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PERSONS IN NEWS - May 2019

May 2019

May 12, 2019

Y. C. Deveshwar Passes Away

Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, ITC's longest-serving chairman, passed away. He was 72.
Mr. Deveshwar acquired a stature through years of hard work, during which he set his sights on changing the course of ITC, which was till recently known as a cigarette company.
His vision extended beyond the corporate staple of toplines and bottomlines.
He wanted ITC to be known as an entity that looked at creation of sustainable livelihoods and value-chains that would help society and enrich environment.

May 11, 2019

JLL India Makes Top Level Changes

JLL India, a global real estate servicing firm, has made top level changes in its Chennai business.
Siva Krishnan, who was heading residential services developer solutions and strategic consulting businesses has been appointed as MD.
Kanchana Krishnan has been appointed as head – markets and retail, Chennai.
Jerry Kingsley has been promoted as head – capital markets, South India and head – Sri Lanka.

Maharashtra's New Chief Secretary

Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has been appointed as Maharashtra's new chief secretary.
Mehta succeeds UPS Madan who has been named as the special advisor to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Mehta, a 1984 batch IAS officer, is scheduled to retire in September 2019.

May 10, 2019

Jet Accepts Gaurang Shetty's Resignation

Jet Airways announced the resignation of its whole-time director Gaurang Shetty. He had stepped down from the board and also resigned on April 23, 2019.
His resignation was accepted on May 9, 2019. While Mr. Shetty wanted to be relieved immediately, the board asked him to continue till May 23, 2019.
After seeking legal opinion, the board accepted his resignation with effect from April 23, 2019.

Kidari Sravan Kumar Resigns

Kidari Sravan Kumar resigned from the Cabinet as Minister for Tribal Welfare and Empowerment, Primary Health and Family Welfare, A.P. Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, AYUSH and Drug Control, consequent to the expiry of the six-month deadline (May 10) before which he was supposed to get elected as a member of the Legislature.
Mr. Kumar was inducted into the Cabinet (took oath on November 11, 2018) after his father Kidari Sarveswara Rao (MLA from Araku in Visakhapatnam district) was killed by Maoists.
By-elections were not held within the stipulated time.
Mr. Kumar thanked Mr. Naidu for giving him the opportunity to serve as a Minister in his Cabinet.

UPS Madan Opts for Voluntary Retirement

Barely a month after taking charge the State's Chief Secretary UPS Madan has opted for voluntary retirement.
The government has forwarded a proposal, prepared by the government at a high-level meeting, to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for approval to appoint a new chief secretary.
Mr. Madan took charge from D.K. Jain, who was appointed judicial member, Lokpal.
The three names forwarded in the proposal are Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) Satish Gavai, and Additional Chief Secretary (Housing) Sanjay Kumar, all of the 1984 batch of the Indian Administrative Services.

May 06, 2019

Swami Atmabodhanand breaks his Fast

Swami Atmabodhanand has broken his 194-day fast in protest against sand mining and the upcoming dams on key rivers that feed the Ganga.
Atmabodhanand had begun fasting days after G. D. Agrawal a former professor and hermit, died of a heart attack on October 11 after a 111-day fast.
The young ascetic based at Matri Sadan in Haridwar, said that he had decided to break his fast after a meeting and assurances from Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, that existing laws banning sand mining on certain stretches of the Ganga would henceforth be strictly enforced.
While the Namami Ganga Mission works to prevent sewage and industrial waste from polluting the Ganga, several groups, ranging from environmentalists to hermits, have accused the government of not taking steps to ensure natural flows in the river.

State Bank of Pakistan Gets New Governor

Reza Baqir, an economist working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been appointed as the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), as the cash-strapped country seeks to finalise a multi-billion dollar bailout package from the global lender.

May 05, 2019

Thailand Crowns King Maha Vajiralongkorn

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn completed Buddhist and Brahmin rituals to symbolically transform him into a living god as the Southeast Asian nation crowned its first monarch in nearly seven decades.
The coronation of King Vajiralongkorn took place inside the Grand Palace throne hall in Bangkok after a period of official mourning for his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 having reigned for 70 years.
His coronation comes amid the uncertainty of an unresolved election battle between the current military junta chief and a "democratic front" trying to push the army out of politics.

HUL Appoints Razdan and Sanzgiri

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) appointments of Anuradha Razdan as executive director, Human Resources, and Vibhav Sanzgiri as executive director, Research and Development.
Both Ms. Razdan and Dr. Sanzgiri will join HUL's management committee with effect from June 1.
Ms. Razdan joined HUL as a management trainee in 1999 and has now returned to India after a stint in Unilever. She succeeds B.P. Biddappa, who is moving to a global role with Unilever.
Dr. Sanzgiri joined HUL in 1997 and has held global and regional R&D roles in skin care and skin cleansing categories.

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