Heads of Important Organizations of India and the World for General Knowledge Preparation
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
General Knowledge questions based on Heads of Important Organizations of India and the World are pretty common in management entrance exams like XAT and SNAP. Traditionally, IIFT always has one or two questions based on this in the GK section. These type of questions are also asked in exams for Bank PO, Bank Clerk, and as a matter of fact – these lists are actually important for any entrance exam that tests candidates based on General Knowledge.
While we have tried to make the list as comprehensive as possible, we request you comment on some positions/organizations that we have missed. We will add it to the list. Also, since this list is quite dynamic in nature and it keeps on changing, if you notice an error – please comment about that so that we can edit and update it on our list.
Heads of Organizations and Important Position Holders in India
| Department / Position | Person |
| Attorney General of India | K. K. Venugopal |
| Central Vigilance Commissioner | K V Chowdary |
| Chairman, ISRO | AS Kiran Kumar |
| Chairman, LIC | V K Sharma |
| Chairman, SBI | Rajnish Kumar |
| Chairman, NABARD | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
| Chairman, NASSCOM | Raman Roy |
| Chairman, Press Council of India | Chandramauli Kumar Prasad |
| Chairman, Press Trust of India | Viveck Goenka |
| Chief Economic Advisor | Arvind Subramaniam |
| Chairman, Economic Advisory Council | Bibek Debroy |
| Chief Election Commissioner | Achal Kumar Joti |
| Chief Justice of India | Dipak Misra |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa |
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Sunil Lanba |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Kumar Doval |
| Director, BARC | Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas |
| Director, Intelligence Bureau | Rajiv Jain |
| Director, CBI | Alok Kumar Verma |
| Foreign Secretary (MEA) | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
| Secretary (Economic Affairs) | Subhash Chandra Garg |
| Defence Secretary (MoD) | Sanjay Mitra |
| GST Council (Chairman) | Arun Jaitley (Finance Minister) |
| GST Council (Secretary) | Hansmukh Adhia (Revenue Secretary) |
| GST Council (Commissioner) | Shashank Priya & Dheeraj Rastogi |
| Bombay Stock Exchange (Chairman) | Dhirendra Swarup |
| Bombay Stock Exchange (MD & CEO) | Ashish Kumar Chauhan |
| National Stock Exchange (Chairman) | Ashok Chawla |
| National Stock Exchange (MD & CEO) | Vikram Limaye |
| President, CII | Shobana Kamineni |
| President, FICCI | Pankaj R. Patel |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | Rajagopala Chidambaram |
| Spokesperson, MEA | Raveesh Kumar |
Heads of Regulatory Bodies of Various Sectors in India
| Sector | Regulator | Current Head | Est. |
| Telecom | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | Ram Sevak Sharma (Chairman) |
1997 |
| Financial Audit and Accounting | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) | Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey (President) |
1949 |
| Financial System and Monetary Policy | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | Urjit Patel (Governor) | 1935 |
| Security Market | Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) |
Ajay Tyagi (Chairman) |
1992 |
| Insurance | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) | T. S Vijayan (Chairman) | 1999 |
| Company related matters | Registrar of Companies (ROC) | Arun Jaitley (Minister) | 1956 |
| Pension | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) | Hemant G Contractor (Chairman) | 2003 |
| Fair market | Competition Commission of India (CCI) | Devender Kumar Sikri (Chairman) | 2003 |
| Foreign Exchange and Money Laundering | Enforcement Directorate (ED) | Karnal Singh (Director) | 1956 |
General Knowledge Course for IIFT / XAT / SNAP
a) 50+ Videos on Important Topics
b) Detailed Documents for Current Affairs and Static GK
c) Monthly Updates with sets of questions
d) 5 GK mocks for IIFT and 5 GK mocks for XAT
Heads of Organizations and Important Position Holders in the World
| Department / Position | Person |
| Commonwealth, Head | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Commonwealth, Secretary-General | Patricia Scotland (F) |
| Federal Reserve, Chair | Janet L. Yellen (F) |
| FIFA, President (President) | Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino ( Swiss) |
| International Court of Justice, President | Ronny Abraham(France) |
| International Cricket Council, Chairman | Shashank Manohar |
| International Cricket Council, CEO | David Richardson |
| International Labor Organization (ILO), Director-General | Guy Ryder |
| International Monetory Fund (IMF), Managing Director | Christine Lagarde (F) |
| International Olympic Committee, President | Thomas Bach |
| INTERPOL, President | Meng Hongwei |
| INTERPOL, Secretary-General | Jürgen Stock |
| NASA, Administrator | Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr. (Acting) |
| OPEC, Secretary-General | Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo |
| SAARC, Secretary-General | Amjed Hussain B. Sial |
| UNESCO, Director-General | Irina Bokova (F) |
| UNICEF, Executive Director | Anthony Lake |
| United Nations (UN), Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| World Bank, Chief Economist | Paul Romer |
| World Bank, President | Jim Yong Kim |
| World Health Organization (WHO), Director- General | Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus |
| World Trade Organization (WTO), Director- General | Roberto Azevedo |
Important Heads of State / Government around the World
| Country | Post | Name |
| Afghanistan | President | Mohammad Ashraf Ghani |
| Argentina | President | Mauricio Macri |
| Australia | Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Bangladesh | Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Brazil | President | Michel Temer |
| Canada | Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| China | President | Xi Jinping |
| Egypt | President | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Germany | Chancellor | Angela Merkel (F) |
| India | Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Israel | Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Italy | Prime Minister | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Japan | Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Nepal | Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Debua |
| Nepal | President | Bidya Devi Bhandari (F) |
| Pakistan | Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Russia | President | Vladimir Putin |
| Saudi Arabia | King | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| Sri Lanka | President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| United Kingdom | Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| United States | President | Donald Trump |
| Zimbabwe | President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
General Knowledge Course for IIFT / XAT / SNAP
a) 50+ Videos on Important Topics
b) Detailed Documents for Current Affairs and Static GK
c) Monthly Updates with sets of questions
d) 5 GK mocks for IIFT and 5 GK mocks for XAT
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