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• T.R Kesavan: Pioneering Agriculturist Appointed as Chancellor's Nominee for Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

  The appointment of Mr. Kesavan as the Chancellor's Nominee signifies the university's commitment to harnessing the power of industry-academia partnerships.…

• Anil Jauhari Appointed as Member of Steering Committee of Global Carbon Council in Qatar

  Anil Jauhari appointed as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Global Carbon Council in Qatar for a two-year term.…

• Siddhartha Mohanty Takes the Helm as First CEO of LIC

  Siddhartha Mohanty was appointed as the chairperson of the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India until the following year's June, as decided by the Indian government on Friday.…

• Honda India Power Products Ltd. Appoints Shigeki Iwama as New CEO

  With over 2 decades of power industry experience, the new president is poised to steer the organisation on a growth journey driven by sustainability, innovation, and an all-inclusive approach.…

• Mohit Joshi to be New MD & CEO of Tech Mahindra

  Mohit Joshi was named MD & CEO designate by Tech Mahindra's board of directors on Saturday. When CP Gurnani retires on December 19, 2023, Joshi will take over as MD & CEO. To allow for adequate transition time, he will join Tech Mahindra well before…

• HUL Appoints Rohit Jawa as MD & CEO, to Replace Sanjiv Mehta

  Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has named Rohit Jawa as its new managing director and CEO, effective June 27, 2023. He will succeed Sanjiv Mehta, who is set to leave the company after a decade in charge.…

• B Ashok Gets Additional Charge as Vice-Chancellor of Kerala Agricultural University

  Ashok, an IAS officer from the 1998 batch, served as the first VC of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in Wayanad while simultaneously holding the posts of professor and registrar.…

• B.V.R. Subrahmanyam Appointed as New CEO of NITI Aayog

  B.V.R. Subrahmanyam was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog. Subrahmanyam, an Indian Administrative Service Officer of the 1987 batch (Chhattisgarh cadre), has held important positions in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jammu and Kashmir over the last three decades, as well as a stint at…

• BVR Subrahmanyam Appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog

  Subrahmanyam is an Andhra Pradesh native, holds an engineering degree and a 1987-batch IAS officers of Chhattisgarh cadre. He was appointed Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Secretary in 2018. The state's unique status was eliminated while he was governor.…

• G S Grewal Appointed as 1st Indian Managing Director of Kubota India

  Kubota Corporation, a 132-year-old Japanese multinational corporation, has operations in over 120 countries. They began operations in India in 2008, with headquarters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.…

• Haryana Govt Appoints New Municipal Commissioner for Gurugram, Months Before Elections

  Phool Chand Meena will serve as the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram's (MCG) new commissioner, and as the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority's special duty officer.…

• Dr. R Selvarajan Assumes Office as New Director of ICAR-NRCB

  Dr. Selvarajan holds a doctorate in plant virology, has been a part of various research projects in the field, and has published a total of 84 papers to date.…

• Madhya Pradesh: Appointment of State BJP President VD Sharma’s Father-in-Law as Agri Varsity VC Sparks Controversy

  The appointment of retired professor Pramod Kumar Mishra as the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Jabalpur has erupted major controversy in the state…

• Durgesh C. Sharma Appointed as New Secretary General of CropLife India

  Durgesh C Sharma has been appointed as the new secretary general of CropLife India, the leading association of domestic and multinational R&D-driven crop science companies.…

• Tech Mahindra Foundation Appoints Chetan Kapoor as CEO & Sajid Ali as the COO

  Tech Mahindra Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Tech Mahindra Limited has appointed Chetan Kapoor as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Sajid Ali as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company.…

• Former CJI's Son, DY Chandrachud Takes Oath as 50th Chief Justice of India

  Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud took over as the 50th Chief Justice of India. The latter is a successor to Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and will have a tenure of two years…

• AIRIA Elects Ramesh Kejriwal as New President, Shashi Singh as Sr Vice President & Sanjeev Sikka as Vice President

  All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) is a not for profit-making body serving the rubber industry and trade with the objectives of safeguarding and promoting the interests of the industry.…

• Dr. S. V. Suresha Appointed as VC of UAS, Bangalore & Prof. Parameshgouda Linganagouda Patil Named New VC of UAS, Dharwad

  Dr. S. V. Suresha, Dean of Student Welfare, has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Bangalore. Along with this, Professor Parameshgouda Linganagouda Patil named as the new vice-chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.…

• Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh Appointed as Director of ICAR-NBPGR

  Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh's leadership will be essential to improving the core functions of ICAR- NBPGR and creating new roles that will support the mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change on Indian agriculture.…

• Jeffry Rebello Elected as the President of United Planters’ Association of South India

  Rebello hails from a family of coffee planters and manages his plantation in Sakleshpur, Karnataka.…

• Dr Ashok Kumar Singh Appointed as VC of Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University

  Hearty Congratulations to Dr A K Singh, Hon'ble DDG Agril Extn on being appointed VC of RLBCAU, Jhansi.…

• Innoterra Appoints Anjan Mandal as Business Head of Farmer Brands

  Anjan is a veteran agri-tech expert with over 26 years of experience in senior management roles. Anjan’s stint as an entrepreneur has further added to his perspective on sustainable business growth.…

• Atul B Patil Takes Over as Chairman and MD of National Fertilizers Limited

  A Science graduate from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Shri Patil holds an MBA (Master in Business Administration) in Marketing & Personnel Management from Sivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.…

• Govt Approves Meenesh Shah's Appointment as NDDB Chairman for Another 6 Months

  Farmers own the dairy in the Amul model, their elected representatives manage the village societies and the district union, and professionals operate and manage the business while keeping farmers' needs in mind.…

• Jagdeep Dhankhar Takes Oath as India's 14th Vice President

  On Sunday, the Election Commission issued a certificate announcing the election of NDA candidate Dhankhar as India's 14th Vice President. Dhankar's "Certification of Election" was signed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.…

• Dr N. Kalaiselvi Appointed as the First Woman Director General of CSIR

  Dr. Kalaiselvi has participated in numerous meetings and projects for the introduction of e-mobility in India since 2015, when she turned her focus to electric mobility.…

• Jagdeep Dhankhar- Farmer’s Son Becomes India’s Vice President

  He is a man with numerous passions, and his extensive legal career at the Rajasthan High Court and Supreme Court as well as his brief term as the junior parliamentary affairs minister at the Centre will be helpful when he chairs the Rajya Sabha.…

• Arabinda Padhee Appointed as New Agriculture Secretary of Odisha

  Padhee, a 1996 batch IAS officer, was given the responsibility of the agriculture dept. on his return from central deputation amid the drop in paddy cultivation in the state by 20%.…

• RS Sodhi Elected as President of Indian Dairy Association

  "The dairy sector in India s Atmanirbhar and has the potential to become Dairy to the World. With 40 years of expertise in the dairy industry, Sodhi has led Amul for the past 12 years," according to RS Sodhi.…

• Best Agrolife Appoints Pramod N Karlekar as Managing Director of Best Crop Science India Pvt Ltd

  A Chemical Engineer from UDCT- one of the top Indian Institute for Chemical Technology and a Management Graduate from Mumbai University, Karlekar has a diverse and enriching professional background.…

• Eknath Shinde Takes Oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis as His Deputy

  Eknath Shinde stated that the BJP, which has 106 MLAs and independents, has the support of 120 MLAs and that if the party so desired, it could have retained the CM post.…

• Rupesh Pandey Appointed as ‘National General Secretary’ of ‘Bharatiya Kisan Manch’

  Rupesh Pandey said that farmers are our food donors. Today, it is the responsibility of all of us to connect the farmers with the main schemes of the government and take them forward.…

• Parameswaran Iyer Appointed as the Next CEO of NITI Aayog

  Amitabh Kant's time as CEO of the NITI Aayog ends on June 30, and Parameswaran Iyer has been nominated to succeed him. Amitabh Kant will leave the chief position of the policy think tank following a six-year tenure. Kant was granted a one-year extension till…

• Rajiv Kumar Appointed as New Chief Election Commissioner of India

  Kumar has also served on the Central Boards of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), SBI, and NABARD, as well as the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC), the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), the Bank Board Bureau (BBB), and the Civil Services Board, among many…

• Dr. Lakshmi Venu Appointed as Managing Director of Sundaram-Clayton Limited

  For more than a decade, Dr. Lakshmi Venu has led Sundaram Clayton from the front lines. She was the driving force behind Sundaram Clayton's global expansion. Her decision to open a foundry in the United States three years ago in Dorchester, South Carolina, was almost…

• Suman Bery Takes Over as New Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog

  As, Vice-Chairperson Rajiv Kumar, steps down from his post, Suman Bery gets appointed as the new Vice-Chairperson of Niti Ayog.…

• Daleep Singh Shekhawat Joins Crystal Crop Protection Ltd as Zonal Business Head (Seeds)

  Crystal Crop Protection Limited, led by Nand Kishore Aggarwal, is a crop protection manufacturing and marketing company based on R&D. Its products cover the entire crop lifecycle, from sowing to harvesting. It offers crop protection solutions to Indian farmers in order to help them maximize…

• Bimal Kothari Appointed as Chairman of India Pulses and Grains Association

  Bimal Kothari takes over as the third chairman of the association after Pravin Dongre and Jitu Bheda, Kothari was one of the key founding members of the association and has been the Vice-Chairman of IPGA since 2011 when it had been formed.…

• Dr. Pradeep Kumar Pant Joins Krishi Jagran as Chief Operating Officer

  Dr. Pradeep Kumar Pant has vast administrative, legal, and human resource management experience (Manpower Planning, recruitment, selection, performance management training & development).…

• Arunabha Ghosh Appointed by UN Chief in High-Level Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments

  Currently, the majority of countries have committed to becoming net-zero by the end of the year. India, for example, has set a target date of 2070, while the United States has committed to a date of 2050.…

• Deepak L. Kaku takes over as Chief Finance Officer at NBHC

  He takes over the reins from Vinod Kumar Garg who has decided to continue as Business Head & SVP for Micro Agri Commodities Lending (Commodity Lite) & Banking Correspondent Businesses of NBHC.…

• TNAU: Prof. Geethalakshmi Gets Appointed as The First Lady Chancellor at the University

  Tamil Nadu Agriculture University Appoints A New Vice-Chancellor On March 28.…

• Nissan Motor Appoints Frank Torres as New President of Indian Operations

  Torres will take over as president of Indian operations on April 1 while continuing to oversee Nissan's European Regional Business Unit East (Russia) and Nissan's Spanish Industrial Operations, according to the company. He will report to Guillaume Cartier, Nissan AMIEO Chairperson.…

• N Chandrasekaran: Chief of Tata Sons Appointed as Air India Chairman

  Chandrasekaran became the Tata Group's first non-Parsi and professional executive. He recently addressed Air India's staff, saying that the Tata group now wants to expand the airline's network, upgrade its fleet, improve customer service, and make it the world's most technologically advanced airline.…

• Farmer’s Son Appointed as Managing Director of Agricultural Multinational Company

  Syngenta, an Agro MNC appointed Susheel Kumar as the new MD.…

• COGOS Appoints Vandana Mazumdar and Aims to Create Entrepreneurial Opportunity for Women in Logistics

  COGOS Technologies assigns Vandana Mazumdar as the manager of EV Vertical Pan India.…

• Syngenta India Appoints Susheel Kumar as Managing Director

  Kumar has had a long and distinguished career in India leading the sales organization for Central, West, and North including Nepal. Having grown up in a farming community, Kumar brings to this role a deep understanding of rural communities along with profound knowledge of the…

• KS Mani-Chairman of Milma Elected to the NCDFI Board

  The election was announced at a special general body meeting of the NCDFI on Thursday in Anand, Gujarat. The NCDFI board is made up of representatives from federal cooperatives from all states and union territories, and its mission is to coordinate, network, and advocate on…

• India to Chair International Rubber Study Group

  The organization was founded in 1944, with Singapore as its headquarters. IRSG is the sole venue where NR and SR producers and consumers can meet to address topics of common concern.…

• P. S. Saini Joins Krishi Jagran as Senior Vice President-Corporate Communications & PR

  P. S. Saini, a Corporate Communications, CSR, and Public Relations expert, has joined Krishi Jagran as Senior Vice President-Corporate Communications and Public Relations. He has extensive expertise working in the agriculture industry and has access to a vast database of agricultural and agri-commodity communities.…