Appointments - Current Affairs for March, 2015

Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema took over the reins of the Western Naval Command as flag officer commanding-in-chief from Vice Admiral Anil Chopra at a ceremonial parade held at INS Shikra in Mumbai. Cheema, while serving in Mumbai earlier, had commanded INS Nishank, INS Trishul and INS Virat. Cheema has the unique distinction of shouldering responsibilities as commanding-in-chief for the fourth time.

Justice Bhushan, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in April, 1979. Thereafter, he practiced on civil and original side in Allahabad High Court till his appointment as judge.

KM Mani, the finance minister of Kerala, has been appointed as the chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers with the crucial mandate to work in coordination with the Centre to usher in the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Justice Sunil Ambwani was the acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

He is an IAS (Retd.), former Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (Govt. of India). The Committee will recommend measures to make the cell more effective, customer friendly and result oriented.

Acting Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh was sworn-in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court by the state Governor, Mr. Keshari Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhavan in Shillong on 19th Mar’15.

Apart from Ratan Tata, the Kaya Kalp Council will also have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and M Raghuvaiah. Mr. Tata will head the Kaya Kalp Council, while General Secretaries of All-India Railwaymen Federation and National Federation of Indian Railwaymen will also be the members of the council.

He will replace Chief of Air Staff, Tahir Rafique Butt who proceeds on retirement. Air Marshal Sohail Aman was commissioned in Pakistan Air Force in November 1980 as GD Pilot.

The name of Mary Kom has been selected for the promotion of culture and tourism. She is a five-time world boxing champion.

Former Joint Secretary in the Sports Ministry, Injeti Srinivas will take over as the new Director General of Sports Authority of India.

Indian-origin lawyer Kannan Ramesh was on 27 February 2015 appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench with effect from 22 May 2015. He will serve the office for two years.

Arvind Virmani, who served as the country's Chief Economic Advisor and Principal Advisor in the Planning Commission, will now mentor Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Ficci's) public policy & economic work.

Jagmohan Dalmiya made his grand comeback after 10 years in Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) after he was unanimously elected president of the BCCI. Anuarg Thakur is appointed as the BCCI Secretary. Anurag Thakur is BJP Lok Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh.

Now the Supreme Court Judges increased to 29.