Appointments in India 2012

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This is the list of appointments in year 2012. this list is very useful for all upcoming exams. so read this carefully to prepare batter.

• Parvin Sinclair appointed as  Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Jan 2, 2012.
• Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar  appointed as President, Indian Economic Association.
• Samir K. Brahmachari reappointed as Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He got extension for a period of two years.
• Arvind Gupta appointed as Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
• Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan  appointed as Director General, Indian Coast Guard in Jan 2012. Earlier served as the first Commandant fo the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala.
• M. Rafeeque Ahmed  appointed as  President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) in Jan 2012, he is chairman of the Farida Group; was FIEO President from 2002 to 2004
• Imtaiyazur Rahman   appointed as   CEO, UTI Mutual Fund (UTIMF) in Jan 2012.
• Nesar Ahmad  appointed as President, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). ICSI is the only recognized professional body in India to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in India.
• R.V. Kanoria  appointed as  President, FICCI he is presently CMD of Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Ltd.
• Sidharth Birla appointed as Vice President, FICCI, he is Chairman of Xpro India Ltd.
• Padam Vir Singh reappointed as Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. He got extension for two years.
• Balan Nambiar appointed as acting Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi.  
• Prof SS Mantha appointed as Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• A K Garg appointed as CMD, MTNL  Jan 27, 2012.  He took over from Kuldip Singh, who was given additional charge of CMD since Jan 2010 after the resignation of former CMD RSP Sinha.
• Narendra Singh appointed as CMD, Bank of Maharashtra   Feb 1, 2012    
• D.K. Mittal  appointed as Director, RBI's Central Board on Feb 7, 2012. Now RBI's central board has 18 directors. Mittal's nomination follows the recent amendment to the RBI Act, 1934, allowing the Central Government to nominate two Government officials to the central board instead of one.
• Jaydeep Narendra appointed as President, Institute of Chartered Accountant on Feb 12, 2012  
• Subodh Kumar Agarwal appointed as  Vice President, Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA)    Feb 12, 2012  
• Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali appointed as Deputy Chief (Information System and Training), Indian Army in Feb 13, 2012.
• Sushobhan Sarkar  appointed as MD, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Feb 17, 2012   
• Jawhar Sircar  appointed as  Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati on Feb 22, 2012.  The post was vacant for over a year since B.S. Lalli was suspended due to a CBI probe into alleged financial irregularities.
• Prakash Mishra  appointed as DG, National Disaster Response Force on Mar 6, 2012.
• Gopalkrishna Gandhi appointed as Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS). He was former West Bengal governor
• Sunil Prabhu elected as Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). MCGM is country's richest municipal corporation.
• Vijay Bahuguna appointed as Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, he is seventh CM of Uttarakhand; former judge of the Allahabad High Court
• Okram Ibobi Sigh   elected as Chief Minister, Manipur on Mar 14, 2012, he became Chief Minister for the third consecutive term
• Parkash Singh Badal  elected as Chief Minister, Punjab on Mar 14, 2012 , he was elected as CM for record 5^th time
• Sukhbir Singh Badal  appointed as Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab on Mar 14, 2012.
• Akhilesh Yadav  was sworn in as Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh on Mar 15, 2012. He is the youngest CM of the state
• Mukul Roy is appointed as Railway Minister of India on Mar 20, 2012, he replaced Dinesh Trivedi
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• Harsh Pati Singhania appointed as President, International Chamber of Commerce, India (ICC, India) Mar 23, 2012.
• Justice Fakir Muhammad Ibrahim Kalifulla  appointed as  Judge, Supreme Court  he served as former chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
• Debabrata Sarkar appointed as CMD, Union Bank of India.
• Ashok Kumar Roy appointed as CMD, General Insurance Corporation of India.
• Justice Virendra Singh appointed as Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court he succeeded Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah.
• Manan Kumar Mishra appointed as  Chairman, Bar Council of India (BCI). The Bar Council of India is a statutory body to regulate and represent the Indian bar.
• Zafar Ahmed Khan appointed as Vice Chairman, bar Council of India (BCI).   Apr 15, 2012   The Bar Council of India sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities where degrees in law serve as qualification for enrolment as an advocate.
• Adi Godrej appointed as President, Confederation of India on Apr 19, 2012.
• S Narsing Rao appointed as CMD, Coal India (CIL).
• B.V. Wanchoo appointed as Governor, Goa.
• K. Sankaranarayanan  appointed as Governor, Maharashtra 
• Margaret Alva  appointed as Governor, Rajasthan.
• Ratan Kumar Sinha appointed as Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.
• Goolam E. Vahanvati appointed as Attorney-General of India. He is re-appointed for two more years; previously was appointed in 2009
• Ajay Banga appointed as Chairman, US-India Business Council (USIBC).
• Subash Joshi appointed as Director General, National Security Guards (NSG).
• Sunil Kumar Srivastava appointed as CMD, Oil India Ltd (OIL).
• Rajeev Dubey appointed as President, Employees' Federation of India (EFI) an association of autonomous industry organizations, is one of the bodies representing India at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva.
• Vidya Balan appointed as Brand Ambassador, Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
• E.S.I. Narasimhan appointed as Governor, Andhra Pradesh.
• S.K. Mittal appointed asDG, Central Public Works Department May 4, 2012  
• Rahul Khullar appointed as  Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
• Film actress Rekha appointed as Member, Rajya Sabha
• P. Chidambaram appointed as Chairman, Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council 
• Justice V.S. Sirpurkar appointed as Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal of India
• K. Saleem Ali appointed as  Special Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)   
• General Bikram Singh appointed as Chief, Indian Army    May 31, 2012  Succeeded General V.K. Singh
• DK Mehrotra appointed as  Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India
• Shikha Sharma appointed as MD, Axis Bank, she is reappointed for a further period of 3 years
• Air Marshal Arup Raha appointed as Chief, Western Air Command
• Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur appointed as Judge, Supreme Court.   
• Sachin Tendulkar  appointed as member, Rajya Sabha 
• Rajiv Nayan Choubey appointed as Head, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).
• Vice Admiral DK Joshi appointed as Chief, Indian Navy 
• Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath appointed as  Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
• Sekhar Basu appointed as Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).  
• Som Mittal reappointed as President, NASSCOM.
• Kailash Chandra Purohit appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
• Niranjan Hiranandani appointed as President, Indian Merchants Chamber 
• K Parasaran and Prof. Mrinal Miri appointed as members, Rajya Sabha.
• Dr Ashok K Lahiri appointed as Executive Director, Asian Development.