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f Dr Ajay Mathur has assumed office as the DirectorGeneral of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) with
effect from March 15, 2021. He has been appointed for a period of four years which can be renewed for an
additional term. Dr Ajay Mathur has replaced Upendra Tripathy, who completed his term on March 15,
after serving as the DirectorGeneral since 2017.

f Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has been appointed as the Chairman of
the international body Stop TB Partnership Board. He was appointed in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the movement to eradicate Tuberculosis from India by 2025. He will serve a three-year
term, commencing from July this year.

f NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd, a lender to small businesses, has announced the appointment of cricketer
Ajinkya Rahane as its brand ambassador. The agreement is for a year which can be extended further.
Rahane will feature in a campaign slated to be released in the first week of April, which will talk about the
ease of procuring loans through NeoGrowth for small businesses.

f International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was on 10th March re-elected for an
additional four-year term.

f Arindam Bagchi, an officer of the 1995 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has assumed charge as
the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is replacing Anurag Srivastava, an
officer of the 1999 batch of IFS.
f The US Senate has voted, 57-43, to confirm the appointment of Indian-American doctor Vivek Murthy as
the Surgeon General under US President Biden's administration. The 43-year-old Dr Murthy would
occupy the position of America's Surgeon General for the second time.
f The government has extended the term of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) K. VijayRaghavan by a year.
He was appointed PSA in 2018 after retiring as Secretary of, Department of Biotechnology. His contract
ends on April 2 but has now been extended until April 2022.
f IAS Sanjeev Kumar has appointed as Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the Ministry
of Civil Aviation. Kumar is a 1993-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. The Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment.
f Senior bureaucrat, Saurabh Garg has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. Mr
Garg is at present serving in his cadre state Odisha. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer.
f Atish Chandra has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India in the
rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Mr Chandra, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is currently
Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.
f Anish Shah who is set to take over as the managing director and CEO of Mahindra and Mahindra from 2
April will become the first professional executive to oversee the entire business of the $19.4 billion
Mahindra Group.
f Soma Mondal, the chairperson of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), was on March
26, 2021, elected the new chairperson of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE). Mondal
will have a two-year term starting April; she took charge of SAIL on January 1, 2021.
f Soma Mondal, the chairperson of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), was on March
f6, 2021, elected the new chairperson of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE). Mondal
will have a two-year term starting April; she took charge of SAIL on January 1, 2021.

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