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PERSONS IN NEWS - June 2019

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Feb 14, 2021

Sprinter Hima Das to be Appointed DSP by Assam Government

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a meeting Council of Ministers (CoM) at Janata Bhawan, Guwahati decided to appoint ace sprinter Hima Das as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the state. The cabinet also amended the integrated sports policy of the state for the appointment of sportspersons as Class-I and Class-II officers in different departments of the state government.
She became the first Indian woman and also the first-ever Indian athlete to win a gold medal in any format of a global track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships when she clocked a speed of 51.46 seconds. Das had clinched five gold medals in 2019.

Feb 13, 2021

Aditya Mittal Appointed ArcelorMittal CEO

ArcelorMittal, one of the world's biggest steel producers, announced that Aditya Mittal would take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from his father, Lakshmi Mittal, who would take on the mantle of executive chairman.
Aditya Mittal was previously the president and chief financial officer (CFO) of the company, and CEO of its European arm.
Lakshmi Mittal, who founded the company in 1976, will continue to lead the board of directors and work together with the CEO and management team, while Aditya will run the company's day-to-day affairs.

Feb 10, 2021

Bollywood Actor Rajiv Kapoor Passes Away

Bollywood actor and Raj Kapoor's son Rajiv Kapoor passed away.
Rajiv Kapoor was a part of Bollywood's Kapoor clan. He was the brother of Randhir Kapoor, Rima Kapoor, Ritu Nanda, and late Rishi Kapoor.
Rajiv Kapoor made his acting debut in 1983 with Ek Jaan Hain Hum. He was seen as the leading actor in father Raj Kapoor's last directorial venture Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). His most notable being Aasmaan (1984), Lover Boy (1985), Zabardast (1985) and Hum To Chale Pardes (1988).
His last film appearance was in Zimmedaar (1990) after which he turned to producing and directing films.

US University Recognises Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as Global Citizenship Ambassador

Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar has been recognised as a Global Citizenship Ambassador by a prominent American university in recognition of his pioneering work as peacemaker, humanitarian, spiritual teacher and global interfaith leader.
The Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service honoured him as its inaugural Global Citizenship Ambassador last week.
The university is a global leader in experiential education and research with campuses around the world and is home to students from over 100 countries. It is ranked among the top 50 in the US and has one of the three largest international student populations.

IndiGo Appoints Jiten Chopra as CFO

Low-cost airline IndiGo appointed Jiten Chopra as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective February 21, 2021, and will succeed Aditya Pande, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.
Chopra will report to IndiGo's whole-time director and CEO Ronojoy Dutta. He joined the airline in February 2020 as head of governance, risk, and compliance.
Prior to joining IndiGo, he spent 25 years working at BSR & Co (KPMG) in audit and risk management, business development, operations, and transaction services.

Feb 09, 2021

Google Cloud Appoints Bikram Singh Bedi as Managing Director for India

Google Cloud announced the appointment of Bikram Singh Bedi as the Managing Director for its India business.
He succeeded Karan Bajwa, who was elevated as Vice President for Asia Pacific region last month.
Bedi, a senior leader with over 26 years of leadership experience, will be responsible for leading Google Cloud's sales and operations teams in this dynamic market.

Feb 08, 2021

George Shultz, Who Led US Cold-war Diplomacy, Dies

George Shultz, who oversaw the decoupling of the US dollar from the gold standard in the early 1970s and kept the gears of diplomacy running under the din of Cold War rhetoric as Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State a decade later, died at 100.
An Ivy League-educated economist, Shultz moved seamlessly from academia to government to business. He served as labour secretary, director of the Office of Management and Budget and Treasury secretary under President Richard Nixon. In the Reagan administration, he clashed with more ideological members of the president's team in his efforts to craft a gradualist, consensus-based foreign policy.
He became Reagan's second Secretary of State, and the nation's 60th, in July 1982, following the resignation of Alexander Haig, and served through the end of Reagan's second term in January 1989.

Centre Appoints S.N. Subrahmanyan to Vacant Chair of NSC

Union Labour Ministry has signalled its intent of speedy operationalisation of the new Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, (OSH) by filling up the post of Chairman of its National Safety Council (NSC).
It has appointed S. N. Subrahmanyan as head of the council for a period of three years.
Subrahmanyan, who is the CEO and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro, is an eminent engineer who has spearheaded the infrastructure business of the firm for several years making it the country's largest construction organization and 14th in the world.
The NSC will assist the Director-General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) in re-writing the regulations governing the OSH.

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