National and International Appointments

Lt General Zaheer ul Islam was appointed Director General of ISI in 2012.

Bo Shin Seo succeeded Han Woo Park as Managing Director of Hyundai Motor India.

Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik took over as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on May 31, 2009.

Mamata Banerjee was appointed as the Union Railway Minister in the UPA-II government formed in 2009.

Raghuram Rajan was appointed as the chairman of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2007 by the Planning Commission of India.

Mr. Sharad Pawar, Union Agriculture Minister and the former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is appointed the new President of International Cricket Council (ICC). He becomes the second Indian after Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya to hold the ICC's top office.

Delhi Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dikshit is chosen for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award for 2010, in recognition of her contribution to politics.

Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce confers the prestigious Businessman of the Decade award on Tata Group Chairman Mr. Ratan Tata in a ceremony in Mumbai.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gives the green signal for setting up a National Innovation Council, to be headed by technocrat Dr. Sam Pitroda.(16th August 2010)

OP Bhatt, the former chairman of the State Bank of India, was named Banker of the Year 2007 by Business Standard.

Mayawati served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2008.

Duvvuri Subbarao succeeded Y.V. Reddy as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in September 2008. The other options are incorrect names or individuals not associated with this role.

Manoj Kohli served as the CEO of Bharti Airtel during the 2008 period. The other names are not associated with this position at that time.