Daily Current Affairs / Andhra Pradesh government appoints former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar as economic advisor
Category : National Published on: September 10 2021
· The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Rajnish Kumar as its economic advisor.
· A former SBI chairman, Rajneesh Kumar's tenure in a cabinet rank post is for two years.
· Rajneesh Kumar, who retired as the chairman of SBI in October 2020, is an independent non-executive director at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He joined SBI in 1980 as a Probationary Officer.
Important facts
About Andhra Pradesh
v Governor: Vishwabhushan Harichandan
v Chief Minister: YS Jaganmohan Reddy
v Capitals: Visakhapatnam (Executive Capital), Kurnool (Judicial Capital), Amaravati (Legislative Capital).
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