Appointments on 31st August 2021

Current Context: Banwarilal Purohit: He is the Governor of Tamil Nadu and was given an additional charge of Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT of Chandigarh. He has replaced V P Singh Badnore who was serving as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT of Chandigarh.

Leander Paes: He was appointed as Strategic Advisor and Brand Ambassador for India’s sports edtech startup named ‘Sporjo’.
Amit Banerjee: He was appointed as CMD of BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited). He has replaced D K Hota who retired in Jan 2021 and the post was served by MV Rajasekhar as the additional charge.
Static Part:

HQ of BEML: Bengaluru

Rajnish Kumar: He was appointed as an independent director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia. He was also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee of the company. He was former Chairman of SBI.