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PERSONS IN NEWS - December 2019

Dec 2019

Jun 06, 2020

Adidas Appoints Manushi Chhillar as Brand Ambassador

Miss World 2017 winner Manushi Chhillar has joined the league of star cricketer Rohit Sharma, sprint sensation Hima Das and Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh as brand ambassador of the Indian arm of German sports brand Adidas.
The footwear giant said that Chillar will lead Adidas's mission to inspire more women to embrace fitness.

DLF's K. P. Singh Retires

Kushal Pal Singh, the face of India's largest listed real estate firm DLF, stepped down from the chairmanship of the company at the age of 90. He will be replaced by son Rajiv Singh, currently serving as vice chairman. The non-agenarian will, however, continue in a non-executive role as chairman emeritus.
Singh had left an army job in 1961 to join DLF, a company started by his father-in-law in 1946, and took over as chairman in 1995. Under his leadership, DLF expanded beyond Gurugram, building apartments, shopping malls, and hotels. In 2007, he oversaw DLF's much-anticipated initial public offering, which raised Rs. 9,188 crore through the sale of 175 million shares.

Jun 05, 2020

Rajeev Topno Appointed Senior Advisor to World Bank ED

Senior bureaucrat Rajeev Topno, private secretary to the Prime Minister, has been appointed as senior advisor to the Executive Director (ED), World Bank.
Topno is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Brajendra Navnit India's New Ambassador to WTO

Brajendra Navnit, a 1999-batch IAS officer, has been appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India (PRI) to the World Trade Organisation for a period of three years.
He will be posted at the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the WTO in Geneva, which is under the Department of Commerce.
Navnit, who completed his tenure as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
He replaced J. S. Deepak at the PMI, whose two-year extended term ended on May 31.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, which approved Navnit's foreign post, also gave a nod to the appointment of Anwar Hussain Shaik for the post of Counsellor, at the PMI to WTO, Geneva. He is a 2000 batch IRTS officer. His appointment, too, is for three years.

Jun 04, 2020

Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee Passes Away

Filmmaker-screenwriter Basu Chatterjee, best known for directing films like Choti Si Baat, Rajnigandha, Baaton Baaton Mein, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla and Chameli Ki Shaadi among more, passed away.
Basu Chatterjee, along with filmmakers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, were pioneers of middle-of-the-road cinema.
Chatterjee worked in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema.

Raveesh Kumar to be India's next Ambassador to Finland

Seasoned diplomat and former spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Raveesh Kumar has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to Finland.
Kumar, a 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, served as the spokesperson of the MEA from July 2017 to April 2020 during which he deftly articulated India's position on a number of sensitive issues including last year's Balakot strike, reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir and the controversy surrounding the National Register of Citizens.
Before becoming the MEA spokesperson, Kumar was serving as Consul General of India in Frankfurt.

Jun 03, 2020

Gaitri Kumar Appointed India's next High Commissioner to the UK

Seasoned diplomat Gaitri I Kumar has been appointed as India''s next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Kumar, a 1986-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, succeeds Ruchi Ghanashyam.
At present, Kumar is serving as Indian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union.
In her career spanning over 30 years, Kumar served in multiple Indian missions including in Paris, Kathmandu, Lisbon and Geneva.

Jun 02, 2020

American Sprinter Bobby Morrow Passed Away at 84

American Sprinter, the San Benito Buller, Bobby Morrow, one of the four men (Jesse Owens(1936), Carl Lewis(1984), Usain Bolt(2012 & 2016)) to win three events at a single game (100m, 200m and 4x100m relay) died of natural causes at the age of 84 in his home in San Benito, Texas. He was born in October 1935, in Harlingen, Texas.
He won three gold medals for 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in the 1956 Olympic in Melbourne.
He was named Sportsman of the year 1956 by the Sports Illustrated and he set 11 ratified world records during his entire career.

RK Chaturvedi Assumed Charge as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

RK Chaturvedi assumed charge as Secretary in the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. Chaturvedi has replaced P. Raghavendra Rao who superannuated on 31 May, 2020.
RK Chaturvedi is a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Prior to this, he served as an Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Culture.
He has worked as Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and as DG in the National Skill Development Authority (NSDA).

Pradip Kumar Tripathi takes charge as Steel Secretary

Senior IAS officer Pradip Kumar Tripathi took over the charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Steel.
He is an IAS officer of 1987 batch of Jammu and Kashmir (JK) cadre.
Mr. Tripathi succeeds Binoy Kumar, who superannuated on May 31, 2020.

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