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Table of Contents
BANKS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
BANKING TERMINOLOGIES ..................................................................................................................................... 7
INDIAN STATES .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
UNION TERITORY .................................................................................................................................................... 10
OTHER COUNTRIES ................................................................................................................................................. 10
MINISTRY .................................................................................................................................................................. 11
ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 13

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

Asian President Established – 1966


Development – Masatsugu Asakawa Headquarters – Manila,
Bank (ADB) ADB Country Director Philippines
for India – Takeo
Konishi

National

Reserve Bank of Governor– Shaktikanta Established– 1st April 1935


India (RBI) Das Headquarters– Mumbai,
Deputy Governors– Maharashtra
Mahesh Kumar Jain,
Michael
Debabrata Patra, M.
Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi
Sankar
Axis Bank MD & CEO– Amitabh Headquarters– Mumbai, Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi
Limited Chaudhry Maharashtra
Establishment– 1993
(Commenced Operation-1994)
Bank of India MD & CEO – Atanu Establishment – 1906 Relationship Beyond
(BoI) Kumar Das Headquarters – Mumbai, Banking
Maharashtra
Central Bank of Managing Established in – 1911
India Director(MD) & Chief Headquarters – Mumbai,
Executive Maharashtra
Officer(CEO) – Matam
Venkata Rao
DBS Bank India Managing Director & Headquarters – Mumbai,
Limited (DBIL) CEO – Surojit Shome Maharashtra
ESAF Small MD & CEO – Kadambelil Established – 2017 Joy of Banking
Finance Bank Paul Thomas Headquarters – Thrissur,
(ESAF SFB) Kerala
Federal Bank MD & CEO– Shyam Headquarters– Aluva, Kerala Your Perfect Banking
Srinivasan Partner
ICICI Prudential Managing Director Headquarters – New Delhi,
Mutual Fund & CEO – Nimesh Shah Delhi
IDFC FIRST Bank MD & CEO – V. Establishment – 2018
Vaidyanathan Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra

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HDFC Bank MD & CEO – Sashidhar Establishment – 1994 We Understand Your
Jagdishan Headquarters – Mumbai, World
Maharashtra
IndusInd Bank Managing Director Establishment – 1994
(MD) & CEO Headquarters – Pune,
– Sumant Kathpalia Maharashtra
State Bank of Chairman – Dinesh Establishment – 1955
India (SBI) Kumar Khara Headquarters – Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Tamilnad Founder Establishment- 11 May 1921
Mercantile Bank Chairman- M.V. Headquarters- Tuticorin,
Limited (TMB) Shanmugavel Nadar Tamil Nadu
Union Bank of MD & CEO– A Headquarters– Mumbai, Good People to Bank with
India Manimekhalai Maharashtra
UCO Bank MD & CEO – Soma Establishment – 1943 Honours your Trust
Sankara Prasad Headquarters – Kolkata, West
Bengal

BANKING TERMINOLOGIES
RBIH Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
NCIIPC National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
BFSL BOB Financial Solutions Limited
NPCI National Payments Corporation of India
KCC Kisan Credit Card
NBFCs Non-Banking Financial Companies

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UCBs Urban Co-Operative Banks
HFCs Housing Finance Companies
BBPS Bharat Bill Payment System
ESAF SFB ESAF Small Finance Bank
ONDC Open Network for Digital Commerce
EDFS Electronic Dealer Finance Scheme
IRDAI Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
NIESBUD National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
IIE Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
ISB Indian School of Business
HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
HDFC Life HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited
HDFC ERGO HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
CBIC Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
NCAER National Council for Applied Economic Research
SaaS Software as a Service
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CRAR Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio
BBPS Bharat Bill Payment System
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act
EGI Edelweiss General Insurance
RHFL Repco Home Finance Limited
IFSC International Financial Services Centres
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer
IMPS Immediate Payment Service
TNeGA Tamil Nadu E-Governance Agency
IDRBT Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology
SBIF State Bank of India Foundation
WWF India World Wide Fund for Nature – India
APCCF Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
CWLW Chief Wildlife Warden
PCAF Prompt Corrective Action Framework
NPAs Non-Performing Assets
KMBL Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
ARCIL Asset Reconstruction Company of India Ltd.
DAD Defence Accounts Department
CGDA Controller General of Defence Accounts
NBBL NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited
LSEG London Stock Exchange Group
MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
NIPL NPCI International Payments Limited
MMFSL Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.
ABSLI Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited
ABCL Aditya Birla Capital Limited

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CSIR–IIP Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Petroleum
DILSAAF Drop-in liquid Sustainable Aviation and Automotive Fuel
IATA International Air Transport Association
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
SRESTHA-G Systems Reform Endeavours for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat
IBRD International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
ASHA Accredited Social Health Activists
ANM Auxiliary Nurse Midwives
PSCB Petersburg Social Commercial Bank

INDIAN STATES
State Capital Chief Minister Governor Key Notes

Assam Dispur Dr. Himanta Biswa Jagdish Mukhi Festival: Bohag Bihu; Kati Bihu
Sarma

Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey Dance forms- Pandavani;


Jhirliti; Rahas, Panthi Dance,
Raut Nacha
Dams- Dudhawa Dam; Gangrel
Dam
Festivals– Maati Ti’aar, The
First Fruits Festival, Parad

Karnataka Bengaluru Basavaraj Bommai Thaawarchand Festivals – Karnataka


Gehlot Rajyotsava (Celebrates the
formation day of the state);
Kambala Festival (an annual
buffalo race)
Stadium – Karnataka State
Hockey Association (KSHA)
Hockey Stadium (Bengaluru);
Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja
Wadeyar Ground (Gangotri
Glades Cricket Ground)
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Dance forms- Paika Nrutya;
Dhap Dance
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Jagdish Mukhi Festivals- Mim Kut Festival;
Bushu Festival, Tsukhenyie
Festival; Surkenye Festival
Dance – Modse; Agurshikukula
Tamil Nadu Chennai M. K. Stalin Ravindra Tiger Reserves– Kalakad
Narayana Ravi Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve,
Anamalai Tiger Reserve,
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Wetlands– Point Calimere,
Kazhuveli, Pallikkaranai

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Telangana Hyderabad K. Chandrashekar Tamilisai
Rao Soundararajan
Uttarakhand Summer – Pushkar Singh Gurmit Singh Festivals – Uttarayani Mela or
Gairsain, Dhami Uttarayani Fai, Nandadevi Mela
Winter - Rivers – River Ganga, Yamuna
Dehradun River
Uttar Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel Dance- Khayal, Nautanki Naqal
Pradesh Stadium- Ravindra Kishore
Shahi Sports Stadium,
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj
Sports Stadium

UNION TERITORY
Union Teritory Capital Chief Lieutenant Key Notes
Minister Governor

Delhi Arvind Vinai Kumar Heritage & Monuments–


Kejriwal Saxena Agrasen ki Baoli, Humayan Tomb,
Jantar Mantar

OTHER COUNTRIES
Country Capital Prime Minister / Currency Key Notes
President
Angola Luanda President - João Angolan kwanza
Lourenço
Australia Canberra Prime Australian
Minister – Anthony dollars (AUD)
Albanese
Bangladesh Dhaka President - Mohammad Taka
Abdul Hamid
China Beijing President - Xi Jinping Renminbi
Indonesia President – Joko Indonesian The Indonesian Parliament
Widodo Rupiah (IDR) has passed a law to relocate
its capital from Jakarta to
East Kalimantan. The new
capital will be called
Nusantara.
Italy Rome President- Sergio Euro
Mattarella
Japan Tokyo Prime Minister – Japanese Yen
Fumio Kishida (JPY)
Madagascar Antananarivo President-Andry Malagasy ariary
Rajoelina
Maldives Malé President- Ibrahim United States
Mohamed Solih Dollar, Maldivian
rufiyaa

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Namibia Windhoek Prime Minister – Dr. Namibian Dollar
Saara Kuugongelwa- (NAD)
Amadhila
Saudi Arabia Riyadh King- Salman bin Saudi Riyal
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Senegal Dakar President-Macky Sall West African
CFA Franc
Serbia Belgrade President – Aleksandar Serbian dinar
Vučić
Seychelles Victoria President – Wavel Seychellois
Ramkalawan Rupee
Sweden Stockholm Prime Minister – Swedish krona
Magdalena Andersson
United Arab Abu Dhabi President Dirham
Emirates (UAE) – Mohammed bin Zayed
Al Nahyan
United London Prime Minister – Liz Pound Sterling
Kingdom Truss
United States Washington, President – Joseph United States
of America D.C. Robinette Biden, Jr. Dollar (USD)
(USA)
Uzbekistan Tashkent Prime Minister (PM) – Uzbek Som
Abdulla Aripov (UZS)

MINISTRY
Ministry Minister

Ministry of Electronics & Information Union Minister – Ashwini Vaishnaw (Rajya Sabha –
Technology (MeitY) Odisha)
Minister of State (MoS) – Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Union Minister – Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya (Rajya Sabha
– Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – Bhagwanth Khuba
Ministry of Statistics and Programme MoSPI is the nodal agency for the planned and
Implementation (MoSPI) organized development of the statistical system in
India.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) – Rao
Inderjit Singh (Gurugram Constituency – Haryana)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Union Minister– Hardeep Singh Puri (Rajya Sabha
(MoHUA) Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State– Kaushal Kishore (Constituency-
Mohanlalganj, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Union Minister – Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar
Constituency, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – Nityanand Rai; Ajay Kumar
Mishra; Nisith Pramanik
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Union Minister – Parshottam Rupala (Rajya Sabha –
Dairying (MoFAHD) Gujarat)

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Minister of State (MoS) – Sanjeev Kumar Balyan; L.
Murugan
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Union Minister – Bhupender Yadhav (Rajya Sabha-
Change (MoEF&CC) Rajasthan)
Minister of state – Ashwini Kumar Choubey
(Constituency- Buxar, Bihar)
Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) Union Minister-Giriraj Singh (Constituency-Begusarai,
Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS)-Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Ministry of Finance (MoF) Union Minister– Nirmala Sitharaman (RajyaSabha –
Karnataka)
Ministers of State (MoS) – Pankaj Chaudhary; Dr.
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
Ministry of Corporate Affairs Union Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman (Rajya Sabha-
Karnataka)
Minister of State (MoS)– Rao Inderjit Singh
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) Union Minister– Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha
Maharashtra)
Ministers of State– Anupriya Patel (Mirzapur, Uttar
Pradesh); Som Parkash (Hoshiarpur, Punjab)
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Union Minister – Sarbananda Sonowal (Constituency –
(MoPSW) Rajya Sabha, Assam)
Ministers of State (MoS)– Shripad Yesso Naik
(Constituency- North Goa, Goa) , Shantanu Thakur
(Constituency- Bangaon (SC), West Bengal)
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Union Minister– Narayan Tatu Rane (Rajya Sabha-
Enterprises (MoMSME) Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS)– Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Union Minister– Anurag Singh Thakur (Constituency-
(MIB) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh)
Minister of State– Dr. Loganathan Murugan
(Constituency- Madhya Pradesh)
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) Union Minister – Pashupati Kumar Paras (Hajipur
Constituency, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS) – Prahlad Singh Patel
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Union Minister– Mansukh Mandaviya (Constituency-
(MoH&FW) Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS)– Bharati Pravin Pawar
(Constituency- Dindori, Maharashtra)
Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E) Union Minister – Bhupender Yadav (Rajya Sabha –
Rajasthan)
Minister of State (MoS) – Rameswar Teli
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) Union Minister– Giriraj Singh (Constituency-
Begusarai, Bihar)
Ministers of State (MoS)– Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
(Constituency- Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh); Faggan Singh
Kulaste (Constituency- Mandla, Madhya Pradesh)

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Ministry of Tourism (MoT) Union Minister – G. Kishan Reddy (Secunderabad
Constituency, Telangana)
Minister of State (MoS) – Ajay Bhatt); Shripad Yesso
Naik

ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Headquarters Head Key Notes
Financial Service/Insurance
SBI Cards and Payment Gurugram, Haryana MD & CEO – Rama Founded – 1998
Services Limited (SBI Mohan Rao Amara
Card)
Insurance Regulatory and Hyderabad, Chairperson Establishment – 1999
Development Authority Telangana – Debasish Panda (Incorporated on 1st April 2000)
of India (IRDAI) IRDAI is formed under
the IRDAI, Act 1999 on the
recommendation of the Malhotra
Committee.
Max Life Insurance New Delhi, Delhi Managing Director Establishment- 2001
(MD) & Chief
Executive Officer
(CEO)- Prashant
Tripathy
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mumbai, Managing Director Establishment – 2000 (started
Insurance Company Maharashtra (MD) & CEO operations in 2001)
Limited (ABSLI) – Kamlesh Rao
HDFC Life Mumbai, MD &CEO- Vibha Founded- 2000
Maharashtra Padalkar
National Payments Mumbai, Managing Director Establishment- 2008
Corporation of India Maharashtra (MD) & Chief
(NPCI) Executive Officer
(CEO)- Dilip Asbe
NPCI International Mumbai, Chief Executive Establishment– 2020
Payments Limited (NIPL) Maharashtra Officer (CEO)– Rite
sh Shukla
Ageas Federal Life Mumbai, Managing Director Establishment – 2007
Insurance (AFLI) Maharashtra (MD) & CEO
– Vighnesh Shahane
PayNearby Technologies Mumbai, MD & CEO – Anand Establishment – 2016
Private Limited Maharashtra Kumar Bajaj
Max Life Insurance New Delhi, Delhi Managing Director Founded in 2000, Started
Company Limited (MD) & CEO operations in 2001
– Prashant Tripathy Max Life Insurance Company
Limited is a Joint Venture
between Max Financial Services
Limited and Axis Bank Limited.
Canara HSBC Life Gurugram, Haryana MD and CEO – Anuj Establishment – 2008
Insurance Mathur

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ICICI Lombard General Mumbai, MD & CEO – Founded – 2001
Insurance Maharashtra Bhargav Dasgupta
Company Limited (ICICI
Lombard)
Edelweiss General Mumbai, Executive Director
Insurance Maharashtra and CEO
– Shanai Ghosh
Repco Home Finance Chennai, Tamil MD & CEO – K Establishment – 2000
Limited (RHFL) Nadu Swaminathan
Muthoot FinCorp Ltd Thiruvananthapura CEO – Shaji Establishment – 1997
m, Kerala Varghese
BOB Financial Solutions Mumbai, MD & CEO Establishment – 1994
Limited (BFSL) Maharashtra – Shailendra Singh
HDFC ERGO General Mumbai, MD & CEO – Ritesh Establishment – 2002
Insurance Company Maharashtra Kumar HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Limited (HDFC ERGO) Company Ltd. is a joint venture
between Housing Development
Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC)
and ERGO International AG, the
primary insurance entity of
Munich Re Group of Germany.
Yubi Chennai, Tamil Founder and CEO–
Nadu Gaurav Kumar
Employees’ State New Delhi, Delhi ESIC is one of the two main
Insurance Corporation statutory social security bodies
(ESIC) under the Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Government of
India. The other one is the
Employees’ Provident Fund
Organisation(EPFO).
Establishment– 25 February
1952
Infrastructure Leasing & Mumbai, Managing Establishment- 1987
Financial Services Maharashtra Director – Nand
Limited (IL&FS) Kishore

Other Organizations
International

World Health Geneva, Switzerland Director- Establishment- 1948


Organization (WHO) General- Tedros
Adhanom
Ghebreyesus of
Ethiopia
United Nations (UN) New York, United Secretary-
States General- António
Guterres

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United Nations World Madrid, Spain Secretary- Establishment– 1946
Trade Organisation General– Zurab Members– 160 Member States, 6
(UNWTO) Pololikashvili Associate Members and over 500
Affiliate Members.
United Nations Paris, France Director- Founded-1945
Educational, Scientific, General- Audrey
and Cultural Azoulay
Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Office for New York, United Director– Adel Established-1974
South-South Cooperation States of America Abdellatif
(UNOSSC) (USA)

United Nations Nairobi, Kenya Executive Establishment- 1972


Environment Programme Director- Inger
(UNEP) Andersen
UN Women New York, United Executive UN Women, the United Nations
States of America Director- Sima Entity for Gender Equality and
(USA) Sami Bahous the Empowerment of Women
was created in 2010.
United Nations (UN) New York, United President- Csaba Establishment- 1945
General Assembly States Kőrösi(77th
President of the
General Assembly)
Union of European Nyon, Switzerland President- Aleksan Founded- 1954
Football Associations der Čeferin
(UEFA)
United Nations New York, New Administrator–
Development Program York, United States Achim Steiner
(UNDP)
United Launch Alliance Denver, Colorado President & CEO
(ULA) – Tory Bruno
World Bamboo Antwerp, Belgium Executive director Establishment – 2005
Organisation (WBO) & CEO – Susanne
Lucas
World Federation of the Helsinki, Finland President- Joseph Establishment- 23 September
Deaf (WFD) Murray 1951
World Heart Federation Geneva, Switzerland President- Prof
(WHF) Fausto Pinto
International Labour Director-General – Establishment – 1919
Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder (Gilbert Member States – 187
F. Houngbo will
occupy the office in
October 2022.)
Global Alliance for Rabies Manhattan, Kansas, Executive
Control (GARC) United States of Director- Prof.
America (USA) Louis Nel

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European Union (EU) European The European Union (EU) is a
Parliament unique economic and political
President – union between 27 European
Roberta Metsola countries. It has 3 main
European Council institutions: European
President – Charles Parliament, European Council &
Michel European Commission.
European
Commission
President – Ursula
von der Leyen
Alzheimer’s Disease London,United CEO- Paola Founded- 1984
International (ADI) Kingdom (UK) Barbarino
Ramon Magsaysay Award Manila, Philippines Chairman-Aurelio RMAF is an international wholly
Foundation (RMAF) R. Montinola III independent non-profit
President– organization.
Susanna B. Afan
Remitly Seattle, Washington Co-Founder and
D C, United States Chief Executive
(US) Officer (CEO)
– Matt
Oppenheimer
National Ground Water Westerville, Ohio, President- Brian Establishment- 1946
Association (NGWA) United States Snelten
International Dairy Brussels, Belgium Director General Establishment – 1903
Federation (IDF) – Caroline Emond
Asia-Pacific Institute for President Establishment – 1977
Broadcasting – Mayank Kumar Members – 26 countries as full
Development (AIBD) Agrawal members; 43 organisations and
52 affiliate members
AIBD is a regional inter-
governmental organisation of
the United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) in the
field of electronic media
development.
Bill & Melinda Gates Seattle, CEO- Mark Suzman
Foundation Washington, United
States (US)
Office of the High Geneva, Switzerland Establishment- December 1993
Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR)
World Physiotherapy London, United President-Emma World Physiotherapy is the
Kingdom (UK) Stokes operating name of the World
Confederation for Physical
Therapy, a registered charity in
the United Kingdom (UK).

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Established- 1951
International Federation Geneva, Switzerland President- The International Federation of
of Red Cross and Red Francesco Rocca Red Cross and Red Crescent
Crescent Societies (IFRC) Societies (IFRC) is the world’s
largest humanitarian network.
Founded-5 May 1919
Inter Parliamentary Geneva, Switzerland President-Duarte Founded-1889
Union (IPU) Pacheco

Association of Tennis London, United Chairman – Andrea


Professionals (ATP) Kingdom Gaudenzi
Swiss Re Institute Zurich, Switzerland Established – 1863
Coursera California, United CEO-Jeff Founded-2012
State (US) Maggioncalda
International Coconut Jakarta, Indonesia Executive Established –1969
Community (ICC) Director- Jelfina C.
Alouw
International Civil Montreal, Canada Secretary Establishment – 1944
Aviation Organisation General – Juan
(ICAO) Carlos Salazar
Petrobras Rio De Janeiro, CEO – Caio Mário
Brazil Paes de Andrade
International The Hague, President- Domini
Pharmaceutical Netherlands que Jordan
Federation (FIP) (Switzerland)
CEO- Dr Catherine
Duggan
International London, United President Establishment –1986
Federation of Kingdom (UK) – Henroy Scarlett
Environmental Health
(IFEH)
Organisation for Paris, France Secretary Establishment – 1960
Economic Co-operation General – Mathias
and Development (OECD) Cormann

National

Indian Space Research Bengaluru, Chairman– S.


Organisation (ISRO) Karnataka Somanath
Defence Research and New Delhi, Delhi Chairman – Dr
Development Samir Vankatpati
Organisation (DRDO) Kamat
Oil and Natural Gas New Delhi, Delhi CMD– Rajesh Establishment– 1956
Corporation Limited Kumar Srivastava
(ONGC) (Additional Charge)
Indian Oil Corporation New Delhi, Delhi Chairman- Shrikan Founded-1959
Limited (IOCL) t Madhav Vaidya

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Indian Navy New Delhi, Delhi Chief of Naval Staff Founded– 26 January 1950
(CNS)– Admiral R
Hari Kumar
Organisation for Paris, France Secretary- Establishment – 1960
Economic Co-operation General – Mathias
and Development (OECD) Cormann
Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief of the Air Established – 1932
Staff – Air Chief Motto – Touch The Sky with
Marshal VR Glory
Chaudhari
NITI Aayog (National New Delhi, Delhi CEO – Establishment – 1 January 2015
Institution for Parameswaran Iyer
Transforming India)
Reliance Industries Mumbai, CMD – Mukesh Establishment – 1973
Limited (RIL) Maharashtra Ambani
Founder
Chairman –
Dhirubhai Ambani
All India Council for New Delhi, Delhi Founded-1945
Technical Education
(AICTE)
All India Football New Delhi, Delhi President – Kalyan Formed in – 1937
Federation (AIFF) Chaubey

Centre for Development New Delhi, Delhi Executive Establishment – 1984


of Telematics (C-DOT) Director – Rajkum
ar Upadhyay
Bharat Electronics Bengaluru, Chairman & Establishment – 1954
Limited (BEL) Karnataka Managing Director
(MD) – Dinesh
Kumar Batra
NHPC Limited Faridabad, Haryana CMD- Abhay Kumar Founded- 1975
Singh
QNu Labs Bengaluru, Co-founder and
Karnataka CEO – Sunil Gupta
Defence Accounts New Delhi, Delhi Controller General DAD is the principal Accounting
Department (DAD) of Defence and Finance entity for the
Accounts (CGDA) Defence Services that aims at
– Avinash Dikshit providing responsive and
professional Financial, Audit and
Accounting services.
REC Limited Gurugram, Haryana Chairman & Established- 1969
Managing Director
(CMD) –Vivek
Kumar Dewangan
National Cadet Corps New Delhi, Delhi Director Establishment- 1948
(NCC) General- Lieutenan

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t General Gurbirpal
Singh
Shipping Corporation of Mumbai, Chairman & Establishment- 2nd October
India Limited (SCI) Maharashtra Managing Director 1961
(CMD) - Binesh
Kumar Tyagi
Council of Scientific and Dehradun, Director & Establishment- 1960
Industrial Research – Uttarakhand Chairman- Dr
Indian Institute of Anjan Ray
Petroleum (CSIR–IIP)
IIFL Wealth Mumbai, MD & CEO – Karan
Maharashtra Bhagat
Institution of Engineers Kolkata, West It was incorporated under the
(India) (IEI) Bengal Royal Charter on 9th September,
1935 by the King George V.
Established-1920
Confederation of Indian New Delhi, Delhi President– Sanjiv
Industry (CII) Bajaj (2022-23)
Director-
General– Chandraji
t Banerjee
Competition Commission New Delhi,Delhi Chairperson- Asho Founded-2003
of India (CCI) k Kumar Gupta
ECGC Ltd Mumbai,Maharasht Chairman & ECGC Ltd. (Formerly known as
ra Managing Export Credit Guarantee
Director – Shri. M Corporation of India Ltd.) is fully
Senthilnathan owned by the Government of
India.
Founded in – 1957
Star Agribazaar Mumbai, Chief Executive Establishment – 2016
Technology Private Maharashtra Officer (CEO)
Limited (Agribazaar) – Amith Agarwal
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) New Delhi, Delhi Director General
– Virender Singh
Pathania
Sushma Swaraj Institute New Delhi, Delhi Dean- Sanjiv Established in-1986
of Foreign Service (SSIFS) Ranjan
Hughes Communications Gurgaon, Haryana President and
India Private Limited Managing Director
(HCI) (MD) – Partho
Banerjee
Square Yard Gurugram, Haryana Founder and CEO–
Tanuj Shori
Loknayak Foundation Location– President- Dr
Visakhapatnam Yarlagadda Lakshmi
(Vizag), Andhra Prasad
Pradesh

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Lord’s Mark Industries Thane, Maharashtra MD & CEO Establishment – 1998
– Sachidanand Upad
hyay
Board of Control for Mumbai, President- Sourav Founded- 1928
Cricket in India(BCCI) Maharashtra Ganguly
Daimler India Chennai, Tamil MD & CEO- Founded- 2009
Commercial Vehicles Nadu Satyakam Arya
(DICV)
Coconut Development Kochi, Ernakulam, Chairman- Rajbir It works under the Ministry of
Board (CDB) Kerala Singh Panwar Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(MoA&FW).
Established- 12th January 1981
Bharat Petroleum Mumbai, Chairman &
Corporation Limited Maharashtra Managing
(BPCL) Director (MD)
– Arun Kumar
Singh

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