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Table of Contents
BANKS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
BANKING TERMINOLOGIES ..................................................................................................................................... 7
INDIAN STATES .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
UNION TERITORY .................................................................................................................................................... 11
OTHER COUNTRIES ................................................................................................................................................. 11
MINISTRY .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

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BANKS
Banks MD & CEO /Chairman Headquarters & Tagline
Establishment
International

Asian President – Masatsugu Establishment – 1966

Development Asakawa Headquarters – Mandaluyong
Bank (ADB) City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Members – 68 members (49
from Asian and the Pacific and
19 outside)
National

Reserve Bank of Governor – Shaktikanta Establishment – 1935

India (RBI) Das Headquarters – Mumbai,
Deputy Governors – T. Maharashtra
Rabi Sankar, M.
Rajeshwar Rao, Dr. M.
D. Patra, M. K. Jain
Small Industries Chairman & Managing Establishment – 1990
Development Director (MD) Headquarters – Lucknow,
Bank in India – Sivasubramanian Uttar Pradesh
(SIDBI) Ramann
National Bank for Chairperson – Dr. G.R. Founded – 1982
Agriculture and Chintala Headquarters – Mumbai,
Rural Maharashtra
Development
(NABARD)
State Bank of Chairman – Dinesh Headquarters – Mumbai,
India (SBI) Kumar Khara Maharashtra
Central Bank of MD & CEO – Establishment – 1911 Central to you since 1911
India Matam Venkata Rao Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Union Bank of MD & CEO – A. Establishment – 1919 Good People to Bank with
India (UBI) Manimekhalai Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Federal Bank Chief Executive Officer Headquarters – Aluva, Kerala
(CEO)
– Shyam Srinivasan
Dhanlaxmi Bank MD & CEO- J K Shivan Headquarters-Thrissur, Kerala
Limited Founded- 1927
Housing Managing Director Incorporated in 1994 &
Development & CEO commenced operations as a
Finance – Shashidhar Jagdishan Scheduled Commercial Bank
Corporation in 1995.
(HDFC) Bank Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra

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Axis Bank MD & CEO – Amitabh Establishment – 1993 Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi
Limited Chaudhry Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra
IDBI Bank Managing Director Establishment – 2004
Limited (MD) & CEO – Rakesh
Sharma
Kotak Mahindra Managing Director Establishment – 2003
Bank Limited (MD) & CEO Headquarters – Mumbai,
– Uday Kotak Maharashtra
Karnataka MD & CEO – Establishment – 1924 Your Family Bank Across
Bank Ltd Mahabaleshwara MS Headquarters – Mangaluru, India
Karnataka
Bank of Baroda MD & CEO– Sanjiv Establishment– 1908 India’s International Bank
(BoB) Chadha Headquarters– Vadodara,
Gujarat
Bank of Managing Director & Headquarter– Pune, Ek Parivaar Ek Bank (One
Maharashtra Chief Executive Maharashtra Family One Bank)
(BOM) Officer– AS Rajeev

BANKING TERMINOLOGIES
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NBFC Non-Banking Financial Company
SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank in India
IFSCA International Financial Services Centres Authority’s
ECBs External Commercial Borrowings
MIBOR Mumbai Interbank Outright Rate

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OIS Overnight Indexed Swap

NCLT National Company Law Tribunal
FCNR Foreign Currency Non-Resident Account
SFBs Small Finance Banks
CRAR Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
PFRDA Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
ARS Axis Receivables Suite
PCHFL Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited
ONDC Open Network for Digital Commerce
KDEM Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
KITS Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society
DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
LRS Liberalised Remittance Scheme
IGMS Integrated Grievance Redressal System
RHFL Repco Home Finance Limited
NPCI National Payments Corporation of India
TPRMG TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd.
IVAC Indian Visa Application Centres
NBFC-MFIs Non-Banking Financial Company- Micro Finance Institutions
NMDFC National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation
KMRL Kochi Metro Rail Limited
NIPL NPCU International Payments Limited
VWAP Volume-Weighted Average Price

INDIAN STATES
State Capital Chief Minister Governor Key Notes

Andhra Amaravati Yeduguri Sandinti Biswabhusan Wildlife Sanctuaries

Pradesh Jagan Mohan Harichandan – Kaundinya WildLife Sanctuary,
Reddy Penusila Narasimhaswamy wildlife
sanctuary, Kambalakonda WildLife
Sanctuary
Tiger Reserves
– Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger
Reserve( retitled as Rajiv Gandhi
Wildlife Sanctuary 1992).
Zoological Parks- Sri
Venkateswara Zoological Park ,
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park.
Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu Brigadier (Dr.) B. D. Airport- Tezu Airport, Itanagar
Pradesh Mishra (Retd) Airport
Biosphere Reserve- Dihang
Dibang Biosphere Reserve

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Festivals – Chalo-Loku Festival;

Longte Yullo Festival; Oijale/Oriah
Folk Dance – Popir; Ponung;
Pasi Kongki
Assam Dispur Dr. Jagdish Mukhi Dam– Karbi Langpi Dam, Umrong
Himanta Biswa Dam
Sarma Forts – Badarpur Fort, Kachari
Fort
National Park – Kaziranga
National Park, Dibru – Saikhowa
National Park, Manas National Park
Wildlife Sanctuaries – Garampani
Wildlife Sanctuary, Laokhowa
Wildlife Sanctuary
Classical Dance – Satriya Nritya;
Bhor Tal Nritya
Lakes – Chandubi Lake; Haflong
Lake
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan UNESCO Heritage site –
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at
Bodh Gaya; Archaeological Site of
Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda
Airport – Jogbani Airport, Jogbani;
Muzaffarpur Airport, Muzaffarpur
Gujarat Gandhinagar Bhupendra Acharya Devvrat National Park – Gir National Park,
Rajnikant Patel Junagarh (houses Asiatic Lion);
Blackbuck National Park,
Saurashtra (houses Blackbuck)
Zoological Park – Sakkarbaug zoo,
Junagadh; Dr. Shyamaprasad
Mukherjee Zoological Garden
(Sarthana Nature Park), Surat,
Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden,
Ahmedabad; Rajkot Municipal Zoo
(Pradyuman Zoological Park),
Rajkot
Airports – Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel International
Airport, Ahmedabad; Dholera
International Airport, Dholera
Stadium– Bilakhia Stadium, CB
Patel International Cricket
Stadium,
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
Stadium
Dance– Tippani, Hudo, Padhar
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Bandaru Dattatraya Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) –
Khattar Chhilchhila WLS, Kurukshetra;
Nahar WLS, Rewari

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Airport – Ambala Air Force

Station; Hisar Airport; Sirsa Air
Force Station
Karnataka Bengaluru Basavaraj Thawar Chand Lakes – Hirekolale Lake,
Somappa Bommai Gehlot Ayyanakere Lake, Cauvery
Nisargadhama
River – Krishna River, Bhima
River
Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Satya Pal Malik Dance – Do Dru-su’a; Laho dance;
Kongkal Sangma Behdienkhlam
Lakes – Umiam Lake; Ward’s Lake
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Jagdish Mukhi Festivals –Ngada Festival, Hega
Festival
Dance Forms- Naga War Dance,
Zeliang Dance
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Dance- Ghumura Dance, Ranapa
Dance, Jodi Sankha Dance
Tribes – Bagata, Banjara
Tamil Chennai M. K. Stalin Ravindra Narayana Dance- Ottan Koothu,Poikkal
Nadu Ravi Kuthirai Aattam or Koothu,Kazhai
Kothu, Bommalattam, Theru
Koothu; Paambu Attam
Nuclear Power Plant –
Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Plant,Tirunelveli
Ramsar Sites – Chitrangudi Bird
Sanctuary; Suchindram Theroor
Wetland Complex, Vaduvur Bird
Sanctuary; Kanjirankulam Bird
Sanctuary
Telangana Hyderabad Kalvakuntla Tamilisai Wild Life Sanctuary (WLS) –
Chandrashekar Soundararajan Eturnagaram WLS, Warangal;
Rao (KCR) Shivaram WLS, Mancherial
Tiger Reserve
(TR) – Nagarjunsagar Srisailam TR;
Kawal TR; Amrabad TR
West Kolkata Mamata Banerjee La Ganesan Airport – Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bengal Bose International Airport,
Kolkata; Bagdogra International
Airport, Siliguri, Air Force Station
Arjan Singh, Kalaikunda Air Force
Station, Hasimara Air Force Station
Bird Sanctuary – Chintamoni Kar
Bird Sanctuary, Pakhi Bitan Bird
Sanctuary, Raiganj Birds Sanctuary
Zoological Park – Padmaja Naidu
Himalayan Zoological Park,
Darjeeling; Sundarban Wild

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Animals Park (Jharkhali Satellite

Zoo), Jharkhali

UNION TERITORY
Union Teritory Capital Chief Lieutenant Key Notes
Minister Governor

Puducherry Puducherry N. Dr. Tamilisai Airport– Puducherry

Rangasamy Soundararajan Airport (PNY)

OTHER COUNTRIES
Country Capital Prime Minister / Currency Key Notes
President

Argentina Buenos Aires President – Alberto Argentine Peso (ARS)

Fernandez
Australia Canberra Prime Australian Dollar
Minister – Anthony (AUD)
Albanese
Brazil Brasilia President – Jair Brazilian Real (BRL)
Bolsonaro
Cambodia Phnom Penh Prime Minister (PM) – Cambodian Riel
Hun Sen
China Beijing President – Xi Jinping Renminbi

Iceland Reykjavík Prime Minister – Icelandic króna (ISK)

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Kenya Nairobi President- Uhuru Kenyan shilling

Kenyatta

Maldives Male President- Ibrahim Maldivian Rufiyaa

Mohamed Solih
Malta Valletta Prime Minister – Euro (EUR)
Robert Abela
Mauritius Port Louis Prime Mauritius Rupee
Minister – Pravind (MUR)
Kumar Jugnauth
Mozambique Maputo President- Filipe Nyusi Mozambican metical
Norway Oslo Prime Minister – Jonas Norwegian krone
Gahr Støre (NOK)
Papua New Port Moresby Prime Minister – James Papua New Guinean
Guinea Marape kina
Paraguay Asuncion President – Mario Abdo Paraguayan Guaraní
Benitez (PYG)
Russia Moscow President – Vladimir Rouble
Putin

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Scotland Edinburgh First Minister of Pound Sterling

Scotland – Nicola
Ferguson Sturgeon
Sweden Stockholm Prime Minister – Swedish Krona
Magdalena Andersson (SEK)
Thailand Bangkok Prime Minister – Thai Baht India’s
Prayut Chan-o-cha Ambassador
to Thailand–
Suchitra Durai

MINISTRY
Ministry Minister

Ministry of Education (MoE) Union Minister – Dharmendra Pradhan (Rajya Sabha –

Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Annpurna Devi (Kodarma
Constituency, Jharkhand); Dr. Subhas Sarkar
(Bankura Constituency, West Bengal); Dr.
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (Inner Manipur Constituency,
Manipur)
Departments under MoE – Department of School
Education and Literacy; Department of Higher
Education
Ministry of Steel Union Minister-Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (Rajya Sabha-
Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS)-Faggan Singh Kulaste
(Constituency – Mandla (ST), Madhya Pradesh)
Ministry of Power Union Minister – Raj Kumar Singh (Arrah
Constituency, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS)– Krishan Pal (Faridabad
Constituency, Haryana)
Ministry of Women and Child Development Union Minister – Smriti Zubin Irani (Amethi
(MoWCD) Constituency, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Dr.
Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai (Surendranagar
Constituency, Gujarat)
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Union Minister – Dr. Virendra Kumar (Tikamgarh
(MoSJE) Constituency, Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ramdas Athawale ; A.
Narayanaswamy ; Pratima Bhoumik
Ministry of Communications Union Minister – Ashwini Vaishnaw (Rajya Sabha –
Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS) – Devusinh Chauhan
Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS&T) Minister of State (Independent Charge) – Dr.
Jitendra Singh (Udhampur Constituency -Jammu
and Kashmir)
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Union Minister – Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha –
Distribution Maharashtra)

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Minister of State (MoS) – Ashwini Kumar Choubey;

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Ministry of Textiles Union Minister – Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha –
Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS) – Darshana Vikram Jardosh
(Surat Constituency, Gujarat)
Ministry of Cooperation Union Minister – Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar
Constituency, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – B. L. Verma
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Union Minister- Hardeep Singh Puri(Rajya Sabha-
(MoPNG) Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State– Rameswar Teli(Constituency-
Dibrugarh, Assam)
Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) Union Minister- Dr. Mahendra Nath
Pandey (Constituency- Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS)- Krishan
Pal Gurjar (Constituency- Faridabad, Haryana)
Ministry of Finance Union Minister– Nirmala Sitharaman (Constituency –
RajyaSabha, Karnataka)
Ministers of State– Pankaj Chaudhary (Constituency –
Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh); Dr.
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (Constituency – Rajya sabha
Maharashtra)
Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) Minister of State (Independent Charge) – Dr. Jitendra
Singh (Udhampur Constituency, Jammu and Kashmir)
Subordinate Offices – Indian Meteorological
Department (IMD), Delhi; National Centre for Medium
Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida (Uttar
Pradesh)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Union Minister – Hardeep Singh Puri (Rajya Sabha–
(MoHUA) Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Kaushal Kishore
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Union Minister – Rajnath Singh (Constituency-
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ajay Bhatt

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Union Minister- Nirmala Sitharaman(RajyaSabha-

Karnataka)
Minister of State– Rao Inderjit Singh(Constituency-
Gurugram, Haryana)
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Union Minister – Arjun Munda (Khunti Constituency,
Jharkhand)
Minister of State (MoS) – Renuka Singh Saruta;
Bishweswar Tudu
Ministry of Ayush Union Ministry– Sarbananda Sonowal (Rajya Sabha
Assam)
Ministry of State – Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai
Kalubhai (Surendranagar, Gujarat)

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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Union Minister– Nitin Jairam Gadkari (Constituency-
(MoRTH) Nagpur, Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS)– General (Retd) Vijay Kumar
Singh (Constituency- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Union Minister– Bhupender Yadav (Rajya Sabha –
Change (MoEFCC) Rajasthan)
Minister of State (MoS)– Ashwini Kumar Choubey
(Constituency- Buxar, Bihar)

ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Headquarters Head Key Notes
Financial Service/Insurance
Muthoot Finance Limited Kochi, Kerala Managing Founded-1939
Director-George
Alexander Muthoot
Edelweiss Mutual Fund Mumbai, Managing Director Establishment – 2009
(MF) Maharashtra (MD) and CEO
– Radhika Gupta
Max Life Insurance New Delhi, Delhi Managing Director Establishment – 2000
Company Limited (MD) & CEO Max Life Insurance Company
– Prashant Tripathy Limited is a Joint Venture
between Max Financial Services
Limited and Axis Bank Limited.
Insurance Regulatory and Hyderabad, Chairman – Establishment – 1999
Development Authority Telangana Debasish Panda
of India (IRDAI)
National Payments Mumbai, MD & CEO Establishment –2008
Corporation of India Maharashtra – Dilip Asbe
(NPCI)
Yubi (formerly known Chennai, Tamil Founder & CEO – Founded – 2020
as CredAvenue Pvt Ltd) Nadu Gaurav Kumar Yubi promotes debt financing for
enterprises by connecting
lenders and investors with
corporate borrowers via an
online marketplace.
PNB Housing Finance New Delhi, Delhi Managing Director Establishment – 1988
Limited (PNBHFL) (MD) & CEO
– Hardayal Prasad
BOB Financial Solutions Mumbai, MD & CEO Establishment – 1994
Limited Maharashtra – Shailendra Singh BOB Financial Solutions Limited
a Non-Banking Financial
Company (NBFC), wholly owned
by the Bank of Baroda (BoB).
HDFC Bank Limited Headquarters- M Chairman- Atanu Founded-1994
umbai, Chakraborty
Maharashtra

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HDFC Limited Mumbai, Chairman – Deepak Establishment – 1977

Maharashtra Parekh

American Headquarters– Interim CEO and

Express Banking Corp Gurugram, Haryana COO– Sanjay
(AEBC) India Khanna
IBSFINtech Bengaluru, MD & CEO
Karnataka – Chandra Mohan
Grover
Chairman
– Shailesh V
Haribhakthi
Aditya Birla Health CEO & Whole time Establishment – 2016
Insurance Company Director
Limited (ABHICL) – Mayank Bathwal
Mastercard New York, United CEO- Michael Founded- 1966
States Miebach
KreditBee Bengaluru, Co-founder & CEO
Karnataka – Madhusudan Eka
mbaram
Repco Home Finance Chennai, Tamil MD & CEO – K Establishment – 2000
Limited (RHFL) Nadu Swaminathan
Pension Fund Regulatory New Delhi, Delhi Chairman – Establishment – 2003
and Development Supratim Bandyopa
Authority (PFRDA) dhyay
PGIM India Mutual Fund Mumbai Chief executive PGIM India Mutual Fund is a
Officer (CEO) – Ajit wholly-owned business of PGIM,
Menon the global investment
management business of the US-
based Prudential Financial, Inc.
(PFI).
Piramal Capital & Mumbai, Managing Director Piramal Capital & Housing
Housing Finance Limited Maharashtra – Jairam Sridharan Finance Limited, (formerly
(PCHFL) known as Dewan Housing
Finance Corporation Limited), a
wholly owned subsidiary
of Piramal Enterprises
Limited and is registered as a
housing finance company with
National Housing Bank (NHB)
and engaged in various financial
services businesses.
Deposit Insurance and Mumbai, Chairman – Establishment – 15th July 1978
Credit Guarantee Maharashtra Michael DICGC is a wholly-owned
Corporation (DICGC) Debabrata Patra(M. subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of
D.Patra) India (RBI) which provides an
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Navi Mutual Fund Bengaluru, Founder Establishment – 2018

Karnataka – Sachin Bansal
Paytm Group Noida, Founder – Vijay
Uttarpradesh (UP) Shekar Sharma

HDFC ERGO General Mumbai, MD & CEO – Ritesh HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Insurance Company Maharashtra Kumar Company Limited is a joint
Limited: venture between HDFC Limited
and ERGO International AG, the
primary insurance entity of
Munich Re Group.
National Minorities New Delhi, Delhi Chairman & Establishment – 1994
Development and Managing Director
Finance Corporation (CMD) – Rakesh
(NMDFC) Sarwal
Other Organizations
International

World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Founder & Establishment: 1971

(WEF) Executive
Chairman: Profess
or Klaus Schwab
United Nations (UN) New York, USA Secretary- Establishment– 1945
General– Antonio
Guterres
United Nations Paris, France Director Founded-1945
Educational, Scientific, General- Audrey
and Cultural Azoulay
Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Geneva, Switzerland Secretary- Established – 1964
Conference On Trade and General – Rebeca
Development (UNCTAD) Grynspan (She is
the first woman and
Central American to
serve as UNCTAD’s
secretary-general)
United Nations Office of New York, United Secretary- Established- 2017
Counter-Terrorism States General- Vladimir
(UNOCT) Voronkov
Bay of Bengal Initiative Established – 1997
for Multi- Member states – 7 members
Sectoral Technical and (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Economic Cooperation Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
(BIMSTEC) Thailand)
Federation Paris, France President Founded in 1904
Internationale de – Mohammed bin
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American Express New York, United Chairman And

States (US) Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)–
Stephen J. Squeri
International Association Denver, Colorado, President– Dr. Founded-1974
for the Study of Lung United States Heather Wakelee
Cancer (IASLC)
International Ranger President-Chris Founded- 31 July 1992
Federation (IRF) Galliers
International Cricket Dubai,The United Chairman– Greg Founded- 1909
Council (ICC) Arab Barclay
Emirates(UAE)
International Shooting Munich, Germany President
Sport Federation (ISSF) – Vladimir Lisin
International Chess Lausanne, President– Arkady Founded in 1924
Federation (Fédération Switzerland Dvorkovich
Internationale des Échecs
– FIDE)
Society for Personality Washington DC, President – Laura Establishment – 1974
and Social Psychology United States (US) A. King SPSP is the world’s largest
(SPSP) organisation of personality and
social psychologists in the World
that is focused on promoting
scientific research about
thinking, behaviour and
interaction of humans.
Microsoft Washington, United CEO-Satya Nadella Founded- 1975
States
Stockholm International Stockholm, Sweden Executive Founded-1991
Water Institute (SIWI) Director-Torgny
Holmgren
National

Indian Space Research Bengaluru, Chairman– Establishment– 1969

Organisation (ISRO) Karnataka Sreedhara Panicker
Somanath
Indian Army New Delhi, Delhi Chief of Army Theme of The Year 2022: “In
Staff (COAS) Stride with The Future”
– General
Manoj Pande
Indian Navy New Delhi, Delhi Navy Chief-Admiral Founded- 26 January 1950
R. Hari Kumar

Airport Authority of India New Delhi, Delhi Chairman-Sanjeev Founded- 1 April 1995
(AAI) Kumar
Securities and Exchange Mumbai, Chairperson– SEBI was constituted as a non-
Board of India (SEBI) Maharashtra Madhabi Puri Buch statutory body on 12th April
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as a statutory body in 1992. The

provisions of SEBI Act, 1992 (15
of 1992) came into force on 30th
January, 1992.
NITI Aayog (National New Delhi, Delhi CEO– Establishment– 2015
Institution for Parameswaran Iyer
Transforming India)
Bharat Electronics Bengaluru, Chairman & Establishment – 1954
Limited (BEL) Karnataka Managing Director
(CMD) – Anandi
Ramalingam
National Tiger New Delhi, Delhi Chairperson– It has been constituted under
Conservation Authority Bhupender Yadav section 38 L (1) of Wildlife
(NTCA) (Minister of (Protection) Act, 1972.
Environment,
Forest & Climate
Change)
Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi, Delhi Chairman
Limited (IOCL) – Shrikant Madhav
Vaidya
Vodafone Idea Limited Gandhinagar, Managing Director Vodafone Idea Limited is an
(VIL) Gujarat (MD) and CEO – Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone
Ravinder Takkar Group partnership.
(until Aug 18 2022)
Association of Tennis London, United CEO – Massimo Establishment – 1972
Professionals (ATP) Kingdom Calvelli

Central Reserve Police New Delhi, Delhi The CRPF is the largest central
Force (CRPF) armed police force in India,
which works under the authority
of the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA).
Hindustan Unilever Mumbai, CEO & MD- Sanjiv
Limited (HUL) Maharashtra Mehta
Amazon India Hyderabad, Country Head of Establishment – 2013
Telangana India
– Amit Agarwal
Uber Technologies San Francisco, CEO-Dara Founded-2009
California, United Khosrowshahi
States

Larsen & Toubro Limited Mumbai, Managing Director

(L&T) Maharashtra (MD) & CEO – S N
Subramanyan
NLC India Ltd. (NLCIL) Chennai, Tamil Chairman-cum- Founded-1956
Nadu Managing Director
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Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd Registered Office- CEO- Karan Adani Founded-1998
Ahmedabad, It was formerly known as
Gujarat Mundra Port and Special
Economic Zone Limited.
Defence Research and New Delhi, Delhi Chairman – G
Development Organisatio Satheesh Reddy
n (DRDO)
National Institute for Hyderabad, Chairman – Alkesh National Institute for Smart
Smart Government Telangana Kumar Sharma Government (NISG) is a not-for-
(NISG) Board Member & profit company set up by the
Chief Executive Government of India (GoI) on the
Officer (CEO) – J. Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)
Rama Krishna Rao model. Establishment – 2002
Razorpay Software Bengaluru, CEO and Co- Establishment – 2014
Private Limited Karnataka founder – Harshil
Mathur
Co- Founder
– Shashank Kumar
Athletics Federation of New Delhi, Delhi President – Adille J Establishment – 1946
India (AFI) Sumariwalla
Border Road New Delhi, Delhi Director
Organization (BRO) General- Lt. Gen.
Rajeev Chaudhary
Department of Science & New Delhi, Delhi Secretary– Dr. Parent Ministry– Ministry of
Technology (DST) Srivari Science & Technology
Chandrasekhar
Food Corporation of India New Delhi, Delhi Chairman and Establishment – 1965
(FCI) Managing Director
(MD) – Subodh
Kumar Singh
Competition Commission New Delhi, Delhi Chairperson Establishment – 2003
of India (CII) – Ashok Kumar
Gupta
National Mission for New Delhi, Delhi Director-General– It is a central nodal agency for
Clean Ganga (NMCG) G Asok Kumar Ganga rejuvenation in India
ReNew Power Establishment Founder,
– 2011 Chairman and CEO
– Sumant Sinha
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) New Delhi, Delhi Director General Establishment – 1977
Indian Coast
Guard (DGICG) –
Director General VS
Pathania
Bharat Heavy Electricals New Delhi, Delhi CEO-Nalin Singhal Founded-1964
Limited (BHEL)
Institute of Secretariat Location– New Director– S D Established in 1948
Training and Delhi, Delhi Sharma
Management (ISTM)

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Industrial Research Dr. N Kalaiselvi
(CSIR)
Godrej Agrovet Mumbai, Chairman-Nadir Founded- 1991
Maharashtra Godrej
Indian Institute of Millets Location- Hyderab Director- Dr C. V. Established in- 1958
Research (IIMR) ad, Telangana Ratnavathi
NHPC Limited Faridabad, Haryana Chairman & Founded-1975
Managing
Director- Abhay
Kumar Singh
Bharat Petroleum Mumbai, Chairman & Founded- 1952
Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Maharashtra Managing
Director-Arun
Kumar Singh
Bharti Airtel New Delhi, Delhi MD & CEO : Gopal Established: 7th July, 1995
Mittal Parent Organisation: Bharti
Enterprises
TVS Motor Company Chennai, Founder: Thirukku Established in: 1992
Tamilnadu rungudi Vengaram (Incorporation Year); Founded:
Sundram 1978
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Shimla, Himachal Chairman and
(SJVN) Limited Pradesh Managing
Director (MD) –
Nand Lal Sharma
Tata Steel Limited Mumbai, CMD- T.V. Establishment- 1907 (Asia’s 1st
Maharashtra Narendran integrated private steel
company)
National Dairy Anand, Gujarat Founder- Verghese Established- 1965
Development Board Kurien
(NDDB)

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