Akshay Kothari

Ques. Who has been appointed as the new COO of Infosys ?

Ans. Bhanumurthy BM

Ques. Who was appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner.

Ans. Sailesh

Ques. Who has been appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog?

Ans. Amitabh Kant

Ques. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India?

Ans. Devender Kumar Sikri

Ques. Pavan Kapoor has been appointed as India’s new ambassador to which country?

Ans. Israel

Ques. Who has been elected as the General President of the 105th Indian Science Congress Association for 2017-18?

Ans. Dr. Achyuta Samanta

Ques. AB Khare has been appointed as the CMD of which state run company?

Ans. Madras Fertilizers