Who’s Who - Important Persons 2025

This page contains the most frequently asked “Who’s Who” questions in banking exams. Updated quarterly with latest appointments as of April 2025.

Why “Who’s Who” is Important

Exam Weightage:

• IBPS PO Mains: 5-8 questions on current appointments
• SBI PO/Clerk: 8-12 questions on heads of organizations
• RRB Officer Scale I: 4-6 questions

Types of Questions Asked:

1. “Who is the current RBI Governor?”
2. “Who is the CEO of State Bank of India?”
3. “Who is the President of India?”
4. “Who heads the IMF?”
5. “Who won the Nobel Prize in 2024?”

Study Strategy:

• Revise monthly - appointments change frequently
• Focus on banking sector heads (40% weightage)
• Remember both name AND position
• Create flashcards for quick revision

🇮🇳 Indian Government - Constitutional Posts

President, Vice-President, Prime Minister

• President’s Official Residence: Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
• Prime Minister’s Official Residence: 7, Lok Kalyan Marg (formerly Race Course Road), New Delhi
• President’s Term: 5 years (can be re-elected)

Chief Justice of India & Supreme Court

Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha

💼 Union Cabinet Ministers (Key Portfolios)

• Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman (first full-time woman Finance Minister)
• External Affairs Minister: Dr. S. Jaishankar
• Home Minister: Amit Shah

🏦 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Top Officials

Functions:

• Monetary authority
• Regulator of banking system
• Manager of foreign exchange
• Issuer of currency
• Developmental role

🏛️ Public Sector Banks - MDs & CEOs ⭐⭐⭐

Top 5 PSU Banks

Bank	MD & CEO	Headquarters	Tagline
State Bank of India (SBI)	Dinesh Kumar Khara	Mumbai	The Banker to Every Indian / Trusted by Millions
Punjab National Bank (PNB)	Atul Kumar Goel	New Delhi	The Name You Can Bank Upon
Bank of Baroda (BoB)	Debadatta Chand	Vadodara, Gujarat	India’s International Bank
Canara Bank	K. Satyanarayana Raju	Bengaluru	Together We Can
Union Bank of India	A. Manimekhalai	Mumbai	Good People to Bank With

Other Major PSU Banks

Largest PSU Bank (by assets): State Bank of India (SBI) Oldest PSU Bank: Allahabad Bank (merged into Indian Bank in 2020)

🏦 Private Sector Banks - MDs & CEOs ⭐⭐⭐

Top Private Banks

🏦 Small Finance Banks - CEOs

🏦 Payment Banks - CEOs

🌐 International Financial Institutions ⭐⭐⭐

• Ajay Banga (World Bank President) is of Indian origin (first Indian-origin head)
• Kristalina Georgieva is the first woman to head IMF from Eastern Europe
• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and first African to head WTO

🌍 United Nations & Specialized Agencies ⭐⭐

• António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) is from Portugal
• Tedros Adhanom (WHO) is from Ethiopia (first African to head WHO)

🏏 International Sports Bodies ⭐⭐

Organization	Head	Position	Headquarters
International Olympic Committee (IOC)	Thomas Bach	President	Lausanne, Switzerland
International Cricket Council (ICC)	Greg Barclay	Chairman	Dubai, UAE
FIFA (Football)	Gianni Infantino	President	Zurich, Switzerland
FIBA (Basketball)	Hamane Niang	President	Mies, Switzerland
World Athletics (Track & Field)	Sebastian Coe	President	Monaco
International Tennis Federation (ITF)	David Haggerty	President	London, UK
FIDE (Chess)	Arkady Dvorkovich	President	Lausanne, Switzerland

🇮🇳 Indian Sports Bodies

• PT Usha - First woman president of IOA, legendary athlete
• Roger Binny - Former Indian cricketer (1983 World Cup winner)

🏛️ Regulatory Bodies in India ⭐⭐

• Madhabi Puri Buch - First woman chairperson of SEBI
• Ravneet Kaur - First woman chairperson of CCI

🏦 NABARD, SIDBI, EXIM Bank ⭐⭐

Institution	Head	Position	Headquarters
NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development)	K.V. Shaji	Chairman	Mumbai
SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank)	Sivasubramanian Ramann	Chairman & MD	Lucknow
EXIM Bank (Export-Import Bank of India)	Harsha Bangari	MD & CEO	Mumbai
NHB (National Housing Bank)	Sanjay Kulshrestha	Chairman & MD	New Delhi

🎖️ Defence Forces - Chiefs ⭐⭐

• Indian Army: New Delhi
• Indian Navy: New Delhi
• Indian Air Force: New Delhi
• Integrated Defence Staff HQ: New Delhi

🚀 Space & Scientific Organizations

• S. Somanath - Led successful Chandrayaan-3 mission (2023)
• N. Kalaiselvi - First woman Director General of CSIR

📺 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) - Key Heads

PSU	Head	Position	Sector
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)	Shrikant Madhav Vaidya	Chairman	Oil & Gas
NTPC	Gurdeep Singh	Chairman & MD	Power
Coal India Limited	P.M. Prasad	Chairman	Mining
ONGC	Arun Kumar Singh	Chairman & MD	Oil & Gas
BHEL	Nalin Shinghal	Chairman & MD	Power Equipment
Steel Authority of India (SAIL)	Amarendu Prakash	Chairman	Steel
BSNL	Robert J. Ravi	Chairman & MD	Telecom
Air India	Campbell Wilson	CEO & MD	Aviation
Indian Railways	Jaya Varma Sinha	Chairman, Railway Board	Transport
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)	Siddhartha Mohanty	Chairman	Insurance

🎓 Key Education & Research Institutions

Institution	Head	Position
UGC (University Grants Commission)	Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar	Chairman
NCERT	Dinesh Prasad Saklani	Director
AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)	T.G. Sitharam	Chairman
NITI Aayog	Narendra Modi (PM)	Chairman
NITI Aayog	B.V.R. Subrahmanyam	CEO

🏆 Nobel Prize Winners 2024 (Recent) ⭐⭐

Nobel Prize 2024 Winners

• Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman - Crucial role in developing mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines
• Narges Mohammadi - Awarded while imprisoned in Iran

🏅 Bharat Ratna Recipients (Recent)

2024:

• Karpoori Thakur (posthumous) - Former Bihar CM, social justice champion
• Lal Krishna Advani - Senior BJP leader, former Deputy PM

2019:

• Pranab Mukherjee (posthumous, 2020) - Former President
• Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous) - Social activist
• Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous) - Singer, composer (Assam)

2015:

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Former Prime Minister
• Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumous) - Educationist, founder of BHU

🎬 Recent Academy Awards (Oscars) Winners ⭐

96th Academy Awards (2024)

• RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” won Best Original Song (2023) - composed by M.M. Keeravani

📝 Quick Revision Flashcards

Copy these for last-minute revision:

QUICK WHO’S WHO - 2025

INDIA: President: Droupadi Murmu VP: Jagdeep Dhankhar PM: Narendra Modi CJI: D.Y. Chandrachud Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman Home Minister: Amit Shah External Affairs: S. Jaishankar

RBI: Governor: Shaktikanta Das 4 Deputy Governors: Michael Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar, Swaminathan J.

TOP BANKS (MD & CEO): SBI: Dinesh Kumar Khara PNB: Atul Kumar Goel Bank of Baroda: Debadatta Chand HDFC Bank: Sashidhar Jagdishan ICICI Bank: Sandeep Bakhshi Axis Bank: Amitabh Chaudhry

INTERNATIONAL: IMF: Kristalina Georgieva World Bank: Ajay Banga WTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala UN: António Guterres WHO: Tedros Adhanom

REGULATORS: SEBI: Madhabi Puri Buch IRDAI: Debasish Panda TRAI: Anil Kumar Lahoti

DEFENCE: CDS: Gen. Anil Chauhan Army Chief: Gen. Manoj Pande Navy Chief: Adm. R. Hari Kumar Air Force Chief: ACM V.R. Chaudhari

SPACE/SCIENCE: ISRO: S. Somanath DRDO: Samir V. Kamat CSIR: N. Kalaiselvi

SPORTS: IOC: Thomas Bach ICC: Greg Barclay FIFA: Gianni Infantino BCCI: Roger Binny (President), Jay Shah (Secretary) IOA: PT Usha

💡 Memory Techniques

1. Association Method

Link names to their organizations:

• Das (RBI) → “Das rupee” (currency)
• Banga (World Bank) → “Banga” sounds like “Bank”
• Somanath (ISRO) → “Soma” = Moon (space connection)

2. First Letter Method

For SBI CEO: Dinesh Kumar Khara

• DKK = “Don’t Keep Kash” (bank joke!)

3. Visual Imagery

Imagine the person in their role:

• Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Budget (Finance Minister)
• S. Jaishankar at UN (External Affairs)

4. Grouping Method

Group by sector:

• Banking: Shaktikanta Das, Dinesh Khara, Sashidhar Jagdishan
• International: Ajay Banga, Kristalina Georgieva, António Guterres
• Defence: Anil Chauhan, Manoj Pande, Hari Kumar

🔄 Update Schedule

This page is updated:

• Monthly: For new appointments
• Quarterly: Comprehensive review (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct)
• Before Major Exams: Special updates

Last Updated: April 2025 Next Update: July 2025

Bookmark this page and check before your exam for latest appointments!

Revision Tips:

• Create flashcards with name on one side, position on other
• Revise weekly - appointments change frequently
• Focus on banking sector (RBI, bank CEOs) - highest weightage
• Check for latest updates 1 week before exam
• Practice 50 MCQs monthly on Who’s Who

Common Exam Patterns:

• “Who is the current RBI Governor?” → Direct question
• “Who heads the IMF?” → Organization-based
• “_____ is the MD & CEO of SBI” → Fill in the blanks
• Match the following: Name → Organization

Keep this page bookmarked for quick pre-exam revision!