National and International Appointments

N. R. Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards in 2010.

Arup Roy Choudhury was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) in 2010.

The National Council for Tribal Welfare (NCTW) was chaired by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, during its constitution in 2010.

D.R.S. Chaudhary was appointed as the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2010.

Raghuram Rajan was awarded the Fisher Black Prize in 2003 by the American Finance Association for his significant contributions to financial economics.

After completing his term as the Chief Information Commissioner in 2010, Wajahat Habibullah joined the World Bank as a consultant.

K. Rosaiah, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, was nominated as a member of the National Mission Authority for the empowerment of women in 2010.

Navin Chawla, a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, authored the official biography titled Mother Teresa: The Authorized Biography, which was published in 1992.

Govind Singh Gurjar served as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry in 2008.

Navanethem Pillay (misspelled as Navnethem) from South Africa was appointed as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2008. She served in this position until 2014.

Partha S. Bhattacharyya served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Limited during the 2010-11 period. He was a prominent figure in the Indian public sector landscape at that time.

Sheila Dikshit, the former Chief Minister of Delhi, was conferred the Lokmanya Tilak Award in 2010 for her contributions to the development of the city.

B.C. Khatua served as the Chairman of the Forward Markets Commission, the regulator for commodity markets in India, during that period.

The Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Committee was constituted by the Rajya Sabha to investigate the charges of misconduct and misappropriation against Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court. This led to impeachment proceedings against him.