Persons in News (PIN) September 2015
We have collected a list
of important persons from the month of September. The list includes Personalities
from the events of National, International, Dead, new appointments and sports.
Hope It will be useful
for your upcoming competitive exams !!
Ashok
Sridharan
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan on 14 September 2015 became
the first Person of Indian Origin (PIO) to be elected as the mayor of Bonn in Germany.
He will officially take charge on 21 October 2015.
He was born in Bonn in 1965 to an Indian Diplomat and
German mother.Ashok Sridharan, a mayoral candidate of Chancellor Angela
Merkelled Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has comprehensively won the
election in Bonn, becoming the first person of Indian origin to occupy the
mayor's office in a major German city.
Anjuly Duggal
The government has nominated Anjuly Chib Duggal, secretary
in the department of financial services, to the board of the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) with effect from September 3. Duggal, who was appointed as financial
services secretary on September 1, replaces Hasmukh Adhia who has become the
revenue secretary.
Ashwani Lohani
Ashwani Lohani took over as Air India’s Chairman and
Managing Director on 31st August, 2015.
Aadesh Shrivastava
Bollywood singercomposer Aadesh Shrivastava who was
battling cancer passed away on 4th September. Over the course of his career, Shrivastava had composed
music for over 100 Hindi films.
Abdul Bari Siddiqui
Senior leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was on 23
September 2015 elected as President of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA). He was chosen as the
President after an election.
Chandrashekhar Patil
After the assassination of eminent writer and
rationalist Dr MM Kalburgi in Dharward Kannada writer Chandrashekhar Patil aka
Champa has decided to return his Pampa Award to protest Kalburgi’s assassination.
E Sreedharan
E Sreedharan also known
as ‘Metro Man' has been invited to the United Nations' High Level Advisory Group on
Sustainable Transport (HLAGST). His service will be initially for a period of three
years and Sreedharan has accepted the offer.
Gangadhar Darbha
Algorithmic trade specialist Gangadhar Darbha, and
consultant of RBI, passed away on 11thSeptember. He had joined RBI as a consultant only on September 1. Before
this he was working with Japanese brokerage Nomura Securities, where he was an
Executive Director.
J Manjula
J Manjula was appointed as the first woman director
general of the Defence Research and Development Organization's (DRDO) Electronics
and Communication Systems cluster on Wednesday.
J Manjula an Outstanding Scientist took charge of the
office from Dr KD Nayak, who held additional charge as Director General
(Electronic and Communication Systems)
She worked with the Integrated Electronic Warfare
cluster of DRDO's Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, (DLRL) Hyderabad,
for 26 years.
MM Kalburg
Senior Kannada writer and former vicechancellor of
Kannada University Dr. M. M. Kalburgi was shot dead in Dharwad in the morning on 30th August. He was shot
dead by unidentified persons in his residence in Dharwad and rushed to the
civil hospital, where he was declared dead. The 77 year old Kannada epigraphist
and renowned scholar of vachana literature Kalburgi was awarded the Sahitya
Akademi award, Nrupatunga Award and Pampa award for his contribution to Kannada
literature.
Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull was on
15th September sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister; Becoming the country's
fifth premier in eight years after an internal revolt in the ruling Liberal
Party forced Tony Abbott to quit.
P.V. Chandran
P.V. Chandran was elected
president of the Indian
Newspaper Society for 2015-16 on Friday. The annual general meeting of the INS here chose
him to succeed Kiran B. Vadodaria.
Mr. Chandran represents
Grihalakshmi, a Malayalam magazine published by the Mathrubhumi group of
publications, of which he is a whole-time director.
Ramesh Chand
Renowned Agriculture expert Professor Ramesh Chand has
been appointed as new member of Niti Aayog. He has been working as Director of National
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP) here, since
2010.
Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has approved the
appointment of Prof Ramesh Chand as full-time member in the Niti Aayog.
He is also a member of a task force on agriculture
development under Niti Aayog.
Rajiv Mehrishi
Senior IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Home secretary as his previous
assignment was that of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs with the
Ministry of Finance. Mehrishi replaces L C Goyal who sought voluntary
retirement after taking over the charge seven months ago . The appointment of
Mehrishi is for a period of two years. His previous assignment was that of
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs with the Ministry of Finance. The
post of Union Home Secretary has a fixed tenure of two years. LC Goyal has been
appointed as the CMD, ITPO.
R Sampanthan
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan on 3
September 2015 became the first tamilian to lead the opposition of in
the Sri Lankan parliament after a gap of 32 years.
Shashidhar Sinha
Shashidhar Sinha CEO, IPG Mediabrands, was unanimously
elected as Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 201516. He was
elected at the bureau’s 67th Annual General Meeting. I Venkat of Eenadu was
unanimously elected as Deputy Chairman.
Tony Abbott
Australian Prime Minister
Tony Abbott was dramatically ousted from power by Challenger Malcolm Turnbull in an
internal party vote.
Source:The Indian
Express, The Hindu,PIB