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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 01 2024

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  • Senior IAS officer Govind Mohan has assumed charge as the Union Home Secretary.
  • Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, a 1993 batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has assumed charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
  • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) has been honoured with two prestigious awards at the CSR Times Awards 2024. 
  • Senior IPS officer B Srinivasan has been appointed as the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG).
  • India's Jay Shah has been elected as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
  • Apple has appointed Kevan Parekh as its new CFO in anticipation of a major product launch.
  • Satish Kumar has been appointed as the new Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board.
  • Nasscom has appointed SAP Labs India MD Sindhu Gangadharan as its new chairperson.
  • Senior IPS officer Rajwinder Singh Bhatti has been appointed as the Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
  • Vice Admiral C.R. Praveen Nair has been appointed as the Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy.
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