appointments

Plant-based meat brand UnCrave signs Vir Das as ambassador

UnCrave, the plant-based meat brand by Licious, unveiled popular comic, actor, and musician Vir Das as its Brand Ambassador. UnCrave understands how meat-lovers feel without meat and fulfills this gap with the most meat-like, vegetarian solution through its plant protein-based...

K Satyanarayana Raju named as new MD and CEO of Canara Bank

The Union Government has appointed K Satyanarayana Raju as its Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank, with immediate effect. He will be replacing L V Prabhakar who demitted office on December 31, 2022. He joined the erstwhile Vijaya Bank...

EAC-PM: Shamika Ravi appointed as member in EAC-PM

Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Economics professor and researcher Shamika Ravi has been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM). She is currently non-resident senior fellow of the governance studies program at...

Morgan Stanley names Arun Kohli new country head for India

Morgan Stanley named Arun Kohli as the new India head Morgan Stanley named Arun Kohli as the new India head to replace Sanjay Shah, a veteran of 26 years at the firm, who is retiring. Kohli, currently the chief operating...

Puma India named Indian Captain Harmanpreet Kaur as its brand ambassador

Sports brand Puma India announced roping in women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur as its latest brand ambassador. As part of the partnership terms, Harmanpreet will endorse the brand’s footwear, apparel and accessories throughout the year. With this, Harmanpreet joins...

UPSC recommends Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi As Drugs Controller General Of India

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recommended the name of Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi as the new Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted interviews for the...

Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as new CEO

Unilever has announced the appointment of Hein Schumacher as its new Chief Executive Officer. Hein will replace Alan Jope, who announced in September 2022 his intention to retire from Unilever. Hein is currently CEO of the global dairy and nutrition...

Naresh Lalwani takes charge as General Manager of Central Railway

Naresh Lalwani has taken over as the new General Manager of Central Railway. He is a senior officer of the Indian Railway Engineering Service of 1985 batch. Before taking over as General Manager, Central Railway, he was working as Senior...

Toyota names Koji Sato new CEO as Akio Toyoda takes chairman role

Toyota Motor Corp The chief executive of Toyota Motor Corp, Akio Toyoda will step down as head of the company his grandfather founded, the Japanese automaker. Koji Sato, the automaker's 53-year-old chief branding officer, who is also president of Toyota's...

Tata Trusts names Siddharth Sharma CEO

The philanthropic arm of the Tata group and largest shareholder in the group holding company, Tata Trusts named Siddharth Sharma, as its CEO and Aparna Uppaluri, as chief operating officer. The appointments of the new CEO and COO will come...