National and International Appointments

Kiran Karnik served as the President of NASSCOM during the early 2000s, taking over in 2001.

Sharmila Tagore served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) in India.

The leadership of industry bodies like CII changes annually. S.K. Munjal served as the President of CII in the early 2000s.

Amrita Patel served as the Chairperson of the National Dairy Development Board for many years following Verghese Kurien.

The Director of Public Instruction (DPI) is the head of the school education department in many Indian states, including Punjab.

G. Madhavan Nair served as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 2003 to 2009.

M.S. Swaminathan, known as the father of the Green Revolution in India, was appointed as the chairman of the National Commission on Farmers.

N. Vittal served as the Central Vigilance Commissioner of India from 1998 to 2002. The question refers to a historical figure in this role.

Ganesh Natarajan served as the chairman of NASSCOM in 2008.

Donkupor Roy served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya in 2008, following the resignation of D. D. Lapang.

R.M. Premkumar served as the Chairman of the Food Corporation of India during the period this question was likely drafted. These types of questions depend heavily on the specific year of the exam.

M. Damodaran served as the Chairman and Managing Director of IDBI Bank during the mid-2000s. He later became the Chairman of SEBI.

Ranjana Kumar was appointed as the Chairperson of NABARD. She was the first woman to head a public sector bank in India.

Goolam Vahanvati served as the Solicitor General of India. He was a prominent legal expert who later became the Attorney General.

Rakesh Mohan, who served as a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chaired the panel on small saving schemes during that period.