National and International Appointments

The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) was chaired by the noted economist Arjun Sengupta.

Y.S.P. Thorat served as the Chairman of NABARD during the 2007-2009 period, and was the incumbent in early 2010.

S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris Gopalakrishnan) succeeded Nandan Nilekani as the CEO and MD of Infosys in 2007.

Harsh Manglik was appointed as the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2010-11.

The Prime Minister of India serves as the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission (now replaced by NITI Aayog). Dr. Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister during the period this question likely originated.

N. Gopalaswami served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India from 2006 to 2009. The question asks for a "former current" CEC, which appears to be a typographical error, but the answer points to a former CEC. The other names listed are not associated with the CEC position.

Chanda Kochhar was appointed as the CEO and MD of ICICI Bank in 2009, succeeding K.V. Kamath.

Sunita Narain, a prominent environmentalist, was appointed to head the task force to review the management of tiger reserves in India following the Sariska tiger crisis.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari served as the 13th Vice President of India, holding the office from 2007 to 2017.

This is the correct choice. Usha thorat introduces the lead scheme banking. The main aim is to address all the district level problems.

Arun Jaitely is appointed on the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank. Hence, this option is correct.

P. Mitra was a known spokesperson for the Praja Rajyam Party in Andhra Pradesh during its active political period.

Bimal Jalan served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1997 to 2003, covering the year 2000.

Dayakar Puskoor is recognized as the executive chairman of the Global Outlook company. This is a specific factual query regarding corporate leadership.