Appointments in August 2015

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1. Raghav Chandra took charge as the Chairman of NHAI

2. Ratan P Watal took charge as Union Finance Secretary

3. Manish Sisodia got additional charge of Law Ministry of Delhi

4. Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Union Home secretary

5. Tennis Player Novak Djokovic appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF

6. Girish Sahni assumed charge as Director General of CSIR

7. Indian-American Vince Chhabria appointed as a full-time federal judge by Obama

8. Amol Palekar appointed as Chairman of India's Oscar jury

9. Noted academician Amitabh Mattoo appointed as Advisor to J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

10. Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

11. Vassiliki Thanou sworn in as first female Prime Minister of Greece

12. Ashwani Lohani appointed as CMD of Air India Limited

13. Ajit Kumar Seth appointed as Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board

14. OP Rawat appointed as Election Commissioner of India

15. Jayant Patel appointed as acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court

16. Indian-American Atul Keshap appointed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives

17. Iqbal Ahmed Ansari appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court

18. Justice M L Tahaliyani sworn in as Lokayukta of Maharashtra

19. Ram Nath Kovind sworn in as Governor of Bihar

20. Acharya Dev Vrat sworn-in as 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh

21. Union Government extends term of RajanS Katoch as Director of ED for 3rd time