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Table of Contents
BANKS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
INDIAN STATES .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
UNION TERITORY .................................................................................................................................................... 11
OTHER COUNTRIES ................................................................................................................................................. 12
MINISTRY .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 15

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BANKS
Banks MD & CEO /Chairman Headquarters & Tagline
Establishment
International

World Bank (WB) President (WB Group) – Establishment – 1944

David Robert Malpass Headquarters –
Washington D.C, United
States (US)
Asian Development President– Masatsugu Headquarters–
Bank (ADB) Asakawa Mandaluyong, Philippines
Establishment– 1966

National

Reserve Bank of Governor – Shaktikanta Headquarters – Mumbai,

India (RBI) Das Maharashtra
Deputy Governors – Establishment – 1st April
Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael 1935
Debabrata Patra, M.
Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi
Sankar
Reserve Bank Chief Executive Officer Headquarters – Bengaluru,
Innovation Hub (CEO) – Rajesh Bansal Karnataka
(RBIH)
Asian Infrastructure President– Jin Liqun Headquarters– Beijing,
Investment Bank China
(AIIB)
Axis Bank Ltd MD&CEO – Amitabh Headquarters – Mumbai, Badhti Ka Naam
Chaudhry Maharashtra Zindagi
Establishment – 1993
Bank of Baroda (BoB) Current MD & CEO– Sanjiv Headquarters– Vadodara, India’s International
Chadha Gujarat Bank
Established in 1908
Bank of India (BoI) MD&CEO - Rajneesh Headquarters– Mumbai, Relationship Beyond
Karnatak Maharashtra Banking
Founded in September
1906
Nationalised in 1969
Karnataka Vikas Chairman– Shreekant M Headquarters–
Grameena Bank Bhandiwad Dharwad, Karnataka
(KVGB)
Karnataka Bank CEO – Sekhar Rao Headquarters – Your family bank
Mangaluru, Karnataka across India
Founded in – 1924

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ICICI Bank Ltd. MD & CEO – Establishment – 1994 Hum Hai Na
Sandeep Bakhshi Headquarters – Mumbai, Khayal Apka
Maharashtra
UCO Bank MD & CEO– Soma Sankara Headquarters– Kolkata, Honours your Trust
Prasad West Bengal
Union Bank of India Managing Director– A. Headquarters– Mumbai, Good People to Bank
(UBI) Manimekhalai Maharashtra With
IDBI Bank Limited MD & CEO– Rakesh Sharma Established – 1964
Headquarters– Mumbai,
Maharashtra
AU Small Finance MD & CEO- Sanjay Agarwal Headquarters- Jaipur,
Bank (AU SFB) Rajasthan
City Union MD & CEO– Dr N. Kamakodi Incorporated on– 31st
Bank (CUB) October, 1904
Headquarters–
Kumbakonam, Tamil
Nadu
HDFC Bank MD & CEO – Establishment – 1994 We Understand Your
Sashidhar Jagdishan Headquarters – Mumbai, World
Maharashtra
RBL Bank Managing Director & CEO– Headquarters– Mumbai, Apno Ka Bank
R Subramaniakumar Maharashtra

Indian Banks’ Chairman– Atul Kumar Headquarters – Mumbai,

Association (IBA) Goel (MD & CEO of Punjab Maharashtra
National Bank) Establishment – 1946
South Indian Bank MD&CEO – Murali Headquarters – Thrissur, Experience Next
Ltd. Ramakrishnan Kerala Generation Banking
Indian Bank Managing Director (MD) Headquarters- Chennai,
& Chief Executive Officer Tamil Nadu
(CEO)- Shanti Lal Jain Establishment- 15
August 1907
IndusInd Bank Managing Director & CEO– Headquarters– Mumbai, We Care Dil Se, We
Sumant Kathpalia Maharashtra Make You Feel Richer
Au Small Finance MD & CEO – Sanjay Agarwal Establishment – 1996
Bank Ltd. Headquarters – Jaipur,
Rajasthan
Equitas Small MD & CEO – Establishment –
Finance Bank Ltd Vasudevan Pathangi September 5, 2016
Headquarters – Chennai,
Tamil Nadu
Federal Bank Ltd. MD&CEO-Shyam Srinivasan Establishment – April 23, Your Perfect Banking
1931 Partner

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 Headquarters – Aluva,
Kerala
Shivalik Small MD&CEO – Anshul Swami Headquarters– Noida, A Bank For Your
Finance Bank Ltd Uttar Pradesh Welfare
Establishment – 1998
Karur Vysya Bank Headquarters– Karur, MD & CEO– Ramesh Babu Established in 1916
Limited (KVB) Tamil Nadu Boddu

BANKING TERMINOLOGIES
ASBA Application Supported by Blocked Amount
CDMDF Corporate Debt Market Development Fund
NCGTC National Credit Guarantee Trust Corporation
HVDLEs High Value Debt Listed Entities
D2C direct-to-customer
IIBM India International Bank of Malaysia
ONDC Open Network for Digital Commerce
PRAVAAH Platform for Regulatory Application, Validation And AutHorisation
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
ATMIS African Union Transition Mission in Somalia
NSDL National Securities Depository Limited
EBLRs External Benchmark-Based Lending Rates
MCLR Marginal Cost of Funds-Based Lending Rate
WALR Weighted Average Lending Rate
CDMDF Corporate Debt Market Development Fund
NCGTC National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company
GIC General Insurance Council
VPAs Virtual payment addresses
PSL Priority Sector Lending
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
CBDC Central Bank Digital Currency
IFSCs International Financial Services Centres

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INDIAN STATES
State Capital Chief Minister Governor Key Notes

Himachal Shimla (Summer), Thakur Sukhwinder Shiv Pratap Shukla National Parks – Great
Pradesh Dharamshala (Winter) Singh Sukhu Himalayan national
park, Pin valley
national park
Wildlife
Sanctuary- Daranghati
Sanctuary, Kanwar
Sanctuary
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed Wildlife Sanctuary–
Khan Kottiyoor Wildlife
Sanctuary;
Mangalavanam Bird
Sanctuary
Airport– Calicut
International Airport;
Kannur International
Airport
UNESCO heritage
site- Western Ghats.
Manipur Imphal Nongthombam Anusuiya Uikey Zoological Park–
Biren Singh Manipur Zoological
Garden
Airport– Imphal
Airport (also called

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 Bir Tikendrajit
International Airport or
Tulihal Airport)
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal Festival– Raja Parba;
Rath Yatra
Stadium– East Coast
Railway Stadium
Tiger
Reserve- Similipal
Tiger Reserve, Satkosia
Tiger Reserve
Punjab Chandigarh Bhagwant Singh Banwarilal Purohit
Mann
Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra Wildlife
Sanctuaries–
Ramgarh Vishdhari
Sanctuary; Tal
Chhapar Sanctuary
Zoological Park–
Nahargarh Biological
Park (Jaipur Zoo);
Machia Biological
Park (Jodhpur Zoo)
Tamil Nadu Chennai M K Stalin R N Ravi Wildlife Sanctuaries–
(TN) Megamalai Wildlife
Sanctuary,
Palani(Kodaikanal)
Wildlife Sanctuary,
Gangaikondan Spotted
Deer Sanctuary,
Cauvery North Wildlife
Sanctuary, Nellai
Wildlife Sanctuary
Zoological park–
Arignar anna zoological
park, Amirthi
zoological park
(Arignar Anna
Zoological Park, also
known as the Vandalur
Zoo is the first public
zoo in India and was
established in 1855),
Children’s Park,
Kurumbapatti
Zoological Park

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Telangana Hyderabad K. Chandrashekar Tamilisai Wildlife Sanctuary–
Rao Soundararajan Jannaram Wildlife
Sanctuary; Kawal
Wildlife Sanctuary,
Pranahita Wildlife
Sanctuary; Pocharam
Sanctuary; Manjira
Wildlife Sanctuary
Tiger Reserve–
Nagarjunsagar
Srisailam Tiger
Reserve(shared with
Andhra Pradesh);
Kawal Tiger Reserve
Zoological Park–
Nehru Zoological Park;
Vana Vigyan Kendra
Mini Zoo (Kakatiya
Zoological Park)

Uttarakhand Dehradun Pushkar Singh Gurmit Singh Festivals- Butter

Dhami Festival or Anduri
Utsav; Kumbh Mela
Stadium- Rajiv Gandhi
International Cricket
Stadium
Uttar Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Bird
Pradesh Mafatbhai Patel Sanctuary- Samaspur
Bird Sanctuary; Okhla
Bird Sanctuary
Festival- Ayudha
Pooja; Lath Mar Holi

UNION TERITORY
Union Teritory Capital Chief Lieutenant Key Notes
Minister Governor

Dadra and Nagar Daman Administrator – Festival – Gangaji Fair, Nariyal

Haveli and Praful Patel Poornima
Daman and Diu
Delhi Arvind Vinai Kumar Festivals – Lohri; Makar Sankranti
Kejriwal Saxena Stadiums – Thyagaraj Sports
Complex; Talkatora Indoor Stadium

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OTHER COUNTRIES
Country Capital Prime Minister / Currency Key Notes
President

Bangladesh Dhaka President Bangladeshi

– Mohammed Taka
Shahabuddin
Prime Minister
– Sheikh Hasina
Bhutan Thimphu Prime Minister – Bhutanese
Lobgay Tsering Ngultrum
(BTN)
China Beijing Prime Minister- Li Chinese Yuan
Qiang
President- Xi Jinping

Cuba Havana President – Miguel Cuban Peso

Díaz-Canel (CUP)

Germany Berlin President– Frank- Euro

Walter Steinmeiera
Finland Helsinki President – Euro (EUR)
Sauli Niinistö
Kenya Nairobi President– William Kenyan Shilling
Ruto
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar President– Ukhnaagiin Mongolian
Khurelsukh Tugrik
North Korea Pyongyang President/Supreme North Korean
Leader- Kim Jong Un won
(since 2011)
Oman Muscat Prime Minister – Omani Rial
Haitham bin Tariq Al
Said
Romania Bucharest President– Klaus Romanian Leu Romania joined
Iohannis North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO)
in 2004 and
European Union(EU)
in 2007.
Somalia Mogadishu Prime Minister – Somali Shilling
Hamza Abdi Barre
SriLanka Colombo, Sri President – Ranil Sri Lankan
Jayawardenepura Wickremesinghe rupee (LKR)
Kotte

Türkiye Ankara President – Recep Turkish Lira

Tayyip Erdoğan

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United Arab Abu Dhabi President- Sheikh United Arab
Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Emirates
(UAE) Al Nahyan Dirham
Prime
Minister- Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum
United London Prime Minister- Rishi Pound sterling
Kingdom Sunak (GBP – Great
Britain Pound)

MINISTRY
Ministry Minister

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Union Minister – Narendra Singh Tomar (Morena,
(MoA&FW) Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS) – Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
(Udupi Chikmagalur, Karnataka) ;Kailash Choudhary
(Barmer, Rajasthan)
Ministry of Defence (MoD) Union Minister– Rajnath Singh (Constituency-
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State– Ajay Bhatt (Constituency- Nainital-
Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand)
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Union Minister – Amit Shah (Gandhi Nagar
Constituency, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur,
Bihar); Ajay Kumar Mishra (Kheri, Uttar Pradesh);
Nisith Pramanik (Coochbehar, West Bengal)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I) Union Minister– Piyush Goyal(Rajya Sabha-
Maharashtra)
Minister of State(MoS)- Som Parkash (Constituency-
Hoshiarpur, Punjab) and Anupriya Patel(Constituency-
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Finance (MoF) Union Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman
(RajyaSabha- Karnataka)
Ministers of State (MoS) – Pankaj Chaudhary; Dr.
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
Departments under the MoF – Department of
Expenditure; Department of Economic Affairs
(DEA); Department of Revenue; Department of
Financial Services; Department of Investment and
Public Asset Management (DIPAM) & Department
of Public Enterprises.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Minister of State (Independent Charge)– Rao Inderjit
Implementation (MoSPI) Singh (Constituency- Gurugram, Haryana)
Secretary– DR. G P Samanta

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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Union Minister – Parshottam Rupala (Rajya Sabha
Dairying (MoFAHD) Gujarat )
Minister of State – Sanjeev Kumar Balyan ; L. Murugan
Ministry of Textiles Union Minister– Piyush Goyal (Constituency- Rajya
Sabha, Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS)– Darshana V Jardosh
(Constituency- Surat, Gujarat)
Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) Union Minister – Giriraj Singh (Constituency-
Begusarai, Bihar)
Minister of State (MoS) – Kapil Moreshwar Patil
(Constituency- Bhiwandi, Maharashtra)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Union Minister – Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (Rajya
Sabha Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – VMuraleedharan;
Meenakashi Lekhi ; Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Ministry of Jal Shakti Union Minister– Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(Constituency- Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
Minister of State– Bishweswar Tudu (Constituency-
Mayurbhanj, Odisha); Prahlad Singh Patel
(Constituency- Damoh, Madhya Pradesh)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Union Minister– Mansukh Mandaviya (Rajya Sabha-
(MoHFW) Gujarat)
Minister of State– Bharati Pravin Pawar (Constituency-
Dindori, Maharashtra)
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Union Minister– Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
Pensions (Constituency- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of State– Dr. Jitendra Singh(Constituency-
Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir)
Ministry of Civil Aviation Union Minister – Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (Rajya Sabha
Madhya Pradesh)
Minister of State (MoS): General (Retd.) Vijay Kumar
Singh (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Union Minister – Hardeep Singh Puri (Rajya Sabha –
(MoHUA) Uttar Pradesh)
Minister of state – Kaushal Kishore (Constituency –
Mohanlalganj, Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Union Minister – Narayan Tatu Rane (Rajya Sabha
Enterprises Maharashtra)
Minister of State (MoS) – Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
(Constituency- Jalaun,Uttar Pradesh)
Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Union Minister- Sarbananda Sonowal (Rajya Sabha
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Assam)
Minister of State (MoS)- Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai
Kalubhai (Constituency- Surendranagar, Gujarat)
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Union Minister- Sarbananda Sonowal (Rajya Sabha
(MoPSW) Assam)
Minister of State- Shantanu Thakur (Constituency-

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 Bangaon, West Bengal), Shripad Yesso
Naik (Constituency- North Goa, Goa)

ORGANIZATIONS
Organization Headquarters Head Key Notes

Financial Service/Insurance

SBI Life Insurance Headquarters– Mumbai, MD & CEO– Mahesh

Maharashtra Kumar Sharma
IIFL Finance Limited Headquarters– Mumbai, Managing Director–
Maharashtra Nirmal Jain

Kotak Mahindra Headquarters– Mumbai, Managing Director

General Insurance Maharashtra (MD) & CEO– Suresh
Company Ltd. (KGI) Agarwal
Ambit Finvest Headquarters– Mumbai, CEO– Sanjay Agarwal Tagline– Pragati Ke
Maharashtra Partner
Insurance Regulatory Headquarters – Chairperson – Debasish Establishment – 1999
and Development Hyderabad, Telangana Panda (Incorporated on 1st
Authority of India April 2000)
(IRDAI)
General Insurance Headquarters – Mumbai, Chairman and Establishment – 22
Corporation of India Maharashtra Managing Director – November 1972
Limited (GIC Re) Devesh Srivastava
Reliance General Headquarters – Mumbai, Executive Director
Insurance Maharashtra & CEO – Rakesh Jain

SBI General Insurance Headquarters – Mumbai, MD&CEO – Kishore Establishment – 200

Company Limited Maharashtra Kumar Poludasu 9
Bajaj Allianz General Headquarters – Pune, MD & CEO – It is a joint venture
Insurance Company Maharashtra Tapan Singhel between Allianz SE,
Limited and Bajaj Finserv
Limited.
InPrime Finserv Headquarters – Bengalur CEO & Co-founder -
u, Karnataka Rajat Singh
About National Headquarters– Mumbai, MD & CEO– Dilip Asbe Incorporated – 2008
Payments Corporation Maharashtra NPCI is an initiative of
of India (NPCI): the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) and the
Indian Banks’
Association (IBA)
under the provisions
of the Payment and
Settlement Systems
Act, 2007, for creating
a robust Payment &

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 Settlement
Infrastructure in India.
Other Organizations
International

World Trade Headquarters– Geneva, Director-General– Establishment– 1995

Organization (WTO) Switzerland Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Membership– 164
(First woman and the members
first African to serve as
Director-General of
WTO)
World Health Headquarters– Geneva, Director-General– Dr
Organisation (WHO) Switzerland Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus

United Nations Headquarters- New York, Secretary- Establishment- 1945

USA General- António
Guterres
United Nations Headquarters – Paris, Director General – Formation – 16
Educational, Scientific France Audrey Azoulay November, 1945
and Cultural Members – 193
Organization (UNESCO) Members and 12
Associate Members
United Nations Office Headquarters- Vienna, Acting Director- Niklas Establishment- 1958
for Outer Space Affairs Austria Hedman
(UNOOSA)
UN Capital Development Headquarters– New York, Executive Secretary– Established in 1966
Fund (UNCDF) United States of Preeti Sinha
America(USA)
United Nations Headquarters– New York, Executive Director– United Nations
Children’s United States of Catherine M. Russell Children’s Fund
Fund(UNICEF) America(USA) (UNICEF) was
formerly known as
United Nations
International
Children’s Emergency
Fund.
United Nations Headquarters– New York, Executive Director– United Nations
Population Fund United States of Natalia Kanem Population Fund
(UNFPA) America(USA) (UNFPA), formerly the
United Nations Fund
for Population
Activities, is the United
Nations sexual and
reproductive health
agency.

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United Nations Headquarters – Geneva, Secretary-General – Establishment – 1964
Conference on Trade Switzerland Rebeca Grynspan [first Member Countries –
and Development woman & Central 195 Members
(UNCTAD) American (Costa Rica) to
serve as UNCTAD’s
Secretary-General]

UN Women(United Headquarters– New York, Executive Director–

Nations Entity for United States Sima Bahous
Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of
Women)
International Labour Headquarters- Geneva, Director- Establishment- 1919
Organization (ILO) Switzerland General- Gilbert
Fossoun Houngbo
International Council on Headquarters- Paris, President- Teresa Establishment- 1965
Monuments and Sites France Patricio
(ICOMOS) Secretary
General- Mario Santana
Goldman Foundation Headquarters– San Executive Director–
Francisco, California, Michael Sutton
United States of
America(USA)
International Monetary Headquarters– Managing Director – Establishment– 1944
Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C, USA Kristalina Georgieva
National Aeronautics Headquarters– Administrator– Bill
and Space Washington, D.C., United Nelson
Administration (NASA) States
American Immigration Headquarters Executive director Established in
Council – Washington, D.C (District – Jeremy Robbins – 1987
of Columbia)
Henley & Partners Headquarters– London, Chief Executive
UK Officer– Dr. Juerg
Steffen
World Intellectual Headquarters– Geneva, Director General–
Property Organization Switzerland Daren Tang
(WIPO)
International Theatre Headquarters– Shanghai, President– Mohamed
Institute (ITI) China Saif Al-Afkham
Director General–
Tobias Biancone
International Chair of the board– Founded in 1942
Association of Barrett Shaw
Administrative Chief Executive
Professionals (IAAP) Officer– Melissa
Mahoney

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Nippon Steel Headquarters – Tokyo, President – Eiji
Corporation (“Nippon Japan Hashimoto
Steel”)
Vodafone Group Plc Headquarters- Newbury, Chairman- Jean- Establishment- 17
Berkshire, United Kingdom François van Boxmeer July 1984
(UK)
International Headquarters- Geneva, Secretary- The ITU was
Telecommunication Switzerland General- Doreen established in 1865,
Union (ITU) Bogdan-Martin which formally came
into force on 1st
January 1949 and
recognizes ITU as an
UN-specialized agency.
Organisation for Headquarters– Paris, Secretary-General–
Economic Co-operation France Mathias Cormann
and Development
(OECD)
National Anti- Headquarters– Chicago, President- Michael B.
Vivisection Society Illinois, United States of Mann
(NAVS) America
SIPRI (Stockholm Headquarters – Solna, Chair of the SIPRI Establishment – 1966
International Peace Sweden Governing Board –
Research Institute) Stefan Löfven
World Federation of Headquarters– Montréal, President– Cesar The World Federation
Hemophilia (WFH) Québec, Canada Garrido(Venezuela) of Hemophilia (WFH)
Chief Executive Officer is a non-profit
(CEO)– Alain Baumann organization dedicated
to improving and
sustaining care for
people with inherited
bleeding disorders

American Academy of Headquarters- Alexandria, President- Kathleen L. Establishment- 1896

Otolaryngology-Head Virginia, USA Yaremchuk
and Neck Surgery (AAO-
HNS)
European Space Headquarters- Paris, Director General- Josef The ESA Convention
Agency(ESA) France Aschbacher establishing the
European Space
Agency(ESA) was
approved by a
Conference of
Plenipotentiaries held
in Paris on 30 May
1975.
International Board on Headquarters- Basel, President- Sylvia IBBY is a non-profit
Books for Young People Switzerland Vardell (2022-2024) organisation
(IBBY) representing an

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 international network
of people from all over
the world who are
committed to bringing
books and children
together.
National
Indian Space Research Headquarters– Bengaluru, Chairman– S Somanath
Organisation (ISRO) Karnataka
Indian Navy Headquarters– New Delhi, Chief of Naval Staff
Delhi (CNS)– Admiral R Hari
Kumar
National Association of Chairperson– Founded– 1 March
Software and Service Anant Maheshwari 1988
Companies (NASSCOM) President– Debjani
Ghosh
Defence Research and Headquarters– New Delhi, Chairman– Dr Samir V
Development Delhi Kamat
Organisation (DRDO)
Federation of Indian Headquarter– New Delhi, Director General & Establishment– 1965
Export Organisations (F Delhi CEO– Ajay Sahai
IEO)
Tata Trusts Headquarters– Mumbai, Chairman– Ratan N
Maharashtra Tata
International Headquarters– Abu Dhabi Director-General– Membership– 167
Renewable Energy United Arab Emirates Francesco La Camera countries and the EU
Agency (IRENA)
Skyroot Aerospace Headquarters – Co-Founder – Pawan Establishment – 2018
Hyderabad, Telangana Chandana; Bharath Daka

Competition Headquarters- New Delhi, Acting Establishment- 14th

Commission of India Delhi Chairperson- Sangeeta October 2003
(CCI) Verma (Operational from
2009)
NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd Headquarters– Mumbai, CEO– NBBL is a wholly-
(NBBL) Maharashtra Noopur Chaturvedi owned subsidiary of
National Payments
Corporation of India
(NPCI) which came
into effect in April
2021.
Bajaj Electricals Limited Headquarters – Mumbai, Chairman – Shekhar
Maharashtra Bajaj
Parent
organization- Bajaj
Group

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West Bengal Power Headquarters – Kolkata, Chairman & Managing Establishment – July,
Development WestBengal Director – Pullichalil 1985
Corporation (WBPDCL) Bava Salim
Central Reserve Police Headquarters– New Delhi, Director General–
Force (CRPF) Delhi Dr.Sujoy Lal Thaosen
Advanced Weapons and Headquarters- Kanpur, Chairman and Establishment- 2021
Equipment India Uttar Pradesh Managing Director
Limited (AWEIL) (CMD)- Rajesh
Choudhary
Startup Incubation and Headquarters- Kanpur, Chief Executive Officer
Innovation Centre (SIIC) Uttar Pradesh (CEO)- Dr Nikhil
Agarwal
Indradhanush Gas Grid Headquarters – Guwahati, CEO – Ajit Kumar Incorporated in 2018
Limited (IGGL) Assam Thakur

TATA Power Delhi Headquarters– New Delhi, Chief Executive Officer TPDDL is a Public
Distribution Delhi (CEO)– Ganesh Private Partnership
Limited(TPDDL) Srinivasan (Joint Venture)
between Tata Power
and the Government of
National Capital
Territory of Delhi.
National Tiger Headquarters– New Delhi, Chairperson– NTCA has been
Conservation Authority Delhi Bhupender Yadav constituted under
(NTCA) (Union Minister for section 38 L (1) of
MoEF&CC) Wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972.
NTCA is a statutory
body under the
Ministry of
Environment, Forests
and Climate Change
(MoEF&CC).
Indian Farmers Headquarters– New Delhi, Chairman– Dileep
Fertiliser Delhi Sanghani
Cooperative Limited Managing Director &
(IFFCO) CEO– Dr Udai
Shanker Awasthi
ITC Limited Headquarters– Kolkata, Chairman & Managing
West Bengal Director(CMD)– Sanjiv
Puri
Indian Institute of Headquarters- Mumbai, Chairman- Dr Sharad Establishment- 1958
Technology-Bombay Maharashtra Kumar Saraf
(IIT-Bombay)
Wildlife SOS Headquarters- New Delhi, Chief Executive Officer Wildlife SOS is a non-
Delhi (CEO) & Co- profit organisation
founder- Kartick based in India that
Satyanarayan focuses on rescuing

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 and rehabilitating
wildlife. It was
founded in 1995.
FICCI Ladies Headquarters– New Delhi, Established in 1983
Organisation(FLO) Delhi FLO is a division of
FICCI, the apex body of
industry and
commerce in India.
FLO is the oldest
women-led and
women-centric
business chamber of
Southeast Asia.
FLO at present has 19
chapters across India
with about 3,000
businesswomen as its
members.
Directorate General of Headquarters- Mumbai, Director General- Rajiv
Shipping Maharashtra Jalota
Razorpay Headquarters– Bengaluru, Managing Director and Establishment– 2014
Karnataka Co-founder– Shashank
Kumar
CEO and Co-founder –
Harshil Mathur
Bharat Dynamics Headquarters – Chairman and Founded in – 1970
Limited (BDL) Hyderabad, Telangana Managing
Director – Siddharth
Mishra
Centre for Monitoring Headquarters- Mumbai, Managing Establishment- 1976
Indian Economy (CMIE) Maharashtra Director- Mahesh Vyas
Bharat Financial Headquarters- Hyderabad, Executive Vice Founded– 1998
Inclusion Ltd Telangana Chairman– J Sridharan
Securities and Exchange Headquarters– Mumbai, Chairperson– Madhabi Establishment– 1992
Board of India (SEBI) Maharashtra Puri Buch
Unique Identification Headquarters- New Delhi, Chief Executive Officer The UIDAI is a
Authority of India Delhi (CEO)- Dr Saurabh Garg statutory authority
(UIDAI) established under the
provisions of the
Aadhaar (Targeted
Delivery of Financial
and Other Subsidies,
Benefits and Services)
Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar
Act 2016”) on 12 July
2016 by the
Government of India,
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Housing and Urban Headquarters – New Chairman & Managing Establishment – April
Development Delhi, Delhi Director – Kuldip 25, 1970 (as Housing
Corporation Ltd Narayan and Urban
(HUDCO) Development Finance
Corporation Private
Limited)
National Stock Exchange Headquarters– Mumbai, Managing Director
(NSE) Maharashtra & CEO–
Ashishkumar Chauhan
Rail Vikas Nigam Headquarters- New Chairman and Establishment- 24th
Limited (RVNL) Delhi, Delhi Managing January 2003
Director- Pradeep Gaur
NITI Aayog (National Headquarters– New Delhi, Chief Executive
Institution For Delhi Officer(CEO)– B. V. R.
Transforming India) Subrahmanyam
Indian Highways Chairman & Managing IHMCL was
Management Company Director (CMD) – Ajmer incorporated under
Limited (IHMCL) Singh the Companies Act,
1956 to carry out
Electronic Tolling and
other ancillary
projects of NHAI
jointly with its
Concessionaires and
Financial Institutions.
The shareholding
pattern of
stakeholders is NHAI-
41.38%,
Concessionaires-
33.81% and Financial
Institutions 24.81%.
Incorporated -
26.12.2012
Uneecops Technologies Headquarters – NewDelhi, MD – Piyush Jain
Ltd. Delhi
Fasal Headquarters – Bangalore, Founder –
Karnataka Ananda Verma,
Shailendra Tiwari
M1xchange Headquarters– Gurugram, CEO– TReDS platform
Haryana Sundeep Mohindru ‘M1xchange’ was
established by Mynd
Solutions Private
Limited in 2017.
Central Board of Film Headquarters– Mumbai, Chairperson– Prasoon
Certification (CBFC) Maharashtra Joshi

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Tata Steel Company Headquarters- Mumbai, CEO & MD – T. V. Establishment – 25
Maharashtra Narendran August 1907
Asia’s first integrated
private steel company
in India.
Worldline India Private Headquarter– Mumbai, CEO–
Limited Maharashtra Ramesh Narasimhan
Solar Energy Headquarters– New Delhi, Managing Director – The company holds
Corporation of India Delhi Suman Sharma Category 1 Power
Limited (SECI) Trading Licence and is
active in this domain
through trading of
Solar Energy from the
projects set up under
the schemes being
implemented by it.
Raman Research Location– Bengaluru, Director– Prof. Tarun RRI was founded in
Institute(RRI) Karnataka Souradeep 1948 by the Indian
physicist and Nobel
Laureate Sir
Chandrasekhara Venk
ata Raman (C V
Raman).
It was restructured in
1972 as aided
autonomous institute.
actyv.ai Headquarters– Bengaluru, Founder, Global CEO–
Karnataka Raghunath Subramanian
Indian Institute of Headquarters- Chennai, Chairman- Dr Pawan Establishment- 1959
Technology-Madras Tamil Nadu Goenka
(IIT-M)
National E-Governance Headquarters – Mumbai, MD & CEO – Debajyoti NeSL is India’s first
Services Limited (NeSL) Maharashtra Ray Chaudhuri Information Utility
and is registered with
the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI) under the
aegis of the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code,
2016 (IBC).

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