Persons in News February 2015

Name
Leonard Nimoy
Amitava Roy
Ratan Tata

Xi Jinping

Aloysius Vincent
Ravi Chaudhary

Rana Bhagwandas
Takahiro Hachigo

Nitish Kumar
Purnendu Dasgupta

Tapan Misra
Maheshwar Sahu

Anil Kumble
Nirad Mahapatra
Rashad Hussain

Kalindi Charan
Behera
Daggubati
Ramanaidu

Hints
Acclaimed US actor Leonard Nimoy passed away on 27
February 2015 in Los Angeles.
Justice Amitava Roy has sworn in as a judge of the Supreme
Court (SC).
Ex-chairman of the Tata Group Ratan Tata has been honoured
with Doctorate of Automotive Engineering by the Clemson
University.
Chi as P eside t Xi Ji pi g has u eiled a e politi al
theory, grouped into four slogans also known as the four
comprehensives.
Veteran cinematographer and multilingual director Aloysius
Vincent passed away on 25 February 2015 in Chennai,
Ravi Chaudhary, an Indian American has been appointed as
Executive director for Regions and Center Operations at the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Rana Bhagwandas
passed away in Karachi, Pakistan.
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co has appointed Takahiro
Hachigo as its new President and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO).
Nitish Kumar has sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar
for the 4th time.
Purnendu Dasgupta, an Indian-American has won 2015
American Chemical Society (ACSs) Division of Analytical
Chemistry J. Calvin Giddings Award.
Eminent scientist Tapan Misra has been appointed the Chief of
ISROs Spa e Appli atio s Ce t e SAC , Ah eda ad Guja at.
Retired IAS officer Maheshwar Sahu from Gujarat has been
appointed as an independent director on the board of Mukesh
Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
Former India Captain and ace spinner Anil Kumble has been
chosen to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Eminent filmmaker from Odisha Nirad Mahapatra passed
away in Mumbai.
Rashad Hussain, an Indian-American has been appointed
United States (US) Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic
Counterterrorism Communications.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice-President and former Odisha
Minister Kalindi Charan Behera passed away at Bhubaneswar.
Veteran multilingual film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu has
passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana. He was 78 and was
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Persons in News February 2015

Kolinda GrabarKitarovic
Rajinder Puri
Punit Renjen
Faisal Siddiqui
Raosaheb Ramrao
Patil
Louis Jourdan
Arvind Kejriwal
Balasubramaniam
Venkataramani
Ashish Agrawal
Kesava Reddy
Amartya Sen

Naveen Chopra
Damyant Singh
Atmaram Bhende
Nickolay Mladenov
Zoe
Konstantopoulou
Ajay Banga

LC Goyal
Roopa Kudva
Dr. Zakir A. Naik
Hindol Sengupta

suffering from prostate cancer.

C oatias fi st fe ale P eside t Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was
sworn in on 15 February 2015.
Veteran journalist, cartoonist and political activist Rajinder
Puri has passed away on 15 February 2015 in New Delhi.
Punit Renjen was appointed as the Chief executive officer
(CEO) of accounting giant Deloittes glo al ope atio s.
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has appointed Faisal
Siddiqui as new regional President of HTC South Asia.
Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, Raosaheb Ramrao
Patil has passed away in Mumbai.
French actor Louis Jourdan has passed away on 14 February
2015 in Los Angeles, United States.
Arvind Kejriwal was sworn-in as 8th Chief Minister of Delhi.
Balasubramaniam Venkataramani has been appointed as new
MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).
Micromax Informatics has appointed Ashish Agrawal as its
new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Renowned Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy has passed away in
Nizamabad district of Telangana.
Eminent Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
has been awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John
Maynard Keynes Prize 2015.
Vodafone India has appointed Naveen Chopra as Chief
Operating Officer (COO).
German sportswear major Adidas Group has appointed
Damyant Singh as its Brand Director in India.
Veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor Atmaram
Bhendehas passed away in Pune, Maharashtra.
UN appoints Nickolay Mladenov as new Special Coordinator
for Middle East peace
Greek Parliament has elected Zoe Konstantopoulou, a
member of the left wing party Syriza as its new President.
United States (US) President Barack Obama has appointed
Indian CEO Ajay Banga as member of the Advisory Committee
for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN).
LC Goyal takes charge as the Union Home Secretary.
Infosys has appointed Roopa Kudva as an independent
member on its board of directors.
I dias D . )aki A. Naik has o the p estigious
5 Ki g
Faisal International Prize (KFIP) in category of Service to Islam.
Indian Journalist- ite Hi dol Se guptas ook Re asti g

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Persons in News February 2015

India: How E t ep e eu ship is Re olutio izi g the Wo lds

La gest De o a , has ee sho tlisted fo the U.S.
prestigious Hayek Prize, 2015.
Mrinalini Mukherjee Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist Mrinalini Mukherjee has
passed away in New Delhi.
Nicol David
Mala sias Ni ol Da id sets o ld No. s uash e o d.
Richard von
Ge a s fo e P eside t Ri ha d o Weizsae ke has
Weizsaecker
passed away
Carl Djerassi
Renowned chemist Carl Djerassi has passed away in San
Francisco, United States (US).
Abdul Jabbar
Abdul Jabbar sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes in
Bangladesh
Mohamed Nasheed Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed arrested in
Male under anti-terror law
Sumitra Mahajan
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan named in LIMCA Book of
Records
AB De Villiers
South African cricket player hit his fastest 150 in ODI against
West Indies in 64 balls in World Cup Pool B match, which was
held at Sydney.
Chris Gayle
famous West Indies cricket Chris Gayle, became the first
batsman to hit double century in World Cup. He scored 215
runs in 147 balls against Zimbabwe at Canberra, Australia.
R.C Sakthi
Famous Tamil Director R.C Sakthi has passed away at his age
of 76 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
K Sripavan
Appointed as the new Chief Justice of Srilanka.
Nandita Chatterjee
She took over as new Secretary(Housing & Urban Poverty
Alleviation).
Angelina Jolie
She was named the most admired woman in the world, as per
a poll over 23 countries conducted by YouGov.
Usha Thorat
She will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to
evaluate applications received for small finance banks.
Nachiket Mor
He will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for
payment banks.
Cyrus S Poonawalla He was named EY entrepreneur of the year.
M O Garg
He has assumed charge as director general of the Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
Shubhajit Sen
Micromax has appointed Shubhajit Sen as its chief marketing
officer (CMO)
Anirban Lahiri
Indian golfer, he won Malaysian Open 2015. He also won Best
Professional golfer of the year award during Feb 2015.
Tony Tan
Singapore president Tony Tan arrived in India on 4-day visit
during February 2015.

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Krishna Chaudhary
Mads Nissen
Sunil Chhetri and
Bala Devi
Yogaraj CP
Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly
Dilip Shanghvi
Somdev Devvarman
Kshatrapati Shivaji
Arun K Singh
Kannan Ramesh

Persons in News February 2015

Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary took charge as the

Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
He won World Press Photo of the year 2014.
They were presented with 2014 AIFF Player of the Year award.
Indian yoga teacher, he sets Guinness record in Hong Kong for
performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours non-stop.
He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping sum of Rs
16 crores in the IPL 2015 auction.
He was made Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) honorary life
member.
Sun Pharma's founder and MD, he overtook Mukesh Ambani
as the richest Indian.
He retained the Delhi Open title.
He took over as new CMD of SIDBI.
He is set to e I dias e t a assado to the US.
Indian-origin lawyer, he was appointed as a Judicial
Co
issio e to Si gapo es Sup e e Cou t e h.

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