Current Who’s Who :2010

Current Who’s Who :2010

UNION GOVERNMENT

Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil : President (From July 25, 2007)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari : Vice-President

UNION COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

CABINET MINISTERS

Dr. Manmohan Singh : Prime Minister and also in-charge of Ministers/Departmenters

not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister Viz. : (i) Ministry of

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; (ii) Ministry of Planning; (iii)

Department of Atomic Energy; (iv) Department of Space and ; (v) Ministry of

Culture

Mr. Pranab Mukherjee : Finance

Mr. Shared Pawar : Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs and

Public Distribution

Mr. A.K. Antony : Defence

Mr. P. Chaidambaram : Home Affairs

Ms. Mamata Banerjee : Railways

Mr. S.M. Krishna : External Affairs

Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad : Health and Family

Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde : Power

Mr. M. Veerappa Moily : Law and Justice

Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy : Urban Development

Mr. Kamal Nath : Road Transport and Highways

Mr. Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs

Mr. Murli Deora : Petroleum and Natural Gas

Mr. Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development

Ms. Ambika Soni : Information and Broadcasting

Mr. B.K. Handique : Mines; Development of North Eastern Region

Mr. Anand Sharma : Commerce and Industry

Mr. Virbhadra Singh : Steel

Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Mr. C.P. Joshi : Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Kumari Selja : Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism

Mr. Subodh kant Sahay : Food Processing Industries

Dr. M.S. Gill : Youth Affairs and Sports

Mr. G.K. Vasan : Shipping

Mr. Dayanidhi Maran : Textiles

Dr. Farooq Abdullah : New and Renewable Energy

Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge : Labour and Employment

Mr. Pawan K. Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs; Water Resources Development

Mr. Mukul Wasnik : Social Justice and Empowerment

Mr. Kantilal Bhuria : Tribal Affairs

Mr. M.K. Azhagiri : Chemicals and Fertilizers

Mr. A. Raja : Communication and Information Technology

MINISTER OF STATES (Independent Charge)

Mr. Praful Patel : Civil Aviation

Mr. Prithviraj Chavan : Science and Technology, Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s

Office

Mr. Sriprakash Jaiswal : Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation

Mr. Salman Khursheed : Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs

Mr. Dinsha J Patel : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ms. Krishna Tirath : Women and Child Development

Mr. Jairam Ramesh : Environment and Forests

MINISTERS OF STATE

Mr. Srikant Jena : Chemicals and Fertilizers

Mr. E. Ahmed : Railways

Mr. Mullappally Ramachandran : Home Affairs

Mr. V. Narayansaamy : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs

Mr. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia : Commerce and Industry

Ms. D. Purandeswari : Human Resource Development

Mr. K.H. Muniyappa : Railways

Mr. Ajay Maken : Home Affairs

Ms. Panabaka Lakshmi : Textiles

Mr. Namo Narain Meena : Finance

Mr. M.M. Pallam Raju : Defense

Mr. Saugata Ray : Urban Development

Mr. Jitin Prasada : Petroleum and Natural Gas

Mr. S.S. Palanimanickam : Finance

Mr. A. Sai Prathap : Steel

Ms. Preneet Kaur : External Affairs

Mr. Gurdas Kamat : Communications and Information Technology

Mr. Harish Rawat : Labour and Employment

Prof. K.V. Thomas : Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Mr. Bharatisinh Solanki : Power

Mr. Mahadev S. Khandela : Road Transport and Highways

Mr. Dinesh Trivedi : Health and Family Welfare

Mr. Sisir Adhikari : Rural Development

Mr. Sultan Ahmed : Tourism

Mr. Mukul Roy : Shipping

Mr. Mohan Jatua : Information and Broadcasting

Mr. D. Napoleon : Social Justice and Empowerment

Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan : Information and Broadcasting

Mr. S. Gandhiselvan : Health and Family Welfare

Mr. Tusharbhai Chaudhary : Tribal Affairs

Mr. Sachin Pilot : Communication and Information Technology

Mr. Arun Yadav : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Mr. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Youth Affairs and Sports

Mr. R.P.N. Singh : Road Transport and Highways

Mr. Sashi Tharoor : External Affairs

Mr. Vincent Pala : Water Resources

Mr. Pradeep Jain : Rural Development

Mr. Agatha Sangma : Rural Development

HEAD OF IMPORTANT OFFICES INDIA:

CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES

Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil

Chief of the Army Staff : General V.K.Sinh (From April 1, 2010)

Chief of the Air Staff : Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (May 31, 2009)

Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma (August 31, 2009)

Commander-in-Chief Strategic Forces : Vice-Admiral Vijay Shankar

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff : Vice Admiral Raman Puri

CONSTITUTIONAL & OTHERS

Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Md. Hamid Ansari

Rajya Sabha, Deputy chairman : Mr. K. Rahman Khan

Speaker of Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar

Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) : Mr. Lal Krishna Advani

Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party : Ms. Sonia Gandhi

Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) : Mr. Arun Jaitely

Chief Election Commissioner : Mr. Navin Chawla

Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Mr. Vinod Rai

Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha : Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal

Election Commissioner : Mr. S Y Quaraishi

Election Commissioner : Mr. VS Sampath

Secretary General, Rajya Sabha : Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri

Lok Sabha, Secretary General : Mr. P D T Achary

OFFICERS OF UNION GOVERNMENT

Cabinet Secretary : Mr. K.M. Chandrasekhar

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Mr. T K A Nair

National Security Adviser and Special adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Mr. M

K Naryanan

Deputy National Security Adviser : Mr. Vijay Nambiar

Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) : Mr. V K Saraswat (September 1, 2009)

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R Chidambaram

Foreign Secretary : Ms. Nirupama Rao

Home Secretary : Mr. Gopal Krishna Pillai (June 30, 2009)

Defence Secretary : Mr. Vijay Singh

Finance Secretary : Mr. Ashok Chawla

Information and Broadcasting Secretary : Mr. Surendra Arora

Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister : Mr. C Rangarajan

Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner : Mr. D K Sikri

Chief Vigilance Commissioner : Mr. Pratyush Sinha

Principal Information Officer, Government of India : Mr. Saheb Singh

JUDICIARY

Chief Justice of India (From January 14, 2007) : Mr. Justice KG Balakrishnan

Attorney General of India : Mr. Goolam Essaji Vahanvati (June 8, 2009)

Chairman Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) : Mr. Justice Ashok Agarwal

Solicitor-General of India : Mr. Gopal Subramaniam (June 15, 2009)

Additional Solicitor General of India : Indira Jaisingh (June 30, 2009) First

Woman to hold post

HEAD OF COMMISSIONS

Chairman, Planning Commission : Dr. Manmohan Singh

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission : Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy :

Mr. Anil Kakodhar

Chairman, Space Commission and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) : Mr. G

Madhavan Nair

Chairman, 18th Law Commission : Mr. Justice A. R. Lakshamanan

Chairman, National Consumer Protection Commission : Mr. Jutice M B Shah

Chairman, National Commission on Labour : Mr. Ravindra Verma

Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice S RAtnavel Pandian

Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes : Mr. Kunwar Singh

Chairman, MRTPC : Justice C N Nayar

Chairman, National Commission for Farmers : Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Chairperson, National Commissioner for Women : Ms. Girija Vyas

President, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission : Mr. Justice D P

Wadhwa

Chairman, National Commission on Educational Institutions for Minorities : Mr. M

S A Siddiqui

Chairman, National Human Rights Commission : Mr. Justice S Rajendra Badu

Chairman, Telecom Commission : Mr. Anil Kumar

Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India : JS Sharma (May 14, 2009)

Chairman, National Forest Commission : Mr. B.N. Kirpal

Chairman, Central Water Commission : Mr. R Jeyasheelan

Chairman, Sixth Pay Commission : Mr. B N Srikrishna

Chairman, National Knowledge Commission : Mr. Sam Pitroda

HEADS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANISATIONS

Director, General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Mr. Radha Vinod Raju

(January 15, 2009)

Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Mr. Rajiv Mathur (January 1, 2009)

Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Mr. Ashwini Kumar (July 31,

2008)

Director, Research And Analysis Wing (RAW) : Mr. KC Verma (January 31, 2009)

Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF) : Mr. Raman Srivastava (July 31,

2009)

Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Mrs. Niraj Ranjan

Das (November 17, 2008)

Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Mr. Vikram Srivastava

Director-General, Coast Guard : Vice Admiral anil Chopra

Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) : Lt. General Avtar Singh

Director-General, Railway Protection Force (RPF) : Mr. Ranjit Sinha

Director-General, Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General A.K. Nanda

Director-General, National Security Guards (NSG) : Mr. NPS Aulakh

Director-General, Defence Intelligence Service : Lt Gen, Avtar Singh

Director-General, Rashriya Rifles : Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar

Director, Police Research and Development Bureau : Mr. N C Joshi

Director, Institute of Defence Studies and Analysed (IDSA) : Mr. N S Sisodia

Director-General, National Cadet Core (NCC) : Lt. Gen. MC Bhandari

Director, Enforcement Directorate : Mr. R N Das

Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) : Mr. Gopal Sharma

HEADS OF SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS

Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) : Mr. S Banerjee

Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) : Mr. S K Sharma

Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) : Dr. Vishwa Mohan

Katoch

Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) : Dr. Mangal

Rai

Director General, Council of Scietific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and

chairman, Indian National Science Academy : Dr. Samir Kumar Brahmachari

HEADS OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNITS

Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) : Mr. Sushil Kumar Roongta

Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : Mr. Sarthak Behuria

Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC : Mr. R S Sharma

Chairman, Central Electricity Authority : Mr. D V Khera

Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) : Mr.

Kuldeep Goel

Chairman, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) : Mr. R S P Sinha

Chairman, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) : Mr. Subodh Bhargava

Director General, Maruti Udyog Limited : Mr. S Nakanashi

Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL (India) : Mr. BC Tripathi (August 1, 2009)

Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Food Corporation of India (FCI) : Mr. Deepak

Kumar Panwar (November 6, 2008)

Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) :

Mr. M S Manchanda

Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) : Mr. E Sridharan

Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) : Mr. Ajay Shankar

Chairman, National Highway Authority of India : Mr. Pradeep Kumar

Chairman, HUDCO : Mr. K L Dhingra

Chairman and Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) : Mr.

RS Sharma (May 1, 2008)

Chairman and Managing Director, National Aviation Company of India Ltd. (NACIL)

: Mr. Arvind jadhav (May 1, 2009)

Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL : Mr. B Prasada Rao

Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India : Mr. N M Borah

HEADS OF BANKS AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS

Governor, Reserve bank of India (RBI) : Mr. Duvvuri Subbaroa

Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : Mr. SSN Moorthy (January 31,

2009)

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : Mr. CB Bhave (February

14, 2008)

Chairman, Central Board of Excise and customs : Mr. V Sridhar (July 31, 2009)

Director General, Indian, Institute of Foreign Trade : Mr. Prabir Sengupta

Chairman, NABARD : Mr. Y S P Thorat

Chairman, State Bank of Indian (SBI) : Mr. O.P. Bhatt

President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Mr.

Harsh Pati Singhania

Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) : Mr. T S Vijayan

President, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) : Mr. Venu srinivasan (March

31, 2009)

President, NASSCOM : Mr. Som Mittal

Chairman, NASSCOM : Mr. Pramod Bhasin (April 2, 2009)

President, ASSOCHAM : Mr. Sajjan Jindal

President, IFFCO : Mr. Surendra Kumar Jakhar

President, State Trading Corporation (STC) : Mr. Arvind Pandalai

President, National Manufacturing competitiveness Council : Mr. V Krishnamurthy

President, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) of India : Mr. P K Das

Chairman, South Asian Federation of Accountants : Mr. Ashok Chandok

Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority : Mr. J Harinarajan

Chairman, IDBI : Mr. V P Shetty

HEADS OF BOARDS & COUNCILS

Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board : Ms. Rajni Patil

Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) : Mr. D N Tripathi

Chairman, ICSSR : Mr. Andre Beteille

Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

: Mr. Ishar Judge Ahluwalia

President, ICCR : Dr. Karan Singh (Resigned)

Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU : Mr. V N Rajasekharan Pillai

Prof. Krishan Kumar : Director, NCERT

Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) : Mr. V Rajagopalan

Chairman, Central Social Welfare Board : Ms. Prema Cariappa (June 16, 2008)

Chairman, Railway Board : Mr. S S Khurana

Chairman, National Shipping Board : Mr. V.K. Khanna

Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : Dr. Amrita Patel

Chairman, Company Law Board : Mr. Justice Ajay Kumar Banerji

Chairman, 13th Finance Commission : Mr. Vijay L Kelkar

HEADS OF ORGANISATION : ARTS & FILMS

Chairman, Sahitya Akademi : Mr. Sunil Gangopadhyay

Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi : Mr. Ram Niwas Mirdha

Chairman, National Film Development Corporation : Mr. Om Puri (April 2008)

Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification : Ms. Shramili Tagore

Chairperson, Children’s Film Society of India : Ms. Nandita Das (July 31, 2009)

President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) : Mrs. Kapila

Vatsyayan

Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi : Mr. Ashok Bajpai

Director, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) : Mr. Tripurari Sharan

Director General, Doordarshan : Mr. Naveen Kumar

Director General, AIR : Mr. T R Malakar

HEADS OF SPORTS ORGANISATIONS

President, Indian Olympic Association : Mr. Suresh Kalmadi (Since 1996)

President, All India Sports Council : Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhotra

President, BCCI : Mr. Shashank Manohar

President, Sports Authority of India : Mr. V K Mittal

Director General, SAI : Mr. Shyam Chatterjee

President, All India Football Federation : Mr. Praful Patel (October 20, 2009)

President, Indian Wrestling Federation : Mr. M S Malik

President, Fencing Federation of India : Mr. Arvind Khanna

President, Badminton Association of India : Mr. VK Verma (since 1998)

President, Tennis Association of India : Mr. yashwant Sinha (since 2000)

President, Table Tennis Association of India : Mr. Ajay Chautala (since 2001)

President, Archery Association of India : Mr. VK Malhotra (Since 1972)

HEADS OF PRESS INSTITUTIONS

Chairman, Press Council of India : Mr. Justice G N Ray

Director Press Institute of India : Mr. Ajit Bhattacharjea

Chairman, United News of India : Mr. Ravindra Kumar

President, Indian Newspapers Society : Mr. T Venkattraman Reddy (September 24,

2009)

Chairman, Press Trust of India : Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra (August 27, 2009)

Chairperson, Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) : Mr. Subroto Chattopadhyaya

(September 2009)

Register General of Newspapers in India : Mr. P B Roy

Chairman, Copyright Board : Mr. S Ramaiya

HEADS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations : Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri

(April 2009)

India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to WTO : Mr. K M Chandrasekhar

Chairman, University Grant Commission (UGC) : Mr. Sukhdeo Thorat

Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Mr. Vinit Joshi

Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) : Mr. Damodar Acharya

Chairman, UPSC : Mr. DP Agarwal

Chairman, SSC : Mr. NK Raghupathy

Director General of Archaeological Survey of India : Mr. Anshu Vaish