Dear Reader, you will find a list of key persons heading/chairing important offices in India. Questions from such topics can be expected in bank and other government exams. Hence prepare well.
| S. No | Designation | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chairperson of ISRO | A S Kiran Kumar |
| 2 | Chairperson of University Grants Commission (UGC) | Ved Prakash |
| 3 | Chairperson of 14th Finance Commission | Y Venugopal Reddy |
| 4 | Chairperson of Atomic Energy Commission | Dr Sekhar Basu |
| 5 | Chairperson of National Human Right Commission(NHRC) | Justice Shri H L Dattu |
| 6 | Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) | Smt. Alka Sirohi |
| 7 | Chairman of National Commission on Farmers (NCF) | M S Swaminathan |
| 8 | Director General of National Investigation Agency(NIA) | Sharad Kumar |
| 9 | Chairman of Railway Board | A K Mital |
| 10 | Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) | Dineshwar Sharma |
| 11 | Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) | Sh. Rakesh Asthana |
| 12 | Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities | Naseem Ahmad |
| 13 | Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
| 14 | Chairman of Law Commission of India | Justice Ajit Prakash Shah |
| 15 | Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | Urjit R. Patel |
| 16 | Election Commissioner | Acal Kumar Jyoti |
| 17 | Cabinet Secretary | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
| 18 | Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes | Justice Shri S K Kharventhan |
| 19 | Director of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) | Rajinder Khanna |
| 20 | Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) | R C Tayal |
| 21 | Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) | Shri S K Bhagat |
| 22 | Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) | Ashim Khurana |
| 23 | Chairman of National Forest Commission | Justice B N Kirpal |
| 24 | Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | Upendra Kumar Sinha |
| 25 | Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) | Dr Harsh Kumar |
| 26 | Chairman of State Bank of India | Smt Arundhati Bhattacharya |
| 27 | Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) | Pahlaj Nihalani |
| 28 | President of Indian Olympic Association | N Ramachandran |
| 29 | President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) | Anuraj Singh Thakur |
| 30 | Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) | K K Sharma |
(* This list is last updated on 13th Jan 2017.)
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