Mukesh Ambani
- Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani became the first Indian and the only Asian to enter the Global top 10 richest billionaire list.
Chris Gayle
- He is a West Indian Opener batsman.
- Recently he became the first player in the World to hit 500 sixes in International cricket.
- He also became 4th batsman and second from the Caribbean after Brian Lara, to reach the milestone of 10,000 ODI runs.
- He also reached his fifty in 19 balls and became the fastest West Indian to reach the milestone thus surpassing Darren Sammy's record.
Ajay Narayan Jha
- He became the member of 15th Finance Commission in place of Shaktikanta Das.
- He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.
- He was Finance Secretary to the Government of India and has served as Secretary to the 14th Finance Commission.
Usha Thorat
- RBI has constituted a task force headed by its former deputy governor, Usha Thorat to examine issues related to offshore rupee markets and recommend policy measures.
Hasmukh Adhia
- The ex-finance secretary has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda.
- He has been assigned the post of part-time non-official director and non-executive chairman by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
- He would serve for 3 years.
Anil Kumble
- He is a former India captain and great leg spinner.
- He was re-appointed ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket Committee Chairman for a final 3 year term in a board meeting of cricket council in Dubai.
Randhir Singh
- He has been appointed as the Chairman of Coordination Committee of 2022 Asian Games which will be hosted in Hangzhou, China.
- He is currently an Honorary Life Vice President Of the OCA and he is a five time Olympian Shooter.
Soumya Swaminathan
- She has been appointed as Chief Scientist at WHO.
- She is currently a Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Ajiy Kumar Mohanty
- He has been appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
- Currently, he is Director of Physics Group, BARC and Director of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
Padma Lakshmi
- She is an Indian – American television personality, supermodel, food expert, author and executive producer of Top Chef.
- She has been named as Goodwill Ambassador of UNDP.
Subhash Chandra Garg
- He is an IAS officer from the 1983 batch of Rajasthan cadre.
- He has been appointed as the Finance Secretary.
Raghuram Rajan
- He is a former RBI Governor.
- He has been awarded Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018 for his outstanding contribution towards national integration.
Padamnaban Gopalan
- He is a social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu.
- He is founder of No Food Waste.
- He has won the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian Region.
M.R. Kumar
- He has been appointed as the Chairman of LIC.
Amitabh Kant
- He is CEO of NITI Aayog.
- He is going to head the National Mision on Transformative mobility and Storage.
Pramod Sawant
- He was former speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly.
- He has sworn as Chief Minister of Goa.
Justice P.C. Ghosh
- Former SC judge became the country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman.
Gauri Sawant
- She is a transgender social activist.
- She became the first Transgender Election Ambassador.
Vice Admiral Kamarbir Singh
- He will take over as next Chief of Naval Staff with effect from May 31, 2019.
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