Prof. Satish Dhawan

Prof. Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920–3 January 2002) was an Indian rocket scientist who was born in Srinagar, India and educated in India and the United States. He is considered by the Indian scientific community to be the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India and one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers.

M G K Menon

Prof. M G K Menon, is presently Advisor in the Department of Space/ Indian  Space Research Organization (ISRO).  He is President of Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1990- ).  Prof. Menon took his Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, UK in 1953, He has a large number of honorary doctorates from universities in India and abroad

Dr.Vikram Sarabhai

Father of the Indian space program has put India on the international map in the field of space research. Dr.Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat State in western India.

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS

1. S Jaishankar - New Indian envoy to the US replaced Nirupama Rao.

S Jaishankar is a former envoy to China.

2. Siddhartha Birla - Next FICCI President. He will replace Naina Lal Kidwai.

3. Anup Wadhawan - New Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

4. Usha Ananthasubramanian - CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank

5. T.P. Seetharam - New envoy to UAE (United Arab Emirates)

6. Krishna Mohan Sahni - Chairman of the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India

7. P.S. Raghavan - Next Russian Ambassador. He replace Ajai Malhotra

8. Arup Raha - Next Chief of the Indian Air Force.

9. Priyanka Chopra – Brand Ambassador of Guess

10. Terry Walsh - Head coach of Indian men’s hockey team

11. Arunendra Kumar - New Chairman, Railway Board.

12. J&K Bank - Mushtaq Ahmed - Chairman & CEO.

13. Gireesh B. Pradhan - New Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).

14. Tarun Chugh - MD of PNB Metlife

Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission founder Swami Nityananda Maharaj passes away

Swami Nityananda Maharaj, founder secretaryof Ramakrishana Vivekananda Mission in Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas, passed away on Sunday. He was 82 and suffering from kidney—related ailments. Sources at the monastic order, which he founded in 1976, said he was admitted at AIIMS in Delhi recently and had recovered somewhat, before returning to Barrackpore.

President Pranab Mukherjee sent a message saying that since one does not mourn the death of a monk who has renounced the world, he would take this opportunity to hope that the work initiated by him expands manifold in the coming days.

B.G. Srinivas and Pravin Rao appointed Infosys Presidents

B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao appointed as presidents of the Infosys Ltd Company on 3 January 2014.

B. G. Srinivas will focus on global markets while U. B. Pravin Rao will focus on global delivery and service innovation. The financial services, insurance, manufacturing, engineering services, energy & communications, Infosys public services, Infosys Lodestone, strategic global sourcing, marketing and alliances will report to Srinivas

Retail, consumer packaged goods and logistics, life sciences, resources & utilities, services, growth markets, cloud and mobility, quality & productivity and Infosys Leadership Institute will report to Rao