Current Affairs - Persons

Dr. Bijay Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as the Director (Finance) of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA). He has over 25 years of experience in the Indian power sector and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in financial management, corporate governance and compliance, risk management, project management, and legal functions.

Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and World Champion in javelin throw, has been nominated for the 2023 World Athlete of the Year award. He is the first Indian athlete to be nominated for this prestigious award.

Sandeep Shandilya, a senior IPS officer, an officer of the 1993 IPS batch, is presently serving as the director of the Telangana State Police Academy (TSPA), was appointed as the New Police Commissioner of Hyderabad by the Election Commission of India, succeeding CV Anand.

VJ Kurian was appointed as the new non-executive part-time chairman of the South Indian Bank in 2023. His appointment is set to take effect from November 2, 2023. Salim Gangadharan was appointed as the non-executive part-time chairman of the bank in 2014, and his term ends on November 1, 2023.

Neeraj Chopra, the Asian Games gold medalist and the current Olympic and World Champion in men's javelin, has been bestowed with the title of Laureus Ambassador. In this role, he has committed his support to the Laureus Sport for Good initiative. This prestigious recognition is a direct outcome of his remarkable feat at the Tokyo Olympics, where he made history by clinching India's first-ever gold medal in track and field athletics.