VINDO RAI
11TH COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL (CAG) OF INDIA, JANUARY 2008 TO MAY 2013, AN IAS OF 1972 BATCH
WAS CHOSEN TO HEAD THE FIRST BANK BOARD BUREAU (BBB) IN FEBRUARY 2016
BBB IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AUTONOMOUS BODY LOOKING INTO GOVERNANCE RELATED MATTERS OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
THE BBB MANDATE ALSO INCLUDES THE ALL POWERFUL DECISION ON APPOINTING CHIEFS OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS MADE HIM ITS ADVISOR IN JANUARY 2015, HIS HELP WAS SOUGHT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN THE SYSTEM
AT THE CENTRE OF 2G SPECTRUM ALLOCATION CONTROVERSY AFTER COURT ACQUITTAL OF ALL ACCUSED
THE COURT VERDICT VITUALLY REJECTED HIS 1.76 LAKH CRORE LOSS CLAIM IN 2G SPECTRUM ALLOCATION
CONGRESS AND OTHER PARTIES NAMED IN THE SCAM ARE CALLING HIM TO FACE QUESTIONS IN THE PARLIAMENT, ARE DEMANDING HIS APOLOGY, CALLING HIM A BJP AGENT
JUSTICE P SATHASIVAM
WAS CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA FROM AUGUST 2013 TO APRIL 2014
MADE KERALA GOVERNOR IN SEPTEMBER 2014
JUSTICE K.G. BALAKRISHNAN
RETIRED AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA ON MAY 12, 2010
APPOINTED NHRC CHAIRMAIN IN JUNE 2010
NN VOHRA
HE WAS PERSONAL SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1997-98)
J&K INTERLOCUTOR FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA – SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CARRYING OUT DIALOGUE (2003-2008)
WAS MADE J&K GOVERNOR IN 2008
HIS SECOND GUBERNATORIAL TERM IN J&K BEGAN IN APRIL 2013
MS GILL
CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER, FROM DECEMBER 1996 TO JUNE 2001
WAS ELECTED TO RAJYA SABHA IN APRIL 2004 AND RE-ELECTED IN APRIL 2010
BECAME MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS IN MAY 2009
SUBSEQUENTLY HELD OTHER MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITES IN THE MANMOHAN SINGH CABINET
RAJIV MATHUR
A FORMER IB DIRECTOR, FROM 2008 TO 2010
BECAME CIC IN MARCH 2014
B.V. WANCHOO
A RETIRED IPS OFFICER, WAS CLOSE TO GANDHI FAMILY, HEADED SPG
MADE GOA GOVERNOR IN MAY 2012
RESIGNED IN JULY 2014 WHEN QUESTIONED AS A WITNESS IN AGUSTA CASE
ESL NARASIMHAN
RETIRED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU CHIEF
MADE CHHATTISGARH GOVERNOR IN JANUARY 2007
MADE ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNOR IN JANUARY 2010, BEGAN SECOND TERM AS ANDHRA GOVERNOR IN MAY 2012
TOOK CHARGE AS TELANGANA GOVERNORN AS WELL WHEN THE STATE WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ON 2 JUNE 2014
M.K. NARAYANAN
RETIRED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU CHIEF AND FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
MADE WEST BENGAL GOVERNOR IN JANUARY 2010, RESIGNED IN JUNE 2014
WAS QUESTIONED AS WITNESS IN AGUSTA SCAM, WAS FIRST GOVERNOR TO BE INVESTIGATED IN THE VVIP CHOPPER SCAM
RAHUL KHULLAR
A FORMER IAS OFFICER
EX-COMMERCE SECRETARY AND PERSONAL SECRETARY TO PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH
WAS APPOINTED TRAI CHAIRMAN IN MAY 2012
ASHWANI KUMAR
IPS OFFICER AND FORMER CBI DIRECTOR
AMIT SHAH WAS ARRESTED IN SOHRABUDDIN SHEIKH FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE DURING HIS TENURE
APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF NAGALAND IN MARCH 2013, RESIGNED IN JUNE 2014
NIKHIL KUMAR
FORMER DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER AND EX NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS CHIEF
WAS MADE NAGALAND GOVERNOR IN OCTOBER 2015, TRANSFERRED TO KERALA IN MARCH 2013
RESIGNED IN MARCH 2014 TO CONTEST LOK SABHA ELECTIONS, HAD ALSO CONTESTED 2009 LS ELECTION BUT LOST
BL JOSHI
A FORMER IPS OFFICER, NEHRU-GANDHI FAMILY LOYALIST – LOOKED AFTER THEIR SECURITY RIGHT FROM JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU
WAS APPOINTED LT. GOVERNOR OF DELHI IN JUNE 2004
RESIGNED AND MADE MEGHALAYA GOVERNOR IN APRIL 2007
APPOINTED UTTARAKHAND GOVERNOR IN OCT 2007 AND UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNOR IN JULY 2009
GOT SECOND UP TERM IN MARCH 2014 BUT RESIGNED IN JUNE THAT YEAR
AND THE LIST IS CERTAINLY NOT EXHAUSTIVE!
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