Appointments of August 2015

1. Amol Palekar appointed as Chairman of India's Oscar jury.
2. Noted academician Amitabh Mattoo appointed as Advisor to J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
3. Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
4. Tennis Player Novak Djokovic appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF.
5. OP Rawat appointed as Election Commissioner of India.
6. Indian-American Atul Keshap appointed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.
7. Ashwani Lohani appointed as CMD of Air India Limited.
8. Ajit Kumar Seth appointed as Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board.
9. Iqbal Ahmed Ansari appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
10. Union Government extends term of Rajan S Katoch as Director of ED for 3rd time.
11. Acharya Dev Vrat sworn-in as 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
12. Ram Nath Kovind sworn in as Governor of Bihar.
13. Jayant Patel appointed as acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.
14. Vassiliki Thanou sworn in as first female Prime Minister of Greece.
15. Girish Sahni assumed charge as Director General of CSIR.
16. Ratan P Watal took charge as Union Finance Secretary.
17. Raghav Chandra took charge as the Chairman of NHAI.
18. Indian-American Vince Chhabria appointed as a full-time federal judge by Barack Obama.
19. Justice M L Tahaliyani sworn in as Lokayukta of Maharashtra. 
20. Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Union Home secretary.

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