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f Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given approval to the appointment of
Arun Raste as MD and CEO of National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) for a period
of 5 years.

f Public Enterprise Selection Board selected Amit Banerjee as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of
Bharat Earth Movers Limited, (BEML) an Indian Public Sector Undertaking. The PESB announced on
meeting held on April 26, 2021. Currently, he is serving as Director (Rail & Metro), BEML Limited.
f Japanese Sportswear brand ASICS announced that it has appointed Ravindra Jadeja, the all-rounder of
the Indian cricket team and Chennai Super Kings as its brand ambassador. The company, which focuses
on sporting gear for the running category.
f The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of T V Somanathan as
the new Finance Secretary. He will replace Ajay Bhushan Pandey who superannuated in February 2021.
f Bajaj Auto has announced the appointment of Neeraj
f Bajaj as its new Chairman of the Board with effect from May 1, 2021. The automaker has also announced
Rahul Bajaj as its Chairman Emeritus. This will be taken up at the ensuing annual general meeting for the
approval of the shareholders.
f Reserve Bank of India (RBI) executive director T Rabi Sankar has been named as the fourth Deputy
Governor of the central bank. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his
appointment. He is in charge of the payments system, fintech, information technology and risk
management at the RBI. He succeeds BP Kanungo as the deputy governor, who retired on April 2 after
getting a one-year extension in his position.
f Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited (KLI) on 1st May announced it has appointed Mahesh
Balasubramanian as managing director of the company. He has been appointed following the retirement
of G Murlidhar.
f The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member Justice (retired) Prafulla Chandra Pant had
been appointed as the acting chairperson of the Commission with effect from April 25. A former Supreme
Court judge, Justice Pant was appointed member of the NHRC on April 22, 2019. The post of a
chairperson has been vacant since Justice H.L. Dattu, a former Chief Justice of India, completed his
tenure on December 2, 2020.
f Raman Meenakshi Sundaram has been appointed as Director of the Indian Institute of Rice Research
(IIRR), an arm of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Prior to this elevation, he was working as
Principal Scientist (Biotechnology) at the institute crop Improvement Section.
f THDC India Ltd has announced that Vijay Goel assumed as chairman and managing director. His
appointment will come into effect from May 1, 2021. He joined the company in 1990 as a senior personnel
officer (SPO) from NHPC Ltd. He has more than 35 years of varied experience in the field of human
resource management. Ujjwala Singhania has been appointed as the National President of FICCI Ladies
Organization (FLO), the oldest women-led & women-centric business chamber of Southeast Asia. As the
38th National President of FLO Singhania will focus on empowering women by facilitating an enabling
environment that promotes entrepreneurship, industry participation and economic development of
women.
f Sankar Ghosh, an award-winning Indian-origin immunologist, has been elected to the prestigious
National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his “distinguished and continuing achievements in
original research. He was among the 120 newly elected members announced by the Academy.

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