Persons in News February 2015

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February 2015 Persons in News:

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* Novak Djokovic - He defeated Andy Murray to win Australian Open 2015.

* Leander Paes and Martina Hingis - They won Australian Open mixed doubles

2015.

* Carl Djerassi - Father of birth control pill, he passed away.

* K Sripavan - Appointed as the new Chief Justice of Srilanka.

* Kangana Ranaut & Shahid Kapoor: They bagged the best actor awards at 60th

Filmfare Awards.

* Dr.Nandita Chatterjee - She took over as new Secretary(Housing & Urban

Poverty Alleviation).

* Nicol David - World squash champion Nicol David (Malaysia) has set a new

record for topping the world rankings when she secured top spot for the 106th

month.

* Angelina Jolie - She was named the most admired woman in the world, as per

a poll over 23 countries conducted by YouGov.

* Usha Thorat - She will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to

evaluate applications received for small finance banks.

* Nachiket Mor - He will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for

payment banks.

* Saloni Dalal - She became youngest medal winner in National Games 2015

held in Kerala.

* Mrinalini Mukherjee - Noted sculptor, she passed away.


* LC Goyal - He was appointed as new home secretary.

* Roopa Kudva - Infosys appointed CRISIL MD Roopa Kudva as independent

board member.

* Pragyan Ojha - BCCI has cleared suspended left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha's

action.

* Cyrus S Poonawalla - He was named EY entrepreneur of the year.

* RK Gupta - Project director of nuclear-capable Agni-V missile programme R.K.

Gupta has been moved out by government.

* M O Garg - He has assumed charge as director general of the Council of

Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

* Cristiano Ronaldo - He was voted the best player in the English Premier

League.

* Bhalchandra Nemade - He was selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014.

* Zoe Konstantopoulou - She was appointed as the youngest President of Greek

Parliament.

* Shubhajit Sen - Micromax has appointed Shubhajit Sen as its chief marketing

officer (CMO).

* Atmaram Bhende - Veteran Marathi theatre artiste and film actor, he passed

away.

* Anirban Lahiri - Indian golfer, he won Malaysian Open 2015. He also won Best

Professional golfer of the year award during Feb 2015.

* Naveen Chopra - New chief operating officer (COO) of Vodafone India.

* Ricky Kej, Neela Vaswani - Musician Ricky Kej and activist Neela Vaswani

won at the 57th Grammy awards. Both are Indian origin.

* Tony Tan - Singapore president Tony Tan arrived in India on 4-day visit

during February 2015.


* Vinod Mehta - Acclaimed Journalist Vinod Mehta was awarded the Yash

Bharti Samman 2015 by the government of Uttar Pradesh.

* Amartya Sen - Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly

instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize.

* Narendra Modi - He crossed 10 million follower mark on Twitter.

* Krishna Chaudhary - Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary took charge as the

Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

* Pramod Asthana - Head of special investigation team (SIT) formed to re-open

and re-investigate serious criminal cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

* Brendon McCullum - He was named the New Zealand's Sportsman of the

Year. He also recorded the fastest-ever World Cup fifty.

* Mads Nissen - He won World Press Photo of the year 2014.

* Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs - He is new heir of Mysuru Royal Family.

* Ashton Carter - He was confirmed as new US defence secretary.

* Balasubramaniam Venkataramani - He was appointed as new MD & CEO of

Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

* Ashish Agrawal - Micromax Informatics named Ashish Agrawal as Chief

Technology Officer.

* Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passed away.

* Arvind Kejriwal - He was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi.

* Steven Finn - England player, he took the first hat-trick of ICC 2015 Cricket

World Cup.

* Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi - They were presented with 2014 AIFF Player of

the Year award.

* Virat Kohli - He became the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan at

World Cup.


* Dr. Tessy Thomas & Geeta Varadan - They were jointly named for

Nayudamma Award 2014.

* Maithripala Sirisena - New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived

in India on a 4-Day visit during February 2015.

* Yogaraj CP - Indian yoga teacher, he sets Guinness record in Hong Kong for

performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours non-stop.

* Yuvraj Singh - He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping sum of Rs

16 crores in the IPL 2015 auction.

* Punit Renjen - India-born Punit Renjen was appointed the chief executive of

US-based accounting giant Deloitte's global operations.

* Rajinder Puri - Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist Rajinder

Puri died.

* Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic - Sworn in as the first female president of Croatia.

* Jawed Usmani - He took oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner.

* Faisal Siddiqui - HTC appointed Faisal Siddiqui as South Asia President.

* Sourav Ganguly - He was made Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) honorary life

member.

* Daggubati Ramanaidu - Legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu

passed away.

* Anil Kumble - He was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

* Jitan Ram Manjhi - He resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar.

* Chrishantha de Silva - He was appointed Sri Lanka Army chief.

* Nitish Kumar - He took oath as Bihar's CM for the fourth time.

* Dilip Shanghvi - Sun Pharma's founder and MD, he overtook Mukesh Ambani

as the richest Indian.

* Somdev Devvarman - He retained the Delhi Open title.


* Purnendu Dasgupta - Indian-American, Purnendu Dasgupta, won prestigious

chemistry award.

* Rana Bhagwandas - The first Hindu chief justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas

passed away.

* Ram Niwas Goel - He was elected Speaker of Delhi Assembly.

* Chris Gayle - He hit the first double century in World Cup history.

* R. K. Pachauri - He resigned as Chief of UN panel on climate change.

* AB De Villiers - He scored the fastest 150 in one-day internationals during

World Cup match against West Indies.

* Justice Amitava Roy - Former chief justice of Orissa high court, he has sworn in

as a judge of the Supreme Court.

* Boris Nemtsov - Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in

Moscow.

* Kshatrapati Shivaji - He took over as new CMD of SIDBI.

* Arun K Singh - He is set to be India’s next ambassador to the US.

* Kannan Ramesh - Indian-origin lawyer, he was appointed as a Judicial

Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench.

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