Heads of Important Organizations of India and the World for General Knowledge Preparation
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
General Knowledge questions based on Heads of Important Organizations of India and the World are pretty common in management entrance exams like XAT. 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.
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Heads of Organizations and Important Position Holders in India
| Department / Position | Person |
| Attorney General of India | K. K. Venugopal |
| Central Vigilance Commissioner | Sharad Kumar |
| Chairman, ISRO | Kailasavadivoo Sivan |
| Chairman, LIC | M R Kumar |
| Chairman, SBI | Rajnish Kumar |
| Chairman, NABARD | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
| Chairman, NASSCOM | Rishad Premji |
| Chairman, Press Council of India | Chandramauli Kumar Prasad |
| Chairman, Press Trust of India | Viveck Goenka |
| Chief Economic Advisor | Krishnamurthy Subramanian |
| Chairman, Economic Advisory Council | Bibek Debroy |
| Chief Election Commissioner | Sunil Arora |
| Chief Justice of India | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Â Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa |
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Karambir Singh |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | Rajiv Mehrishi |
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Kumar Doval |
| Director, BARC | Ajit Kumar Mohanty |
| Director, Intelligence Bureau | Arvind Kumar |
| Foreign Secretary (MEA) | Vijay Keshav Gokhale |
| Â Secretary (Economic Affairs) | Â Shri Atanu Chakraborty |
| Defence Secretary (MoD) | Ajay Kumar |
| GST Council (Chairman) | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| GST Council (Secretary) | Ajay Bhushan Pandey (Revenue Secretary) |
| GST Council (Commissioner) | Dheeraj Rastogi |
| Bombay Stock Exchange (Chairman) | Sethurathnam Ravi |
| Bombay Stock Exchange (MD & CEO) | Ashish Kumar Chauhan |
| National Stock Exchange (MD & CEO) | Vikram Limaye |
| President, CII | Vikram Shreekant Kirloskar |
| President, FICCI | Sanjay Khajuria |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | Prof K. VijayRaghavan |
| Spokesperson, MEA | Raveesh Kumar |
| Niti aayog, CEO | Amitabh Kant |
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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) | Naveen ND Gupta (President) | 1949 |
| Financial System and Monetary Policy | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | Shaktikanta Das (Governor) | 1935 |
| Security Market | Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) |
Ajay Tyagi (Chairman) |
1992 |
| Insurance | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) | Subhash Chandra Khuntia (Chairman) | 1999 |
| Company related matters | Registrar of Companies (ROC) | Nirmala Sitharaman | 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)Sudhir Mittal (Chair Person) | 2003 |
| Foreign Exchange and Money Laundering | Enforcement Directorate (ED) | Sanjay Kumar Mishra (Director) | 1956 |
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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 | Jerome Powell |
| FIFA, President (President) | Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino (Â Swiss) |
| International Court of Justice, President | Abdulqawi Yusuf (Somalia) |
| 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 | Kim Jong Yang |
| INTERPOL, Secretary-General | Jürgen Stock |
| NASA, Administrator | Jim Bridenstine |
| OPEC, Secretary-General | Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo |
| SAARC, Secretary-General | Amjed Hussain B. Sial |
| UNESCO, Director-General | Audrey Azoulay (F) |
| UNICEF, Executive Director | Henrietta H. Fore |
| United Nations (UN), Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| World Bank, Chief Economist | Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg |
| European Central Bank, Chief Economist | Pierre Régibeau |
| World Bank, President | David Malpass |
| World Health Organization (WHO), Director- General | Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus |
| World Trade Organization (WTO), Director- General | Roberto Azevedo |
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Important Heads of State / Government around the World
| Country | Post | Name |
| Afghanistan | President | Mohammad Ashraf Ghani |
| Argentina | President | Mauricio Macri |
| Australia | Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
| Bangladesh | Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Brazil | President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| 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 | Giuseppe Conte |
| Japan | Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Nepal | Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Nepal | President | Bidya Devi Bhandari (F) |
| Pakistan | Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Russia | President | Vladimir Putin |
| Saudi Arabia | King | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| Sri Lanka | President | Maithripala Sirisena |
| United Kingdom | Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| United States | President | Donald Trump |
| Zimbabwe | President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Last Updated September 2019
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Thank Youuu! 🙂
Great compilation. Please keep updating it on a bi-weekly basis.
Thank you
Great work
Imf ka update kijie aab geeta gopinath ban chuki he head
Sir plz refresh the information for CJI
Sir please update
Include the RBI governer as well
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