Who has been appointed as Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu in August 2022?

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  1. Ranjit Rath
  2. Rajesh Verma
  3. Suresh N Patel 
  4. Santosh Iyer

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Option 2 : Rajesh Verma
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The correct answer is Rajesh Verma.

Key Points 

  • Odisha cadre IAS officer Rajesh Verma has been appointed as the Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu.
  • He replaces the incumbent Kapil Dev Tripathi, a 1980-batch IAS officer.
  • Verma is currently serving as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs & has also served as principal secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
  • Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India on 25 July 2022.

Additional Information

  • Important Appointments:
    • Sanjay Arora, director general of the ITBP and a 1988-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the new Delhi Police Commissioner.
    • IFS officer of the 1994 batch Pranay Kumar Verma has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
    • Govt of Bangladesh has appointed Mustafizur Rahman as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.
    • The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel has appointed Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay as Chairman and managing Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
    • Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam joined as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 25.02.2023. An Indian Administrative Service Officer of the 1987 batch (Chhattisgarh).
    • New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has appointed Dr D J Pandian as the Director-General of its India Regional Office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
    • Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.

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