KBC's 2nd Day Episode Questions :

Pakistan Chief Justice of Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry

disqualify Yousaf Raza Gilani as prime minister.
Women's Boxing is the sport made it's Olympic Debut in London Olympics
2012.
Srenivasan Ramanujan's Birthday is declared as the National Mathematics
Day by Dr Manmohan Singh.
V S Ramadevi is the only woman to become Chief Election Commissioner of
India.

Hoggs Boson is also known as God Particle founded in

Geneva.

List of Top Mobile operators in the world

1. China Mobile
- Country - China
- Subscribers 666 Million
- Ownership Government of China (75%) & public (25%)

2. Vodafone
- Country - England
- Subscribers 444 Million

3. Airtel

- Country - India
- Subscribers 260 Million
- Ownership Bharti (65%), SingTel (30%), Vodafone (5%)
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine of the top 500 companies
of the world.
List of Fortune 500 for the year 2012

1. Royal Dutch Shell - Petroleum company

Country : Netherlands
Market Value : 484 Billion $
2. ExxonMobil - Petroleum company
Country - USA
Market Value - 450 Billion $
3. Walmart - Retail
Country - USA
Market Value - 447 B $
List of top Indian companies in this list
83 - Indian Oil
99 - Reliance Industries
Total 8 companies have featured in this list.
Indian Oil,
Reliance Industries,
Bharat Petroleum,
Hindustan Petroleum,
Tata Motors,
ONGC,
Tata Steel,
SBI
Fortune 500 Female PowerBrokers
Number 1 :
Meg Whitman, Hewlett - Packard (HP) CEO
Top Indian :

Number 4
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo (Pepsi), CEO

Various famous summits

G20
1st G20 summit was held at United States, Washington DC lead by George W.
Bush(President of USA)
last (7th) G20 summit was held at Los Cobas, Mexico lead by Felipe Calderon (President of
Mexico)
Next (8th) G20 summit will held at Saint Petersberg, Russia lead by Vladamir
Putin(President of Russia)
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional corporation)
Last SAARC summit was held at Addu City, Maldives
Next SAARC

summit will take place at Nepal

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)

Last ASEAN summit was held at Cambodia
Next SAARC

summit will take place at Brunei

Oscar 2011
Best film
Best actor
Best
actress
Best
Director

- The knigs speech

- Collin Firth for The kings speech
- Natalie Portman for Black Swan
- Tom Hooper for The kings speech

Oscar 2012
Best film
Best actor
Best
actress
Best
Director

- The artist
- Jean Judarjin for The artist
- Mery Strip for The Iron Lady
- Michel Hazanavicius for The artist

World
Days
World Laughter
10-Jan
day
2-FebWorld wetland day
4-FebWorld Cancer day
8-MarWomens day
8-MarLiteracy Day
21-MarWorld Forestry day
22-MarWorld water day
7-AprWorld Health day
22-AprEarth day
5-MayWorld Athletics day
Commonwealth
24-May
day
31-MayAnti Tobacco day
5-JunEnviornment day
8-JunWorld Ocean day
23-JunOlympics day
1-JulDoctors day
11-JulPopulation day
12-AugYouth day
8-SepWorld literacy day
16-SepWorld ozone day
24-SepWorld heart day
27-SepWorld tourism day
16-OctWorld food day
24-OctWorld Polio day
1-DecWorld AIDS day
World
3-Dec
Conservation day
10-DecHuman Rights day
14-DecWorld Energy day

Famous Indian Awards

59th Indian National Awards 2012
Best Film : Deool (Marathi) & Kannada Film 'Byari'

Best Hindi Film : I AM

Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni (Marathi Film 'Deool')
Best Actress : Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
Best Director : Gurvinder Singh (Panjabi Film 'Anhe Ghore Da Daan')
Best Child Film : Chillar Party
Best Book : Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Balaji Vittal
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awrad 2012 (Highest award for any sports person in India)
2 winners :
Vijay Kumar (London Olympics 2012 Silver Medal winner in 25 meter pistol fire shooting)
Yogeshwar Dutt (London Olympics 2012) bronze medal winner in 60 Kg free style
wrestling)
Arjuna Awards 2012
Deepika Kumari (Archery)
Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton)
Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton)
Aditya Mehta (Billards and snooker)
Yuvraj Singh (Cricket)
Sardar Singh (Hockey)
Vikas Krishnan (Boxing)

Vishwanathan Anand was the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Java Trench, also known as Sunda Trench is the deepest point of Indian Ocean.
1 followed by 100 zeros is known as Googol.
One Byte is equal to 8 bits.
Sikkim state has the lowest population.
Aurangzeb Mughal emperor assumed the title of 'Alamgir' (Conqueror of the world)

Nitrous Oxide is commonly known as Laughing gas.

Jamshedpur is known as Steel City of India.
Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Omega is the last one.
Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana at Pawapuri (Bihar).
Apart from Russia, the territory of Turkey lies in both Europe ad Asia continents.
Iskandar Mirza was the first President of Pakistan.
Shilma hill station was the summer capital of British India.
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay was the first woman Air Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF).
'Royal Bengal', 'Sumatran', 'Malayan' and 'Siberian' are the species of Tiger.
In 1998, Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Headquarter of RBI is in Mumbai
NewZealand was the first country to give 'Right - to - vote' to women in elections.
Bankimchandra Cahtterjee wrote Vande Mataram
Kumbh Mela at Ujjain is held on the banks of Kshipra river.
Morarbad in India is known as brass city
Kharagpur (West Bengal) has the longest railway platform in the world.
Central Potato research institute is located at Shilma.
Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with Sitar.
'Daughter of the East' is the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto
Womesh Chandra Bonerjee was the first President of the Insian National Congress
Anil Kumble is the only Indian cricketer to have taken 10 wickets in an innings.
Jim Lakers is also the cricketer to taken 10 wikets in an inning and also was first individual
to take in old traffod 1956 in ashes vs Australia.
Zeenat Aman was the first Indian to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970.
The Headquarters of United Nations (UN) is located at New York City, USA.
Sharat Chandra Chatterjee wrote the famous novel 'Devdas'.
Lala Lajpat Rai presided the first session of All India Trade Union congress in 1920.

Korfball is the sport in which each team consists of 4 males and 4 females.
Fungi is the cause of infectious disease Athlete's Foot.
Tungsten is used to make Electric Bulb Filaments,
Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world.
Naxalbari Village, the birth place of Naxalite Movement, is located in West Bengal.
Sivakasi city in Tamil Nadu is famous for Fireworks.
Morarji Desai's samadhi in Ahmedabad is known as Abhay Ghat.
Lactose natural sugar is found in Milk.
On 18th March 1965, Alezey Leonov became the first person in the world to walk in the
space.
Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian woman to win Olympic Medal.
Subhash Chandra Bose founded Forward Block Political Party.
Radcliffe line is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan.
The difference between Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is
5:30 Hrs.
The observation that 'Supply creates it's own demand' is known as Say's Law.
Silver is the best conductor of Electricity among all the metals.
Virendra Sehwag is the only Indian cricketer to score Triple Century in test cricket.
Bengaluru is known as 'The Silicon Valley of India'.
In Hindu Mythology, Kamadhenu is a cow.
Services is the biggest contributor of the India's GDP.
Devika Rani Roerich is the first Recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award (The most
prestigious award in Indian cinema, given for the Life Time Achievement.)
Todar Mal was Akbar's financial adviser.
Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.
In Hindu Mythology, Airawat is an Elephant.
Jama Masjid, Delhi is the largest(biggest) mosque in India.

Old name of Delhi is Indraprastha.

Chanakya was the chief advisor of Ruler Chandragupta Maurya.
Barcelona is the football club which is all set to open Football school in India.
Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by Indian scientist
Jagadish Chandra Bose.
Danny Boyle, invented 8 Oscar award winning film, 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
At the time of independence, J. B. Kriplani was the president of the Indian National
Congress.
Nathu La Pas, which connects India and China is in Sikkim.
Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi in Delhi is known as Raj Ghat.
Kanpur is known as 'Manchester of India'.
Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India.
Patriotic song 'Saare Jahan Se Achha' is written by Muhammad Iqbal.
Abhinav Bindra won Silver Medal in Air Rifle events at the Asian Games held at Kuwait.
Bill Gates wrote the book 'Business at the speed of Thought'.
Maharana Pratap's faithful horse was Chetak.
Granite and Diamond are allotropes of Carbon.
J. K. Rowling created the fictional character Harry Potter.
Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI is India's Intelligence agency.
Tesla is the world's first Personal Supercomputer, which is 250 times faster than standard
PC.
President of India, is the supreme commander of Indian Armed Forces.
India's first Nuclear Reactor is Apsara.
Finance Secretory of India signs 1 Rupee currency notes of India.
Pascal is the unit of Pressure.
The direction of rotation of Earth on its axis is from West to East.
According to Mahabharata, Abhimanyu's mother is Subhadra.
The Line Islands that are part of the Republic of Kiribati is the country which watches the
Sunrise first. The country's nickname is "The Land Where Time Begins!"

Isotherm line connects the point on the map that have the same temperature.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first person to address United Nations in Hindi.
Vice President of India is ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Suman Sharma is the first woman in the world to fly MIG (A type of Russian fighter aircraft).
Najib Razzak is the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Yuki Bhambri is associated with Lawn Tennis.
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute(HMI) is located in Darjeeling.
Jawaharlal Nehru authored the book 'The Discovery of India'.
In first battle of Panipat, Baber defeated Ibrahim Lodhi to establish Mughals in India.
Film actor Akshay Kumar's real name is Rajeev Bhatia.
Birthplace of Gautam Buddha is Lumbini (Nepal).
Mughal emperor Shahjahan built the largest mosque, Jama Masjid in Delhi.
Freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak is also known as Lokmanya.
The book 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is the biography of industrialist J. R. D. Tata.
Chaudhary Rehmat Ali discovered the name 'Pakistan'.
Marry Ann Gomes is associated with Chess.
Micromax Mobile has withdrawn it's controversial 'Bai commercial' which poked fun at
Shiney Ahuja, after actor initiated legal action against the company.
Blue Whale is the largest living animal in the world.
Area-wise, Goa is the smallest state in India.
Indian Institute of Science (IIS) is situated in Bangalore
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute(HMI) is located in Darjeeling.
Jawaharlal Nehru authored the book 'The Discovery of India'.
In first battle of Panipat, Baber defeated Ibrahim Lodhi to establish Mughals in India.
Film actor Akshay Kumar's real name is Rajeev Bhatia.
Birthplace of Gautam Buddha is Lumbini (Nepal).
Mughal emperor Shahjahan built the largest mosque, Jama Masjid in Delhi.
Freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak is also known as Lokmanya.

The book 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is the biography of industrialist J. R. D. Tata.
Chaudhary Rehmat Ali discovered the name 'Pakistan'.
Marry Ann Gomes is associated with Chess.
Micromax Mobile has withdrawn it's controversial 'Bai commercial' which poked fun at
Shiney Ahuja, after actor initiated legal action against the company.
Blue Whale is the largest living animal in the world.
Area-wise, Goa is the smallest state in India.
Indian Institute of Science (IIS) is situated in Bangalore.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy is located in Hyderabad.
Indian IT expert Sabeer Bhatia started web based email service Hotmail in 1996.
Indian Scientist M.S.Swaminathan is known as the Father of Green Revolution in
India.
Intensity of Sound is measured in Decible.
Vallabbhai Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.
New York City is known as 'Big Apple'.
In Windows XP operating system by Microsoft, XP means Experience.
Length of the cricket pitch is 22 yards.
Before Bhubaneswar, Cuttack was the capital of Orissa.
Freedom fighter Chittranjan Das is popularly known as 'Deshbandhu'.
Center color in Rainbow is Green.
Velodrome is an arena for Track Cycling.
'Dreams from my father' and 'The Audacity of hope' books are authored by US President
Barak Obama.
The Gir Forest National Park, the only home of the Asiatic Lions is situated in Gujarat.
B. R. Ambedkar was the first Law minister of the Independent India.
Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Sahara is the largest hot desert in the
world.
In Carrom, 19 coins are used.

First indigenously developed super computer of India is Param.

Razia Sultan is the only female ruler of Delhi.
After Hindi, Bengali is the second most spoken language in India.
Liver is the heaviest organ in human body.
Phulkari embroidery is associated with Punjab.
Mahatma Gandhi Setu is India's longest river bridge build over river Ganga, in Patna.
Ganymede, the largest natural satallite in Solar system, is the natural satellite of Jupiter.
Cartoonist Pran penned the famous Indian cartoon comic character 'Chacha Chaudhary'.
Marathi newspaper Saamna is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena.
'Satyameva Jayate', the national motto of India, has been taken from Mundaka
Upanishad.
Kerela is known as 'Spice Garden of India'.
According to Ramayana, Bharat's wife is Mandavi.
By mixing equal quantities of Blue and Yellow colors, Green color is obtained.
O Blood Group is Universal Donor.
Motto of (National Cadet Corps) NCC is 'Ekta Aur Anushasan'.
Lok Sabha Speaker presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament.
Goa is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force.
Bangladesh's national anthem 'Amar Shona Bangla' is written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Retirement age of the Supreme Court judge is 65 years.
Gayatri Mantra is addressed to Hindu God Surya.

Barak Obama is from Democratic Party and his opponent Mitt Romney is from
Republican Party.
In Mumbai terror attacks on 26/11/2008 , the code name of the security forces commando
action against terrorists was Operation Black Tornado.
Classical dance of Andra Pradesh is Kuchipudi.
Vikram Sarabhai is considered to be the Father of Indian Space Program.
The headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) is located at Laussane
(Switzerland).
Death of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on 23rd March 1931 is considered as
Shahid Din in India.
3 day long festival of Tamil Nadu is Pongal.
Hydrogen is the only element whose atoms have no neutrons.
In 1581, Mughal ruler Akbar started Religious doctrine 'Din-i-llahi' (Divine Faith).
Before Hyderabad, Kurnool was the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Raja Ram Moham Roy founded Brahmo Samaj in 1828.
Gillette (brand of safety razor), Arial (laundry detergent), Duracell (batteries and flashlights),
Head & Shoulders (shampoo), Olay (Personal and beauty products), Oral-B (inter-dental products),
Vicks (cough and cold), Pantene (brand of hair care) are the products of The Procter &
Gamble company.
Asian country Thailand is known as the 'Land of White Elephants'.
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was the first education minister of independent India.
In humans, Melanin pigments are responsible for the skin color.
For his major role in development of computer chip 'Pentium', indian IT expert Vinod Dham
is called the 'Father Of Pentium'.
Solid form of Carbon Dioxide gas is known as Dry Ice.
Named after the mount of Hindu God Vishnu, 'Garuda' is the national airlines of most
Muslim populous country Indonesia.
Author of epic Mahabharata is Ved Vyas.
Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
Ramon Magsaysay Award, often considered as the Asia's Nobel Prize, is given in the
memory of Philippines President.

Royal poet of Delhi Saltanate Amir Khusro is regarded as the 'Father of Qawwali'.
Adrenaline hormone is released in body, when a person is stressed or feeling danger.
Kochi (Kerala) is known as the 'Queen of the Arabian Sea'.
Credit Card is also known as Plastic Money.
In Solar system, Jupiter planet rotates fastest on its axis.
'Thung-Ta' martial art is native of Indian state Manipur.
Methane gas, also known as 'Marsh' gas, is produced in swamps and marshes by the
action of bacteria on dead vegetation.
Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan to tene kahiye' is created by Narsi Mehta.
Femur is the longest bone in human body.
Venus planet is referred as Morning star as well as Evening star.
Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in the world.
Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Thumps up, Limka are products of Coca-Cola Company.
Pepsi, 7-up, Mountain Dew, Mirinda are products of PepsiCo Company.
Mercury planet is nearest to the Sun.
Out of four Hindu Dhams, three (Dwarka in west, Puri in East, Badrinath in North) are
dedicated to Lord Vishnu and one (Rameshwaram in South) is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Sericulture term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.
English Football club, Blackburn Rovers is owned by Indian owned Venkey's Group.
Scientific name of Vinegar is Acetic Acid.
According to Hindu mythology, Brihspati is the Guru of Devas (Gods).
Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), minimum 100 days of
guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household.
Jakata tales, writtern in Pali Language, are the previous birth stories Gautan Buddha.
In the early phase of his career, Dhirubhai Ambani worked in Aden City as a Petrol Pump
attendant.
Indian National Defense Academy (INDA) is situated in Haryana.
Significant rise in production of Oil-seeds is commonly referred as Yellow Revolution.
Siachen Glacier, the world's longest glacier, is located in Karakoram mountain range

Organizations , HQ, Sec Gen

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) -Italy Rome, Italy - Jos Graziano da Silva
International Atomic Energy Agency - Austria Vienna, Austria (IAEA) - Yukiya Amano
International Labour Organization (ILO)- Geneva, Switzerland - Guy Ryder
World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland - Margaret Chan
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, Switzerland - Francis Gurry
World Bank - Washington, D.C., - Jim Yong Kim
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)- Paris, France Irina Bokova
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, D.C., USA - Christine Lagarde
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - New York - Anthony Lake
Red Cross- Geneva, Switzerland
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Vienna, Austria - Abdallah elBadri (badrinath)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Paris, France - Jos
ngel Gurra (angel)
EU - Brussels, Belgium
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Manila, Phillipines- Haruhiko Kuroda
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Jakarta, Indonesia
Commonwealth of Nations -London, UK , - Kamalesh Sharma (Sec Gen)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Brussels, Belgium - Anders Fogh Rasmussen
(ander)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Kathmandu, Nepal - Ahmed
Saleem
Amnesty International - London - Salil Shetty
Acoustics : The study of sound and sound waves
Agrostology: The study of grasses
Anatomy : The science of the structure study of the animal / human body learnt by
dissection
Astronautics : A science dealing with space travel & space vehicles
Astronomy : The science of heavenly bodies (planets)
Biology : The science of living organisms
Botany : The science of the plant kingdom
Bryology : The study of mosses
Cardiology : A branch of medicine dealing with heart
Chemistry : The study of elements, their behaviour and laws of their combination, etc.
Cosmetology : The study of cosmetics and their use
Dactylogy : The study of fingerprints
Dietetics : The science of diet and nutrition
Endocrinology : The study of glands
Lithology : The study of the characteristics of rocks

Mycology : Concerned with fungi and fungal diseases

Nephrology : A branch of medicine dealing with kidney diseases
Oncology : Study dealing with tumours
Orology : The study of mountains
Paediatrics : A branch of medicine dealing with child diseases
Pathology : A branch of medicine that deals with etiologies, mechanisms and manifestation
of diseases
Psychiatry : The study & treatment of mental & emotional disorders
Radiology : A branch of medical science dealing with the use of x-rays for diagnosis and
treatment
Rheumatology : The study of small joints in human body
Seismology : The study of earthquakes & related phenomena
Theology : The study of religions
Virology : The science that deals with viruses
Zoology : A branch of biology that deals with animal life
Zymology : A study that deals with the process of fermentation.
India and World 2012:India-UAE Agreement:
India and UAE sighned an agreement to award the double taxation avoidance
agreement(DTAA) that will pave the way for greater sharing of tax related information
between the two countries.
Russia-India-China (RIC):
Trilateral meeting of Russia , India and China held on April 13, 2012 in Moscow, all three
having taken a common stand on a range of international issues including N
Korea,Iran,Afganistan,Terrorism and regional security in Asia.
India-Germany(Celebration of 60 years):
India and Germany are going to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations.German Minister
for Transport Dr. Peter Ramseur visited India from April 9 to 14.Germany is organizing 15
month long event series show casing the entire spectrum of Indo-German collaboration in
the field of politics business culture,education,science and research.
India-Russia JWG:
the seventh meeting of the India-Russia Joint Working group(JWG) on combating
international terrorism was held on April 11 in New Delhi.
India-Japan :
India-Japan bussiness summit 2012 was organized on 24th may, 2012 by confedaration on
Indian Industry and Keindaren in Tokyo to commemorate 60 years of Diplomatic realtions
between India and Japan.
India-Myanmar:
PM Manmohan Singh on his 2nd day on visit to Myanmar, signed 12 agrrements on may 28,
2012 clearly signalling the increased Co-operation between both countries in trade,culture
and strategic links.
India-South Korea :
#Both countries met in New Delhi on 28 June 2012 during their second foreign policy and
security dialogue.
#Both have decided to encourage enhanced engagement in civil nuclear energy

cooperation,cluster of regional and global issues, including the situation on the Korean
Peninsula.
#Both India and South Korea also agreed to accelerate work on upgrading their
comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to ensure that it reflected current
realities.
India-Israel:
#India and Israel inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand the bilateral
relation in the tourism sector on 24 June 2012 in Jerusalam in Israel. Israel, under the MoU,
will open a tourism office in Mumbai and increase the frequency of flights to India.
#Israel is also set to invest 660000 dollar to draw more Indian tourists to the country.
#India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 2 August 2012 for
starting a collaborative academic research programme. Under the Research programme
both the countries will together work in areas such as medical, information technology,
social sciences, humanities and arts.
#The MoU was signed by Professor Benjamin Geiger, Chairman of the Israel Science
Foundation and Ved Prakash, Chairman of University Grants Commission. The agreement
will exist for next five years, providing support up to 100000 dollar a research project for
three years
India-China:
India and China on 21 June 2012 agreed to increase their defence and security dialogue and
work to take steps to ensure that the two countries achieve a 100 billion dollars trade target
by 2015. The decision was taken on the sidelines of the Ri0+ 20 summit at Rio De Janeiro.
India-Behrain:
#India and Bahrain, on 31 May 2012 in New Delhi inked a Tax Information Exchange
Agreement to promote economic cooperation and joint investment between the two
countries. #The agreement is aimed at increasing bilateral trade that stands at 1.7 billion
dollar. The agreement with its provision for effective exchange of information between the
two countries, will help in reducing tax evasion and tax avoidance.
#The two countries also inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make the ties on
technological front more effective. Under the newly signed MoU India will provide technical
assistance to Bahrain and help it to develop its own IT sector in Bahrain.
India-Indonesia:
#India and Indonesia signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal
evasion with respect to taxes on income on 27 July 2012 at Hyderabad House.
#Apart from the agreement, both sides also signed the agreed minutes of the fourth Joint
Commission Meeting between India and Indonesia.
India-Mozambique:
India signed an agreement on Bilateral Security Cooperation on 14 July 2012 with Jose
Mandra, Minister of Interior, Govt of Mozambique at Maputo, Mozambique.
The objective of the agreement was to discuss cooperation and both the countries decided
to develop the relationship further in various fields for mutual benefit.

India-Singapore:
Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong signed three key
bilateral agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 11 July 2012, New
Delhi.
Key Highlights of the Agreements/MoU
Both the countries, in the memorandum of understanding have decided to renew the
bilateral arrangement between the Air Forces on joint training
The other agreement focused on expansion of joint ventures,investment in education and
health, technological collaboration both bilaterally and in third countries.
India-Iran-Afganistan:
#Iran, India and Afghanistan discussed options for investment in the Chabahar Port, located
in southeast Iran. In a crucial trilateral meeting held on 26 August 2012 ahead of the NonAligned Movement (NAM) summit, the three nations agreed to set up a joint working group
to spur trade and transit through the Iranian port of Chabahar.
#Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai held dialogues with deputy foreign ministers of Iran and
Afghanistan in Tehran to explore ways to expand trade and transit cooperation, including
investment, among the three countries, starting with the Chabahar Port.
In a joint statement released after trilateral dialogue the three countries committed to meet
within next three months at Chabahar to take the discussions forward.
India-CELAC:
The first meeting of the India-CELAC Troika Foreign Ministers was held on 7 August 2012 in
New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by the External Affairs Minister of India, Shri S.M
Krishna, whilst the CELAC Troika was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile Mr.
Alfredo Moreno Charme, the pro-tempore President of CELAC. Apart from both the nations,
the Foreign Minister of Venezuela Mr. Nicolas Maduro and the Vice Foreign Minister of Cuba,
Mr. Rogelio Sierra participated in the meeting as members of the Troika.
Objective of the meet: To discuss the regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest, to strengthen the
multifaceted bilateral cooperation between India and CELAC.
To co ordinate responses to regional issues and address international challenges including
the UN reform, the international financial crisis, climate change and international terrorism.
To enhance the exchange of visits at all levels including at the Summit level leading
towards a 'Strategic Partnership' between India and CELAC.
To expand relations between India and countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean
region and make it possible for them to work together bearing in mind each sides'
respective development priorities based on the common shared values of democracy,
freedom, equality and justice.
Collective Discussions: The two nations expressed satisfaction over the growth of commercial, economic and
investment relations between India and CELAC, that has crossed US$ 25 billion in 2012.
Both the countries agreed to work towards providing value addition in the exchange of
commodities through direct trading and by setting up of manufacturing units.
Both sides agreed to work towards providing for food security for their people
Both the countries agreed to initiate various projects related to tele-education, e-

governance and tele-medicine that would cover the entire Latin America and Caribbean
region.
#The Foreign Ministers of India and the CELAC Troika ended the First Meeting of the IndiaCELAC Troika Foreign Ministerial Dialogue at a good note after the commencement of CELAC
in December 2011. The pro-Tempore President and Troika Foreign Ministers of CELAC will
present this Joint Statement in next meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Community that
will be held in September 2012 in New York
India-Monaco:
India signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Monaco on 31 July 2012 in
New Delhi. It will allow the two countries to check tax evasion and money laundering. This
was the ninth TIEA signed by India.
Key features of this agreement are as following;
It is based on international standard of transparency and exchange of information.
Information must be foreseeably relevant to the administration and enforcement of the
domestic laws of the Contracting Parties concerning taxes and tax matters covered by the
agreement.
The requesting State has to provide some minimum details about the information
requested in order to justify the foreseeably relevance criteria.
Information is to be treated as secret and can be disclosed to only specified person or
authorities, which are tax authorities or the authorities concerned with the determination of
tax appeal.
It also provides for disclosure of information to any other person or entity or authority or
any other jurisdiction (including foreign Governments) with the written consent of the
competent authority of the requested Party.
There is a specific provision that the requested Party shall provide upon request the
information even though that Party may not need such information for its own tax purposes.
There is a specific provision for providing banking and ownership information.
There is a specific provision for Tax Examination Abroad where authorities of one State can
present in the tax examination of taxpayer in the other State.
Upon entry into force, the Agreement allows exchange of information forthwith.

. Government instituted awards

b. Sports Grand Slams in Tennis, Football Championships, Cricket awards,
badminton,
etc
c. Government policies and schemes floated in the past one year
d. Heads of important institutions WTO, NSG, World Bank, etc
e. Business Awareness Important CEOs, M&As, taglines, etc
f. Books & Authors
g. Members & Headquarters of important trade & political bodies SAARC,
ASEAN, etc
Government Schemes and Plans - II:Swabhimaan
#Launched on 10 Feb 2011
#The initiative enables Government subsidies and social security benefits to be directly
credited to the accounts of the beneficiaries, enabling them to draw the money from the
Business correspondents in their village itself.

MahatmaGandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

#Promotes inclusive growth,augment wage employment and strengthening natural resource
management through works that address causes of chronic poverty like drought,
deforestation, and soil erosion and thus encourage sustainable development.
#Under this scheme,Govt provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a
financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual
work with mandatory 33% women participation.
#minimum Wage is Rs 125
SwarnjayantiGram Swarojgar Yojana
#It was launched to help poor rural families (Swarozgaris) cross the poverty line by
assisting them to take up income- generating economic activities through a mix of bank
credit and government subsidy. The scheme involves selection of key activities, planning of
activity clusters, organization of the poor into self-help groups (SHGs), and building of their
capacities through training and skill development, creation of infrastructure, and
technological and marketing support.
#A new initiative has also been taken up for setting up a Rural Self Employment Training
Institute(RSETI) in each district of the country for basic and skill development training of
rural BPL youth to enable them to undertake micro-enterprises and wage employment.
SwarnaJayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
#The SJSRY launched by the Government of India . To provide gainful employment to the
urban unemployed and underemployed through encouraging the setting up of selfemployment ventures or provision of wage employment.
Bharat Nirman
#Launched in 2005-06 for building infrastructure and basic amenities in rural areas, has six
components, namely rural housing, irrigation potential, drinking water, rural roads,
electrification, and rural telephony.
#Important initiative for reducing the gap between rural and urban areas and improving the
quality of life of people in rural areas.
JawaharLal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
The JNNURM emphasizes the implementation of the following three mandatory pro-poor key
reforms to enhance the capacity of urban local bodies (ULBs) (i) internal earmarking within local body budgets for basic services to the urban poor.
(ii) earmarking at least 20-25 per cent of developed land in all housing projects (both public
and private agencies) for the economically weaker section (EWS)/lower income group (LIG)
category.
(iii) implementation of seven-point charter for provision of seven basic
entitlements/services.
KasturbaGandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs)
The KGBV is a scheme for setting up residential schools at upper primary level for girls
belonging predominantly to the SC/ ST, OBC, and minority communities. The scheme is
being implemented in the EBBs where rural female literacy is below 30 per cent and in
select urban areas where female literacy is below the national average. The KGBV scheme
was merged with the (SSA) with effect from 1 April 2007. The scheme provides for
minimum reservation of 75 per cent of the seats for girls belonging to SCs, STs, OBCs or
minority communities and priority for the remaining 25 per cent to girls from BPL families.

NationalProgramme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)

The NPEGEL, is a focused intervention of the Government of India to reach the 'Hardest to
Reach' girls. It is an important component of the SSA, which provides additional support for
enhancing girl's education over and above the normal SSA interventions. The programme
provides for setting up of a 'model school' in every cluster with more intense community
mobilization and supervision of girls' enrolment in schools. Gender sensitisation of teachers,
development of gender-sensitive learning materials, and provision of need-based incentives
like escorts, stationery, workbooks, and uniforms are some of the endeavours under the
programme. The scheme is being implemented in the EBBs where the level of rural female
literacy is less than the national average and gender gap is above the national average; in
blocks of districts which are not covered under EBBs but where at least 5 per cent of
population is SC/ST and where SC/ST female literacy is below 10 per cent; and also in
select urban slums.
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
#To provide accessible, affordable, and accountable quality health services to rural areas
with emphasis on poor persons and remote areas. It is being operationalized throughout the
country, with special focus on 18 states, which include 8 empowered action group States
(Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Orissa, and
Rajasthan), 8 north-eastern States, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir.
#The Mission addresses the issue of health in the context of a sector-wide approach
addressing sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, and safe drinking water as the basic
determinants of good health. Keeping this in view, it seeks greater convergence among the
related social-sector departments, namely AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha, and Homoeopathy), Women & Child Development, Sanitation, Elementary
Education, Panchayati Raj, and Rural Development.
RajivGandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)
This scheme was launched on 19 November 2010 with the objective of empowering
adolescent girls in the age group 11-18 years by bringing improvement in their nutritional
and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills, and vocational
skills.
Some of the other schemes implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development, include:
(i) Dhanlakshmi, which is a conditional cash transfer scheme for the girl child which was
launched as a pilot project in March 2008. The objective is to encourage families to educate
girl children and to prevent child marriage. The scheme provides for cash transfers to the
family of a girl child on fulfilling certain specific conditionalities relating to birth and
registration, immunization, and enrolment and retention in school up to Class VIII.
(ii) Scheme for the Welfare of Working Children in Need of Care and Protection
providing for nonformal education, vocational training, etc. to working children to facilitate
their entry/re-entry into mainstream education. There are 120 projects of 100 children each
currently being funded under the Scheme.
(iii) Bal Bandhu Scheme for protection of children in areas of civil unrest is being
implemented through the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) with
the grant sanctioned from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
(iv) Swadhar scheme for providing temporary accommodation, maintenance, and
rehabilitative services to women and girls rendered homeless and women in difficult
circumstances
(v) Short Stay Home (SSH) scheme being implemented by the Central Social Welfare
Board with similar objectives/target group as in case of the Swadhar scheme.

(vi) Ujjawala, a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking with five specific
components- prevention, rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration, and repatriation of victimswas launched on 4 December 2007. Under this scheme, 134 projects including 73
rehabilitation homes, spread over 16 States, have been sanctioned.
P.S:-Copied from last year's GK thread,for more detailed information about all
these schemes in part-I and part II...check out
pagalguy.com/forums/prep-resou...
Harappa was in Pakistani Punjab on the banks of Ravi.
Mohenjodaro was in Sindh on the banks of Indus.
Mesopotamian on Tigris and Euphrates.
Egypt on Nile.
Chinese on Hwang Ho
There have been three Battles of Panipat:
The First Battle of Panipat (1526), between the Mughal Babur and the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim
Lodi, resulting in a Mughal victory
The Second Battle of Panipat (1556), between the Mughal Akbar and Hemu, resulting in a
Mughal victory
The Third Battle of Panipat (1761), between the Durrani Empire and the Maratha Empire,
resulting in a Durrani victory
Lake wular--Largest Fresh water in India
Lake Chilika--Largest Brackish water Lake in Asia
Lake Sambhar--Largest Salt water Lake in India
Lake Koleru--Second largest fresh water lake in India
OSCARS 2012:
Best cinematography
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Best art direction
Hugo
Best costume design
The Artist
Best make up
The Iron Lady
Best foreign language film
A Separation
Best actress in a supporting role
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best film editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best sound editing
Hugo
Best sound mixing

Hugo
Best documentary feature
Undefeated
Best animated film
Rango
Best visual effects
Hugo
Best actor in a supporting role
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best original score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Best song
Man or Muppet, The Muppets
Best adapted screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Best original screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Best live action short
The Shore
Best documentary short
Saving Face
Best animated short
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore
Best director
Michel Hazavanicius, The Artist
Best actor in a leading role
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best actress in a leading role
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best picture
The Artist
Earliest school of medicine known to humans: AyurvedaFirst Book in any Indian Language:
It was printed in 1578 in Tamil.
First Census in India: 1901
First CinemaHouse in India: It was built by J.F.Madan in 1907 in Calcutta.
First complete Technicolor film: Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
First Constitutional Amendment: 1950
First English Newspaper in India: Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in

Calcutta.
First Five-Year Plan: Started in 1951
First General Elections: They were held in 1952.
First hydroelectric project in India: Shivasamudram, across the River Kaveri in 1902
First Indian state to set up a womens court: Andhra Pradesh
First Postage Stamp: It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi.
First Railway Line: It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane.
First Rupee in India: It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542.
First ship built in India: Jala Usha built by Vishakapatnam Shipyard was commissioned in
1948.
First song-less film:JBH Wadia's Naujawan (1937).
First Talkie Film: Alam Ara (1931)
First Telefilm: Satyajit Ray's Sadgati (telecast on Doordarshan in April 1981)
ndias first Satellite: Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
Indian Railways Interesting Facts
First Passenger Train Ran On: 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Railway Bridge: Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Rail Tunnel: Parsik Tunnel
First Ghats Covered by Rail Lines: Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway: Calcutta METRO
First Computerized Reservation System Started In: New Delhi (1986)
First Electric Train Ran On: 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets on Trains Introduced In: 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name: Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday)
Longest Run (Time): Dibrugarh Town - Kanyakumari Vivek Express (4286km in 82:30
hours)
Shortest Run: Route between Nagpur and Ajni (3km)
Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)
Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)
Longest Railway Bridge: Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
Longest Tunnel: Karbude Tunnel of the Konkan Railway (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive: Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Gauges of Track: 4 Gauges; BG (5'6"), MG (1 metre), NG (2)
IR Daily Runs: About 14,000 trains
IR Daily Carries: More than 11 million passengers & 1 million tonnes of freight
IR's Only Line with Rack & Pinion System: From Mettupalayam to Conoor
IR's Fastest Train: Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
Railway Station with all the Three Gauges: Siliguri Railway Station
Route Kilometers of Track: More than 62,000 kms
People Employed in IR: About 1.6 million people
Train with Maximum Number of Halts: Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)
Trains without Commercial Halts: Sampoorna Kranti Express, Howrah Rajdhani, Bombay
Rajdhani, Pragati Express and Pune Shatabdi
Stations across State Lines: Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat), Bhawani Mandi
(Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Classes of Travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car 2nd sleeper &
2nd ordinary
World G.K First In All The World
1. The first space astronaut go into space seven times till date

Ans. Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)

2. The first woman to cross
seven important seas of the
world by swimming
Ans. Bula Chaudhury (India)
3. The first South African to
become the second space
tourist
Ans. Mark Shuttleworth
4. The first woman of the
world to climb Mt. Everest
four times
Ans. Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
5. The first woman Prime
Minister of South Korea
AnsMs. Chang Sang
6. The woman with the
highest individual Test score
making a new world record
Ans. Kiran Baloch (Pakistani
cricketer,
scoring 242 runs playing
womens
cricket test against West
Indies in Karachi in March,
2004)
7. The first youngest
grandmaster of the world in
chess
Ans Sergey Karjakin
(Ukraine)
8.The first adventurer flying
successfully across the
English Channel without
aircraft
Ans. Felix Baumgartner (July
2003)
9. Chinas first man in space
Ans. Yang Liwei
10. The first Muslim woman to
receive Nobel Prize
Ans. Shirin Ebadi (Nobel
Peace Prize 2003)
First In All The World
Q 1.First foreign Invader to
India.
Ans.Alexander the Great.
Q 2.First person to reach
South Pole.
Ans. Amundsen.
Q 3.First person to reach
North pole.
ANS. Robert Peary.

Q 4.First person in Space.

Ans. Yuri Gagarian.
Q 5.First chairamn of Peoples
Republic of China.
Ans. Mao-Tse-Tung.
Q 6.First president of the
Chinese Republic.
Ans.Amundsen.
Q 7.First president of U.S.A
Ans.George Washington.
Q 8.First Chinese Traveller
to India.
Ans.Fahein.
Q 9.First person in Moon.
Ans.Neil Armstrong.
Q 10.First Lady to climb Mount
Everest.
Ans.Junko Taibei.
Major Performers at London Olympics 2012
Michael Phelps won 6 medals (4 Gold+2 Silver) in swimming to become the most
decorated Olympian ever with 22 medals.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt bagged 3 gold in three separate events (100 meter race, 200
meter race and 4X100 meter relay team race). He set up a new Olympic of 9.63 seconds in
100 metres.
Germany beat Netherlands 2-1 to win gold in mens hockey.
Mexico defeated Brazil 2-1 to bag Soccer gold.
In Mens Basketball, US beat Spain to win gold
Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland to clinch tennis mens
singles gold
Russia beat Brazil to win mens volleyball gold.
In Mens singles Badminton, Dan Lin of China won gold after beating Malaysian Chong Wei
Lee.
Mascots at Olympics
Since Munich Olympic Games in 1972 when Waldi, a dachshund, was made the symbol of
Munich games, mascots have been assigned to every Olypics.
Mascots for London Olympics were Wenlock and Mandeville.
Wenlock was mascot for Olympics and Mandeville was mascot for Paralympics.
31st Summer Olympics
Reo de Janeiro in Brazil, has been awarded to host 31st Summer Olympics, in 2016.
Dance State
Bharat Natyam Tamil Nadu
Bihu Assam
Bhangra Punjab
Chhau Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand
Garhwali Uttaranchal
Garba Gujarat
Hattari Karnataka
Kathak North India
Kathakali Kerala
Kutchipudi Andhra Pradesh

Khantumm Mizoram
Karma Madhya Pradesh
Laho Meghalaya
Mohiniattam Kerala
Mando Goa
Manipuri Manipur
Nati Himachal Pradesh
Nat-Natin Bihar
Odissi Orissa
Rauf Jammu & Kashmir
Yakshagan Karnataka
andrew Symmonds - Roy : Going for Broke.
andrew Flintoff - Being fredie : my story so far
anil kumble : wide angles
adam gilchrist : True colour : My life
Mathew Hayden : Standing my ground
Shoaib Akter : Controverserally yours.

____________________________________________________________________
)Venky's - Blackburn Rovers owners.
2
)Not a chief minister - Bal Thackeray
3)Third most abundant element besides Nitrogen and Oxygen - Argon
4)Marie Curie - Physics and Chemistry Noble Prize
5)Coal India - Largest Coal Miner in the world
6)First to have 2nd term as VP - Radhakrishnan
7)Tagline - Be Whats Next? - Microsoft
8)Currency of which country interchangeable by Indian currency - Bhutan
9)Dog Star - Sirius
10)Meryl Streep - Best Actress at Oscars for which film - The Iron Lady
11)NASSCOMM New Head - TCS's ex Head - forgot name
12)Haloween is in which month - October
13)Sign on note - Governor of RBI
14)CTBT - treaty on? - nuclear tests
15)Self regulatory body of advertising in India - Advertising Standards Council of India
16)Economic Term - Oligopoly - Meaning
17)Guiness World Record for single most studio recordings - Asha Bhosle
18) Someone arrested by police must be shown in front of the nearest court in how many hours?
- 24 hours?
1)Venky's - Blackburn Rovers owners.
2)Not a chief minister - Bal Thackeray
3)Third most abundant element besides Nitrogen and Oxygen - Argon
4)Marie Curie - Physics and Chemistry Noble Prize
5)Coal India - Largest Coal Miner in the world
6)First to have 2nd term as VP - Radhakrishnan
7)Tagline - Be Whats Next? - Microsoft
8)Currency of which country interchangeable by Indian currency - Bhutan

9)Dog Star Sirius

10)Meryl Streep - Best Actress at Oscars for which film - The Iron Lady
11)NASSCOMM New Head - TCS's ex Head - forgot name
12)Haloween is in which month - October
13)Sign on note - Governor of RBI
14)CTBT - treaty on? - nuclear tests
15)Self regulatory body of advertising in India - Advertising Standards Council of India
16)Economic Term - Oligopoly - Meaning
17)Guiness World Record for single most studio recordings - Asha Bhosle
Jim Yong Kim

President, World Bank.

Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili

Vice-President, Africa World Bank.

Christine Lagarde (France)

Managing-Director, IMF.

Ban Ki-Moon

General -Secretary, UNO.

Haruhiko Kuroda

President, Asian Development Bank.

Prema Cariappa

Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board.

Nimish C. Tolia

President, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce.

Vijai L. Kelkar

Chairman, 13th Finance Commission

Amartya Sen

Human Development Advisor, UNDP.

A. K. Upadhyay

Chairman, National Highway Authority of India.

K. J. Udeshi

First Lady Deputy Governor of RBI.

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

P. L. Punia
Castes
U. K. Sinha
S. K. Goel
(CBEC).

Executive Director in ADB

Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled
Chairman, SEBI.
Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Custom

Laxman Das

Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

S. P. Gaur

Chairman, Island Waterways Authority of India.

Sanjeev Batra
Metals Trading

Chairman and Managing Director, Mineral and

Corporation (MMTC).
Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission.

V. P. Agrawal

Chairman, Indian Airports Authority (IAA).

P. V. Narsimgham
(IFCI).
Arvind Virmani
Siddharth Tiwari

President, Industrial Finance Corporation of India

Executive-Director in World Bank (from India)
Secretary IMF.

V. P. Baligar

Chairman and M.D., HUDCO.

Herman Van Rompuy

President, European Union

Pascal Lamy

Director-General, WTO.

K. M. Chandra Shekhar

Indian Ambassador to WTO.

Dr. D. Subbarao

Governor RBI.

Nagesh Alai
India (AAAI).

President, Advertising Agencies Association of

J. Harinarayan
Development Authority

Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and

Arup Rai Chaudhary

Corporation

Chairman and CMD National Thermal Power

Sushma Nath

First Indian Lady Finance Secretary.

Satyanand Mishra

Chief Information Commissioner.

Ms. Shanta Sinha

Chairman, National Child Rights Commission.

B. C. Tripathi

Chairman, GAIL.

S. Roy Choudhury

Chairman and CMD, HPCL.

A. B. L. Srivastava

CMD, National Hydro Power Corporation.

Vinay Mittal

Chairman, Railway Board

S. Narasing Rao
Ltd.
Sushil Muhnot

Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India

Chairman, SIDBI.

Prakash Bakshi
N. P. Patel
Cooperative Ltd.)
Yogesh Agrawal
Rajendra Pawar
Lalit K. Panwar
(ITDC)

CMD, NABARD.
Chairman, IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer
Chairman PFRDA
Chairman, NASSCOM (2011-12).
CMD, Indian Tourism Development Corporation

Sriraj Hussain

CMD, Food Corporation of India

Chandra Shekhar Verma

Chairman, SAIL

Mamta Sharma
C. Rangrajan
Committee.

Chairperson, National Women Commission.

Chairman, Prime Ministers Economic Advisory

D. K. Mehrotra

Chairman, LIC.

Yogesh Lohia

Chairman, General Insurance Company.

N. S. R. Chandra Prasad

CMD, National Insurance Company.

G. Srinivasan

Chairman, United India Insurance Company.

M. Ramadoss

Chairman, Oriental Insurance Company.

R. K. Upadhyay

Chairman and CMD Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

R. V. Verma

Chairman, Asia Pacific Union for Housing Finance.

Reeta Menon
M. Rafeeq Ahmed
Organisation (FIEO).
Mangoo Singh
Srivardhan Goyanka
2011-12.

CMD, India Trade Promotion Organisation.

President, Federation of Indian Exporters
MD, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
President, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Hari S. Bharatia

Chairman, C.I.I.

Arvind Pradhan

Director-General, Indian Merchant Chamber (IMC)

Rajesh Lilothia

Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board.

Pramod Dev
Commission

President Central Electricity Regulatory

Aditya Puri

MD, HDFC.

Raj Kumar Dhoot

President, ASSOCHAM

Rahul Khullar

Chairman, TRAI

R. V. Kanoria

President, FICCI

Rajeev Kumar

General-Secretary, FICCI.

Jacques Diouf
Organisation (FAO).

Director-General, Food and Agriculture

S. Krishnan
Board.

Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulation

Sandid Somany
Nandan Nilekani
India.
M. D. Malya

President, PHDCCI
Chairman Unique Identification Authority of
President, Indian Banks Association.

Rohit Nandan

Chairman and Managing-Director, Air India Ltd.

Pratip Chowdhary

CMD, State Bank Group.

Ajit Parsayat

Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal.

Ashok Chawla
(CCI).

Chairman, Competition Commission of India

Dr. Bijendra Singh

Cooperative Marketing

Chairman, National Agricultural Federation

(NAFED).