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Eric Lenseigne is new Thales India Country
Head |
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January
2012
New Delhi. The French military
technology giant Thales has appointed Mr
Eric Lenseigne as its new India Country
head and Managing Director.
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Rajiv is new CISF chief |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Indian Police
Service (IPS) officer Rajiv, who goes by
his first name, is the new chief of the
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
that guards India's vital installations
including airports and nuclear establishments.
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Vice Admiral Thapliyal aapointed Navy's Chief
of Personnel |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Vice Admiral
Anurag Gopalan Thapliyal, Commandant of
Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala since September
2009, has been appointed as the Chief of
Personnel of the Indian Navy.
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Vice Admiral Murlidharan is new DG, Coast
Guard |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Vice Admiral
M P Muralidharan has taken over as the new
Director General of the Indian Coast Guard
(ICG) from 6 Jan 2012.
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Arvind Gupta is Director General, IDSA |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Dr Arvind Gupa
has taken over as Director General of India's
premier think tank, the Institute for Defence
Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on 5 Jan 2012.
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Trivedi to continue as Chairman, National
Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention
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December
2011
New Delhi. The Appointment
Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved
Dec 28 the extension of appointment of Dr.
Prajapati Trivedi as Secretary (Performance
Management) and Chairman, National Authority
for Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet
Secretariat, beyond 1 Jan 2012 and till
he attains the age of 60 years, i.e. August,
2013.
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Ajay Chadha is Special Secretary (IS) in Home
Ministry |
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December
2011
Mr Ajay Chadha, a 1977
batch IPS officer, has been appointed as
Special Secretary (Internal Security) in
the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Admiral Nirmal Verma takes over as Chairman,
Chiefs of Staff Committee |
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August
2011
New Delhi. Chief of Naval
Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma took over as
the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
(COSC) today.
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Dr Subhananda Rao is DRDO’s Chief Controller
(Aero) |
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August
2011
Bangalore. Dr. A. Subhananda
Rao, Distinguished Scientist at DRDO, has
taken over as Chief Controller (Aero). He
will be based at Bangalore.
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New IAF vice chief, Eastern air commander
take charge |
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August
2011
New Delhi/Shillong. Air
Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar, an ace MiG-21
and MiG-27 fighter pilot, took over as the
new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF),
succeeding Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne
who took charge as the IAF's Chief of Staff
yesterday.
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S K Sharma is new Defence Secretary
Shekhar Aggarwal is new Secretary Defence
Production |
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July
2011
New Delhi. Mr Shashi Kant
Sharma has been appointed as the next Defence
Secretary beginning August 1.
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Vice Admiral Sinha takes over as IDS chief |
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July
2011
New Delhi. Vice Admiral
Shekhar Sinha, the senior-most naval aviator,
has taken over as the Chief of Integrated
Defence Staff to the chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff committee (CISC).
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Ambassador Ranjan Mathai is India's new Foreign
Secretary |
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June
2011
New Delhi. Mr Ranjan Mathai,
at present India's Ambassador in Paris,
has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary
from August 1.
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R K Singh is new Home Secretary |
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June
2011
New Delhi. Mr Raj Kumar
Singh has been appointed as the new Home
Secretary of India.
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Ajit Seth is the new Cabinet Secretary |
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May
2011
New Delhi. Mr Ajit Kumar
Seth has been appointed as the next Cabinet
Secretary to the Indian Government. He will
succeed K M Chandrasekar, who retires next
month.
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Pranay Sahaya appointed as Secretary |
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May
2011
Agartala. Pranay Sahaya,
a special Director General in the Border
Security Force (BSF) has been appointed
Secretary (security) in the Cabinet Secretariat
in New Delhi.
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Vivek Lall joins Reliance |
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April
2011
New Delhi. Noted aeronautics
expert Dr Vivek Lall has joined the Mumbai-based
Mukesh Dhirubai Ambani’s Reliance group.
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Vijayalakshmy K Gupta take over as Secretary
(Defence Finance) |
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April
2011
New Delhi. Mrs Vijayalakshmy
K Gupta took over as the Secretary (Defence
Finance) Apri 1 following the retirement
of Mrs Nita Kapoor.
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Vivek Lall quits Boeing to join an Indian
Aerospace company |
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March
2011
New Delhi. Dr Vivek Lall,
the soft-spoken Vice President for Boeing’s
Defence, Space and Security operations in
India, is quitting the world’s biggest aerospace
company to join one of the top 10 Indian
companies venturing into all these fields.
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Vijayalakshmi Gupta is new Secretary Defence
Finance |
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March
2011
New Delhi. Mrs Vijayalakshmi
K Gupta, IDAS 1974 batch, has been appointed
as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry
of Defence from April 1.
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Amit Cowshish is new Financial Advisor for
Arms Acquisitions in MoD |
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January
2011
United Nations. UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has appointed Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman
as Director of the United Nations Information
Centre (UNIC) in New Delhi, succeeding Shalini
Dewan.
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Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman is new Director of UN
Information Centre, New Delhi |
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January
2011
New Delhi. Mr Amit Cowshish
has been appointed as the Financial Advisor
(Acquisitions) in the Ministry of Defence,
replacing Mr S Chandrasekaran.
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Air Marshal Kumaria is the new Chief of Western
Air Command |
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January
2011
New Delhi. Air Marshal
DC Kumaria has taken over as the Air Officer
Commanding–in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western
Air Command (WAC) 1 January 2011, succeeding
Air Marshal NAK Browne.
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Vice Admiral Joshi is new Chief of Integrated
Defence Staff |
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January
2011
New Delhi. Vice Admiral
DK Joshi has taken over as the Chief of
Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs
of Staff Committee (CISC) from Air Marshal
SC Mukul, who retired Dec 31st.
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Ace fighter pilot Browne is new IAF Vice Chief
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January
2011
New Delhi. Air Marshal
N.A.K. Browne took over as the new Vice
Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF), succeeding
Air Marshal P K Barbora, who retired a day
earlier.
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Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar is the new Director General,
Artillery |
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August
2010
New Delhi. Lt Gen Vinod
Nayanar, AVSM, has assumed the appointment
of Director General, Artillery.
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Lt Gen Chander Prakash is new UN Force Commander
for MONUSCO |
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July
2010
New York. UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General
Chander Prakash of India as the new Force
Commander for the United Nations Organization
Stabilization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (MONUSCO).
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Air Marshal Dipankar Ganguly takes over as
DGMS (AIR) |
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June
2010
New Delhi. Air Marshal
Dipankar Ganguly VSM & Bar took over as
Director General Medical Services (Air)
recently.
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Gen V K Singh takes over as Army Chief |
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August
2009
New Delhi. Gen Vijay Kumar
Singh took over as Chief of the Army Staff
of Indian Army Mar 31.
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Dr Saraswat is the new DRDO Head |
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August
2009
New Delhi. Eminent missile
scientist Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat will be
the new head of the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO).
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Pradeep Kumar is new Defence Secretary |
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August
2009
New Delhi. Mr Pradeep Kumar
has taken over as the new Defence Secretary,
succeeding Mr Vijay Singh.
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Admiral Mehta and Vice Admiral Verma at the
Eastern Naval Command |
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August
2009
Vishakhapatnam. Outgoing
Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta,
with his successor, Vice Admiral Admiral
Nirmal Verma, Flag Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, paid a farewell visit to the Eastern
Naval Command on August 12-13.
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Vice Admiral Anup Singh AVSM NSM |
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August
2009
Vice-Admiral Anup Singh,
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
(Operations), has been appointed as the
new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of
the Eastern Naval Command based at Visakhapatnam.
He will take over on August 31.
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