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(As on 8th January 2021)

President of India Mr. Ram Nath Kovind

Vice-President of India Mr. Venkaiah Naidu
Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi

Judiciary Officials
Chief Justice of India Mr. Sharad Arvind Bobde
Attorney General of India Mr. K. K. Venugopal
Solicitor General of India Mr. Tushar Mehta

Chief of Armed Forces

Supreme Commander of Armed Forces President Ram Nath
Kovind
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat
General Manoj Mukund
Chief of the Army Staff Naravane
Air Chief Marshal Rakesh
Chief of the Air Staff Kumar Singh Bhadauria
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh

Constitutional Heads
Chairperson of Rajya Sabha Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu
Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha Mr. Harivansh Narayan
Singh
Speaker of Lok Sabha Mr. Om Birla
Chief Election Commissioner Mr. Sunil Arora
Comptroller and Auditor General of India Mr. G. C. Murmu

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 Other Important Government Officials
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mr. Vivek Joshi
Central Vigilance Commissioner Mr. Sanjay Kothari
Chief Information Commissioner Mr. Yashvardhan Kumar
Sinha
National Security Advisor Mr. Ajit Kumar Doval
Chief Economic Advisor Mr. Krishnamurthy
Subramanian
Principal Scientific Advisor to Government Dr. K VijayRaghavan
Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister G Satheesh Reddy
Cabinet Secretary Mr Rajiv Gauba
Foreign Secretary Mr. Harsh Vardhan
Shringla
Finance Secretary Mr. Ajay Bhushan
Pandey

Central Armed Police Forces

Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) Mr. S S Deswal
Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Mr. A P Maheshwari

Director General of Central Industrial Security Force Mr.Kumar Rajesh

(CISF) Chandra
Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Mr. S S Deswal
Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) Mr. S S Deswal
Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Mr.Kumar Rajesh
Chandra
Director General Assam Rifles (AR) Mr. Sukhdeep Sangwan

Heads of Intelligence Agencies

Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Mr. Y C Modi
Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Mr. Arvind Kumar
Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Mr. Rishi Kumar Shukla
Head of Research Analysis Wing (RAW) Mr. Samant Goel
Director General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Mr. Balesh Kumar

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 Heads of Important Commissions
Chairperson of Atomic Energy Commission of India Mr. K N Vyas
Chairperson of 15th Finance Commission Mr. N K Singh
Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities Mr. Syed Ghayorul
Hasan Rizvi
Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Prof.(Dr.) Ramshankar
Castes Katheria
Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Mr. Nand Kumar Sai
Tribes
Chairperson of National Commission for Backward Dr. Bhagwan Lal Sahni
Classes
Chairperson of National Commission for Women Mrs. Rekha Sharma

Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission Vacant

President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Justice R K Agrawal
Commission
Chairperson of University Grants Commission (UGC) Dhirenndra Pal Singh
Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Mr. Pradeep Kumar Joshi
Chairperson of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Mr. Braj Raj Sharma

Heads of Scientific Organisations

Chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) Mr. K Sivan
Chairperson of Defence Research and Development Dr. G Satheesh Reddy
Organisation (DRDO)
Chairperson of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Mr. G Nageswara Rao
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava
(ICMR)
Director of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Dr. Shekhar C Mande
Research (CSIR)

Heads of Financial Organisations

Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Mr. Shaktikanta Das
Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Mr. Pramod Chandra
Mody
Chairperson of Central Board of Indirect taxes and Mr. M Ajit Kumar
Customs
Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade Mr. Amit Yadav
(DGFT)
Chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India Mr. Ajay Tyagi
(SEBI)
Chairperson of Insurance Regulatory and Development Mr. Subhash Khuntia
Authority (IRDA)
Chairperson of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Mr. Govinda Rajulu
Development (NABARD) Chintala

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Chairperson of Small Industries Development Bank of Mr. Devendra Kumar
India (SIDBI) Singh

Heads of Boards and Councils

Chairperson of Central Pollution Control Board Mr. Shiv Das Meena
Chairperson of Railway Board Mr. Suneet Sharma

Chairperson of Bank Board Bureau (BBB) Mr. Bhanu Pratap

Sharma
Mr. Arvind
Chairperson of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) P. Jamkhedkar
Director of National Council of Educational Research and Dr Hrushikesh
Training (NCERT) Senapaty
Chairperson of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Ms. Varsha Joshi
Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education Mr. Manoj Ahuja
(CBSE)
Chairperson of All India Council of Technical Education Prof. Anil
(AICTE) Sahasrabudhe

Heads of Arts/Films/Sports/Press Organisations

President of Sahitya Akademi Mr. Chandrashekhara
Kambara
Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification Mr. Prasoon Joshi
Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Mr. Shekhar Kapur
Chairperson of Prasar Bharti Mr. A Surya Prakash
President of Indian Olympic Association Mr.Narinder Dhruv Batra
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Mr. Sourav Ganguly
Registrar of Newspapers for India - Head of Department Mr. Rahul V Desai
Chairperson of Press Council of India Justice Chandramauli
Kumar Prasad
Chairperson of Press Trust of India Mr. Aveek Sarkar
President of Indian Newspaper Society Mr. Shailesh Gupta

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 Other Important Office Bearers of India
Director General of Indian Coast Guard Mr. Krishnaswamy
Natrajan
Director General of National Cadet Corp (NCC) Lt.Gen Rajiv Chopra
Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Mr.Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) Mr. Arun Kumar
Chairperson of NITI Aayog PM Narendra Modi
Vice - Chairperson of NITI Aayog Mr. Rajiv Kumar
CEO of NITI Aayog Mr. Amitabh Kant
Chairperson of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mr. PD Vaghela
(TRAI)
Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards Authority of Ms. Rita Teaotia
India (FSSAI)
India's Permanent Representative to United Nations Mr. T. S. Tirumurti
India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to Mr. Brajendra Navnit
WTO
Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University President Ram Nath
(IGNOU) Kovind
Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University Mr. Nageshwar Rao
(IGNOU)
Chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) Justice Adarsh Kumar
Goel
Surveyor General of India Lt. General Girish Kumar

Who is Who - World

Secretary General of United Nations (UN) Mr. Antonio Guterres
Director General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ms. Audrey Azoulay
Director General of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Mr. Qu Dongyu

Executive Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ms. Henrietta H Fore
Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Mr. Guy Ryder
Director General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Mr. Tedros
Adhanom
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi
Administrator of United Nations Development Programme Mr. Achim Steiner
(UNDP)
Secretary General of Organisation of Economic Cooperation Mr. José Ángel
and Development (OECD) Gurría
President of International Court of Justice Mr. Abdulqawi Yusuf
President of European Commission Ms. Ursula von der
Leyen
Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mr. Rafael Grossi
Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mr. Jens
(NATO) Stoltenberg
Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Mr. Esala

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Cooperation (SAARC) Ruwan Weerakoon
Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Vacant

President of World Bank Mr. David Malpass

Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina
Georgieva
Mr. Masatsugu
President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Asakawa
President of New Development Bank (NDB) Mr. Marcos Prado
Troyjo
President of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) Mr. Jin Liqun
President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Mr. Thomas Bach
Chairperson of International Cricket Council (ICC) Mr. Greg Barclay

CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) Mr. Manu Sawhney

President of FIFA Mr. Gianni Infantino

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