New President and Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Appointed

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) appointed Subodh Kumar Agrawal as its new President and
 K. Raghu as its new Vice-President on 12 February 2013.

Subodh Kumar Agrawal

•    He had served the ICAI as its fellow for 24 years
•    He had been the member of Institute’s central council twice since 2007
•    He is specialized in area of internal and statutory audit of private and public sector entities like insurance companies and banks
•    He had served the institute at different positions and it includes Vice President and Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Member of its different Committees

K. Raghu

•    K. Raghu is specialized in areas of business, taxation and technology consultation
•    He served as the member of the central council of ICAI from 2007 to 2010 and during this period he served ICAI as the Chairman of Information Technology Committee and brought forward the e-learning and web-casting initiatives of the organization

Gulshan Rai: He has been named as the first National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
Ranjit Sinha: He has been appointed as the Director of Central Bureau of investigation (CBI).

Alok Joshi: He has been appointed as the new chief of Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), an organisation entrusted with the task of gathering external intelligence.
Syed Asif Ibrahim: He has been appointed as the Director of Intelligence Bureau. He is the first Muslim to head the Intelligence Bureau.

Yahoo! Inc. has appointed Marissa Mayer as its CEO. She is the fifth CEO in four years. Mayer, 37, would be charged with helping the company regain the attention of Web surfers. She shifts from Google, a company she had joined in 1999 as its 20th employee. She was Google’s first female engineer.

V.S. Hegde, former Scientific Secretary, ISRO, will be the new Antrix Chairman and Managing Director, said ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan here on Saturday.

Following the media spotlight on the Antrix earlier this year over the preferential allocation of S-band spectrum to private firm Devas Multimedia, ISRO announced that it would restructure the company to allow greater transparency. One of the fundamental decisions was to change the tradition of the ISRO chief becoming the CMD of the Antrix head too.

Dr. Radhakrishnan told journalists that the Antrix would have a new board that would include experts from various fields, ISRO functionaries and private sector entities. Among the set of agendas before the new Antrix CMD is the setting up of a coordination management committee “to ensure the right kind of sharing and allocation of expertise.”

Globally, the space industry business turnover was $160 billion, while at the Antrix it was $200 million, Dr. Hegde said, adding that there was “tremendous opportunity for the Antrix to exploit.”

Antrix was established in 1992 to promote the commercial exploitation of space products, technical consultancy services and the transfer of technologies developed by ISRO. The company provides space products and services to international customers worldwide. Koteshwar Rao (former Director of Laboratory for Electro Optical Systems) will take over as ISRO Scientific Secretary.

Veteran banker K.V. Kamath has been appointed as the Chairman of Infosys, in place of founder N.R. Narayana Murthy. S.D. Shibulal has been elevated as the CEO and MD.

• Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission.
• Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha.
• Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
• Mr. K. Rahman Khan: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
• Mr. Gopinath Munde: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha.
• Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha).
• Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha).
• Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
• Mr. Navin Chawla: Chief Election Commissioner
• Mr. V. S. Sampath : Election Commissioner.
• Mr. S. Y. Qiuaishi : Election Commissioner.

• Mr. Vinod Rai : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
• Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary.
• Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.
• Mr. Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes.
• Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
• Dr. Buta Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
• Mr. Kunwar Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
• Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC.
• Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers.
• Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security).
• Mr. R.V. Raju : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA).
• Mr. S. S. Khurana: Chairman, Railway Board.
• Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri: Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha
• Mr. P. D. T. Achary : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha.
• Mr. Rajiv Mathur: Director, IB.
• Mr. Ashwani Kumar: Director, CBI.
• Mr. K. C. Verma: Director, Research and Analysis Wing.
• Mr. N .P. S. Aulakh: Director-General, NSG.
• Mr. A. S. Gill : Director-General, CRPF.
• Mr. M. L. Kumawat : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF).
• Mr. Niraj Ranjan Das : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
• Mr. Ranjit Sinha: Director-General, Railway Protection Force.
• Mr. Vikram Srivastava: Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
• Mr. Gopal Sharma: Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal.
• Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra: Director-General, Coast Guard.
• Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency.
• Mr. Sukhadeo Thorat : Chairman, UGC.
• Mr. M. Natarajan : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research & Development Organisation.
• Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.
• Mr. K. Radhakrishnan: Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO.
• Mr. Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy.
• Mr. N. K. Raghupathy : Chairman, SSC.
• Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal: Chairman, National Forest Commission.
• Dr. Amrita Patel: Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
• Lt. Gen. M. C. Badhani : Director-General, Border Roads Organisation.
• Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Mr. D. K. Sikri : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner.
• Mr. A. R. Lakshmanan: Chairman, Law Commission.
• Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao : Governor, RBI.
• Mr. Justice G. N. Ray: Chairman, Press Council of India.
• Mr. Subroto Chattopadhyay : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).
• Mr. N. B. Singh: Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
• Mr. A. K. Singh: Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs.
• Justice Arijit Pasayat : Chairperson, Competition Appellate Tribunal
• Mr. S. K. Garg : CMD, NHPC.
• Mr. R. S. Sharma: CMD, ONGC.
• Mr. U. D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL.
• Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC.
• Mr. N. M. Borah: CMD, Oil India Ltd.
• Mr. Ashok Ganguly: Chairman, CBSE.
• Mr. C. B. Bhave: Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India.
• Mr. U. C. Sarangi: Chairman, NABARD.
• Mr. O. P. Bhat : Chairman, SBI.
• Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI.
• Mr. S. Balasubramanian : Chairman, Company Law Board.
• Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India’s Permanent Representative to UN.
• Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC
• Mr. A. K. Bajaj : Chairman, Central Water Commission.
• Ms. Girija Vyas : Chairperson, National Commission for Women.
• Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar: Chairman, 13th Finance Commission.
• Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar : Chairman, National Statistical Commission.
• Ms. Shafmila Tagore : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification.
• Ms. Anshu Vaish : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India.
• Mr. Harsh Pati Singhania : President, FICCI.
• Mr. J. S. Sarma: Chairman, TRAI
• Mr. R. N. Das : Director, Enforcement Directorate.
• Mr. D. Swarup : Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority.
• Mr. Pratyush Sinha: Central Vigilance Commissioner.
• Mr. S. Banerjee: Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
• Mr. Wajahat Habibullah : Information Commissioner.
• Mr. Suresh Kalmadi : President, Indian Olympic Association.
• Prof. Krishan Kumar: Director, NCERT.
• Mr. Venu Srinivasan: President, CII.
• Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission.
• Ms. Mrinal Pande : Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board.
• Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission.
• Mr. Ganesh Natarajan : Chairman, NASSCOM.
• Mr. Swati Piramal: President, ASSOCHAM.
• Mr. Om Puri : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation.
• Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India.
• Mr. N. Ravi : Chairman, PTI.
• Mr. Hormusji N. Cama: President, Indian Newspaper Society

World -Latest Appointments

Dilma Rousseff: She has been elected as the first woman Presient of Brazil.
Marouf Bakhit: He has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Jordan by King Abdullah.

India -Union Cabinet Reshuffle/Appointments

Praful Patel: Union Minister, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Salman Khurshid: Union Minister, Water Resources and additional charge of Minority Affairs
S. Jaiswal: Union Minister, Coal.
Sharad Pawar: Union Minister, Agriculture & Food Processing Industry.
Vilasrao Deshmukh: Union Minister, Rural Development & additional charge of Panchayati Raj.
Jaipal Reddy: Union Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas.
Kamal Nath: Union Minister, Urban Development.
Vayalar Ravi: Union Minister, Overseas Indian Affairs and additional charge of Civil Aviation.
Murli Deora: Union Minister, Corporate Affairs.
Virbhadra Singh: Union Minister, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
C.P. Joshi: Union Minister, Highways & Transport.
M.S. Gill: Union Minister, Statistics, Programme Implementation.
Kumari Selja: Union Minister, Culture, Housing, Urban Poverty alleviation.
Subhod Kant Shay: Union Minister, Tourism.
Ashwani Kumar: Minister of State (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Planning, Science & Technology, Earth Sciences.
Ajay Maken: Minister of State (Independent Charge), Youth Affairs & Sports.
Beni Prasad Verma: Minister of State (Independent Charge), Steel.
Prof K.G. Thomas: Minister of State (Independent Charge), Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
K.C. Venugopal: Minister of State, Power.
E. Ahamed: Minister of State, External Affairs.
V. Narayanasamy: Minister of State, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Parliamentary Affairs.
Gurudas Kamath: Minister of State, Telecom.
A. Sai Prathap: Minister of State, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Bharatsinh Solanki: Minister of State, Railways.
Jitin Prasad: Minister of State, Road Transport & Highways.
Madhav S. Khandela: Minister of State, Tribal Affairs.
R.P.N. Singh: Minister of State, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs.
Tusharbhai Chaudhary: Minister of State, Raod Transport & Highways.
Arun Yadav: Minister of State, Agriculture & Food Preocessing Industries.
P.P. Patil: Minister of State, Coal.
Vincet Pala: Minister of State, Water Resources and Minority Affairs.

Major Events -January 2011

India joins the UN Security Council (UNSC) as its non-permanent member for a two-year term after a gap on 19 years.

China’s first radar evading stealth fighter makes its maiden test flight, making the country only the second nation after USA to test such cutting-edge technology.
All-India mobile number portability services are launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Miscellaneous

M.D. Mallaya: Chief of Bank of Baroda, he has been chosen as the Business Standard Banker of the Year.
Bappi Lahiri: He has become the first Indian composer to be in the Grammy jury for the awards in 2012.

Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has done away with the dual helmsman-ship model and appointed T.K. Kurien as Wipro’s new CEO.

Murli Deora Takes Charge as Corporate Affairs Minister

Senior Congress leader and former Petroleum Minister Murli Deora took charge of the Corporate Affairs Ministry .

Deora replaced Salman Khurshid, who now holds charge of the Water Resources Ministry and retains the additional charge of the Minority Affairs Ministry.

Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected Chairman of the all important Security Council Committee on Counter-terrorism and two other key committees of this 15-member body.

A formal announcement in this regard will be made today, sources told PTI after the conclusion of silent procedure during which there was no challenge to India being elected as Chairman of these three important UNSC committees.

Elected for a two-year term, Puri would chair the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee.He replaces Ertugrul Apakan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey, whose term expired on December 31, 2010.

Bank Ki-Moon     –     Secretary General,UN

Asha-Rose Migiro    -  First Deputy Secretary General,UN

Robert Zoellick     –    President,World Bank

Koichiro Matsuura (Japan)  -  Director-General,UNESCO

Margaret Chan(China)  -Director-General,World Health Organisation(WHO)

Hosni Mubarak(Egypt)    –      Chairman,NAM

Jacques Diouf   – Director    General,FAO

Haruhiko Kuroda(Japan)    – President ,ADB

Dominique Strauss-Khan(France) – President,IMF

Jaap de Hoop Schoffer  –      Seretary General,NATO

Smadja Claude      -Director General,World Economic Forum(WEF)

Mohamed El Baradei    – Director-General,IAEA

Khagendra Thapa will be officially declared as the world’s shortest man on October 14.He is the smallest known person on earth at 22 inches (56 cm). The Nepal Tourism Board has nominated Thapa as a goodwill ambassador to promote tourism in Nepal. Thapa will carry the message: “Shortest man in the world from the highest mountain in the world invites you to visit Nepal.

Indian Prime Ministers - From First to the Latest

1st .Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (August 15, 1947 – May 27, 1964 )- Party (Congress)

2nd .Shri Gulzarilal Nanda (May 27, 1964 – June 9, 1964 and January 11, 1966 – January 24, 1966)- Party (Congress)

3rd .Lal Bahadur Shastri (June 9, 1964 – January 11, 1966) – Party(Congress)

4th  .Smt. Indira Gandhi (January 24, 1966 – March 24, 1977 and January 14, 1980 – October 31, 1984) – Party(Congress & Congress[I])

5th  . Shri Morarji Desai (March 24, 1977 – July 28, 1979) – Party (Janta Party)

6th .Shri Charan Singh (July 28, 1979 – January 14, 1980) – Party(Janta Party)

7th. Mr. Rajiv Gandhi (October 31, 1984 – December 2, 1989) – Party (Congress[I])

8th. Shri V. P. Singh (December 2, 1989 – November 10, 1990) – Party(Janta Dal)

9th. Shri Chandra Shekhar (November 10, 1990 – June 21, 1991) Party (Janta Dal[S])

10th. P. V. Narasimha Rao (June 21, 1991- May 16, 1996) – Party (Congress[I])

11th. Shri H. D. Deve Gowda (June 1, 1996 – April 21, 1997) – Party (Janta Dal)

12th. Shri Inder Kumar Gujral (April 21, 1997 – March 19, 1998) – Party (Janta Dal)

13th. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (May 16, 1996 – June 1, 1996 and March 19, 1998 – May 22, 2004) – Party (BJP)

14th. Dr. Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004 – till date) – Party (INC)

Jimena Navarrete, a 22-year-old brunette from Mexico, was named Miss Universe in Las Vegas on Monday.

The first runner-up was Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps, while Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell, was second runner-up.

Navarrete, a nature enthusiast from Guadalajara, defeated favorites from Ireland, the Philippines and Venezuela to become the 59th winner of the crown in a show broadcast live around the world.

She received the crown from reigning Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez, Venezuela’s second winner in as many years. In a major shock, this year’s Miss Venezuela failed to make it past the first cut, when the 83 contestants were whittled down to 15. Miss USA, another favored contender, was also eliminated at the outset.

Article 148 of the constitution of India provides for an independent office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. He is the head of the Indian Audit and Accounts Departments. Generally a person with long administrative experience and knowledge of accounts is appointed as Comptroller & auditor General by the President of India. He / she hold the office for 6 years or till 65 years of age. President can remove CAG from office on grounds of proved misbehavior and incapacity, however removal order are issued by the president on recommendation of two houses of parliament. Salary of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India is drawn from Consolidated Fund of India.

The main accounting functions of CAG prior to 1976 were maintenance of state and central government accounts, making their annual summary. CAG was relived from accounting functions in 1976 and the main duty now is auditing functions only.

The current CAG is Vinod Rai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre officer of IAS since 2008.