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Appointments of the
Month chairperson of the 21st Law Commission.
29 March: Indian-American Nandita Bakshi has At present, Justice Chauhan is heading the
been appointed the President and Chief Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal.
Executive Oficer of Bank of the West, a 11 March: Sir Dominic Asquith will be the new
unit of French banking giant BNP Paribas. British High Commissioner in India. He
22 March: Noted designer Ritu will replace Sir James Bevan.
Beri has been appointed 05 March: Independent investor
advisor to the Khadi Sunil Sabharwal
and Village Industries has become the irst
Commission (KVIC) I n d i a n - A m e r i c a n
for promotion of khadi to occupy a key
in India and across the world. administration post at
21 March: The Confederation of Indian Industry Northern the IMF. Sabharwal
Regional Council appointed Rumjhum assumed the position as Alternate
Chatterjee as the irst woman chairperson Executive Director of the International
and Environmental activist Sumant Sinha as Monetary Fund. This is one of the most
the Deputy-Chairman of CII NR. powerful positions in the International
Monetary Fund.
16 March: An Indian-origin Sikh
Amar Singh has become 05 March: Andrew Holness sworn in as the new
the Police Commissioner prime minister of Jamaica after his
of Malaysia's capital Kuala general election win.
Lumpur, the irst Sikh to 04 March: Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of
achieve the top police post Alphabet - the parent company of Google,
in the Muslim-majority country. He will has been chosen by Pentagon to head a new
succeed Tajuddin Mohamed. advisory board on defence innovation.
15 March: Noted Indian scholar and plant physiologist 03 March: Nepal appointed Ek Narayan Aryal as the
H Deep Saini has been appointed the country's Consul General in Kolkata.
next Vice Chancellor of the prestigious 02 March: Vice Admiral HCS Bisht takes over as
University of Canberra. the Flag Oficer Commanding-in-Chief,
14 March: Mr Vishvas Vidu has been appointed as Eastern Naval Command.
next High Commissioner of India to Fiji. 01 March: Shri Dinesh Sharma,
Vidu is presently Deputy Chief of Mission Additional Secretary,
in Indian embassy in Cairo. Department of
14 March: In exercise of the powers conferred by Economic Affairs,
clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution Ministry of Finance
of India, the President appointed Shri and India’s Governor
Songkhupchung Serto, to be an Additional to the International
Judge of the Manipur High Court for a Fund for Agriculture Development
period of two years. (IFAD), Rome has unanimously been
12 March: Egyptian former foreign elected as the Chairperson of the Governing
minister Ahmed Abul- Council of IFAD for a period of two years
Gheit was appointed as in its 39th Session held in Rome,Italy on
the new secretary general 17th and 18th February, 2016.
of the Arab League. 01 March: Prime Minister Narendra
According to Article 12 of the Arab League Modi appointed Shri
Pact, the secretary general is to be appointed Vinod Rai, Former
upon the vote of two-thirds of the member CAG of India, as the
states. Currently it has 21 members. Chairman of Banks

12 March: Union Government Board Bureau (BBB).
appointed former Supreme
Court judge Justice Balbir
Singh Chauhan as the


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