Heads of Important Offices in India

Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission. Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha. Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Mr. K. Rahman Khan: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha. Mr. Karia Munda: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha. Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha). Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha). Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission. Mr. S. Y. Quraishi: Chief Election Commissioner Mr. V. S. Sampath : Election Commissioner. Mr. Harishankar Brahma : Election Commissioner. Mr. Vinod Rai : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Mr. Ajit Seth : Cabinet Secretary. Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister . Mr. Justice M. N. Rao: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes. Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Dr. Dr P.L Punia: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes Dr. Rameshwar Oraon : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers. Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security). Mr. S. C. Sinha : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA). Mr. S. S. Khurana: Chairman, Railway Board. Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri: Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha Mr. T. K. Viswanathan : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha. Mr. Nehchal Sandhu: Director, IB. Mr. A. P. Singh: Director, CBI. Mr. Sanjeev Tripathi: Director, Research and Analysis Wing. Mr. R. K. Medhekar : Director-General, NSG. Mr. Vijay Kumar : Director-General, CRPF. Mr. Raman Srivastava : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF). Mr. Niraj Ranjan Das : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Mr. Ranjit Sinha: Director-General, Railway Protection Force. Mr. R. K. Bhatia: Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Mr. Y. S. Dadwal : Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal. Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra: Director-General, Coast Guard.

Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency. Mr. Sukhadeo Thorat : Chairman, UGC. Mr. V. K. Saraswat : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research & Development Organisation. Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government. Mr. K. Radhakrishnan: Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO. Mr. Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy. Mr. Wajahat Habibullah: Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities. Mr. N. K. Raghupathy : Chairman, SSC. Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal: Chairman, National Forest Commission. Dr. Amrita Patel: Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Lt. Gen. M. C. Badhani : Director-General, Border Roads Organisation. Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research. Mr. C. Chandramouli : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner. Mr. P. V. Reddy : Chairman, Law Commission. Mr. Baldev Raj : President, Indian National Academy of Engineering. Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao : Governor, RBI. Mr. Justice G. N. Ray: Chairman, Press Council of India. Mr. V. J. Darda : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Mr. Prakash Chandra: Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Mr. A. K. Singh: Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs. Justice Arijit Pasayat : Chairperson, Competition Appellate Tribunal Mr. S. K. Garg : CMD, NHPC. Mr. R. S. Sharma: CMD, ONGC. Mr. U. D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL. Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC. Mr. N. M. Borah: CMD, Oil India Ltd. Mr. Ashok Ganguly: Chairman, CBSE. Mr. U. K. Sinha: Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India. Mr. Prakash Bakshi: Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri : Chairman, SBI. Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI. Mr. S. Balasubramanian : Chairman, Company Law Board. Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India's Permanent Representative to UN. Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC Mr. A. K. Bajaj : Chairman, Central Water Commission. Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar: Chairman, 13th Finance Commission. Ms. Mamta Sharma : Chairperson, National Commission for Women. Ms. Leela Samson: Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification. Dr. Gautam Sengupta : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India. Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal : President, FICCI. Mr. J. S. Sarma: Chairman, TRAI

Mr. R. N. Das : Director, Enforcement Directorate. Mr. Yogesh Agarwal: Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority. Mr. Pradeep Kumar: Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Mr. Satyanand Mishra : Chief Information Commissioner. Prof. Krishan Kumar: Director, NCERT. Mr. Hari S. Bharti: President, CII. Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission. Mr. Rajiv Takru : CEO, Prasar Bharti Board. Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission. Mr. Rajendra S. Pawar : Chairman, NASSCOM. Mr. Swati Piramal: President, ASSOCHAM. Mr. Manmohan Shetty : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation. Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India. Mr. N. Ravi : Chairman, PTI. Mr. Hormusji N. Cama: President, Indian Newspaper Society.

Heads of National Offices

Mr Mohd Hamid Ansari- Chairman, Rajya Sabha Mr PJ Kurian- Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Dr Manmohan Singh-Chairman, Planning Commission Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia- Dy Chairman, Planning Commission Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde- Leader of the house in Lok Sabha Ms Sushma Swaraj- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mr Arun Jaitley- Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mr V Sampath-Chief Election Commissioner Mr Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi-Election Commissioner Mr Harisanker Brahma-Election Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar- Chief Vigilance Commissioner Mr Ranjan Mathai- Foreign Secretary Mr Vinod Rai- Comptroller and Auditor General of India Justice S Ratnavel Pandian- Chairman, National Commission of Backward Classes

Mr Rahul Khullar- Chairman, Telephone Regulatory Authority of India Mr Ranjit Sinha- CBI Director Mr Kunwar Singh-Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Mr Wajahat Habibullah- Chairperson National Commission for Minorities Mr DP Aggarwal- Chairman, UPSC Mr SC Sinha- Director General National Investigation Agency Mr Sukhadeo Thorat- Chairman, UGC (University Grant Commission) Mr K Radhakrishanan-Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO Mr Srikumar Bannerjee-Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt of Atomic Energy Mr BK Mishra- Chairman, SSC Mr KG Balakrishan- Chairman, Human Rights Commission Dr C Chandramouli- Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Mr Prakash Chandra Tripathi- Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Mr Jandhyala Harinarayan- Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) Mr UK Sinha- Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Mr Pratip Chaudhary- Chairman, State Bank of India Mr DK Mehrotra- Chairman LIC Mr Hardeep Puri- Indias Permanent Representative in UNO Mr Nirupam Sen- Spl Sr Advisor to President of UN General Assembly Ms Mamta Sharma-Chairperson of National Commission for Women Mr Vijay L Kelkar- Chairman, 13th Finance Commission Mr Ashok Chawla- Chairman, Competition Commission of India Ms Leela Samson-Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification Mr Raj Kumar Dhoop- President, ASSOCHAM Mr N Chandrasekaran- Chairman, NASSCOM Mr KC Verma- Director General RAW Ms Nandita Das-Chairperson, Children Film Society of India Mr S Banerjee-Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mr Satyanand Mishra-Chief Information Commissioner Prof Krishan Kumar-Director, NCERT Mr Adi Godrej- President, CII

Mr RV Kanoria- President, FICCI Mr Sam Pitroda- Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Mr Mamohan Setti- Chairman, National Film Development Corporation Ms Mrinal Pande- Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Mr Ratan Tata- Chairman, Investment Commission Mr VK Sarswat- Scientific Advisor to PM and Head DRDO Mr Jawhar Sircar- Chairman, Prasar Bharati Mr Alok Mishra- Chairman, Indian Banks Association

Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of States

States (1) Andhra Pradesh

Capitals Hyderabad

Governors Mr. E.S.L.Narasimhan Gen. (Retd.) J. J. Singh Mr. J. B. Patnaik Mr. Devanand Konwar Mr. Shekhar Dutt Mr. K. Sankaranarayan Dr. Kamla Mr. Jagannath Pahadia

Chief Ministers Mr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy Mr. Jarbom Gamlin Mr. Tarun Gogoi Mr. Nitish Kumar Dr. Raman Singh Mr. Digambar V. Kamat Mr. Narendra Modi Mr. Bhupinder S. Hooda Mr. Prem Kumar Dhumal

(2) Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar (3) Assam (4) Bihar (5) Chhattisgarh (6) Goa (7) Gujarat (8) Haryana Dispur Patna Raipur Panaji Gandhinagar Chandigarh

(9) Himachal Pradesh Shimla

Ms. Urmila Singh

(10) Jammu and Kashmir (11) Jharkhand (12) Karnataka

Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) Ranchi Bengaluru

Mr. N. N. Vohra Dr. Syed Ahmed Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj

Mr. Omar Abdullah Mr. Arjun Munda Mr. DV Sadananda Gowda Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan Mr. Prithviraj Chavan Mr.Okram Ibobi Singh Mr. Mukul A. Sangma Mr.Lalthanhawla Mr. Neiphiu Rio Mr. Naveen Patnaik Mr. Parkash Singh Badal Mr. Ashok Gehlot

(13) Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

Mr. M. O. H. Farook

(14) Madhya Pradesh Bhopal (15)Maharashtra (16) Manipur (17) Meghalaya (18) Mizoram (19) Nagaland (20) Odisha (21) Punjab Mumbai Imphal Shillong Aizawl Kohima Bhubaneswar Chandigarh

Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav Mr. K. Sankaranarayan Mr. Gurbachan Jagat Mr. R. S. Mooshahary Mr. Vakkom Purushothaman Mr. Nikhil Kumar Mr. M. C. Bhandare Mr. Shivraj V. Patil Mr. Shivraj V. Patil (Acting)

(22) Rajasthan (23) Sikkim (24) Tamil Nadu (25) Tripura (26)Uttarakhand (27) Uttar Pradesh

Jaipur Gangtok Chennai Agartala Dehradun Lucknow

Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh Mr. Pawan Chamling Mr. K Rosaiah Mr. D. Y. Patil Ms. Margaret Alva Mr. B. L. Joshi Ms. Jayalalithaa Mr. Manik Sarkar Mr. Vijay Bahuguna Mr. Akhilesh Yadav

(28) West Bengal

Kolkata

Mr. M. K. Narayanan

Ms. Mamata Banerjee

Head of Important Offices (International)

Ban Ki-moon Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro Robert Zoellick Dominic Strauss-Kahn Irina Bokova Dr. Margaret Chan Jacques Diouf Juan Somavia Ann M. Veneman Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation Deputy Secretary-General, UN. President, World Bank. Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director-General, UNESCO. Director-General, WHO. Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation Director-General, International Labour Organisation Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) UN High Commissioner for Refugees Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General, Oranisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) President, International Gourt of Justice President, Asian Development Bank President, African Development Bank President, International Olympic Committee Secretary-General, Commonwealth Chairman, African Union

Antonio Guterres Helen Clark Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi

Angel Gurria

Ms. Rosalyn Higgins Haruhiko Kuroda Donald Kaberuka Jacques Rogge Kamalesh Sharma Muammar Qaddafi

Pascal Lamy Ms. Navanethan Pillay Jerzy Buzek David Morgan Raul castro Jose Manuel Durao Barroso Kandeh K. Yumkella

Director-General, WTO High commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights President, European Union President, International Cricket Council Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement President, European Commission Director-General, UNIDO Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation council

Abdul-Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Ekmeleddin Ihanoglu Abdallah Salem el-Badri Hifikepunye Pohamba Mr. Yukiya Amano Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan Hashim Abdul Halim Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid Dr. Surin Pitsuwan Q.A.M.A. Rahim Lamine Diack Michael Griffin Ms. Irene Zubaida Khan

Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference Secretary-General, Organisation of American States President, South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Director, Commonwelath of Learning Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Director, UNFPA Secretary-General, ASEAN Secretary-General, SAARC President, International Amateur Athletic Federaton (IAAF) Chief of NASA (USA) Secretary-General, Amnesty International

HEAD OF IMPORTANT OFFICES (WORLD)

Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation.

Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro : First Deputy Secretary-General, UN. Robert Zoellick : President, World Bank. Dominic Strauss-Kahn: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Irina Bokova: Director-General-UNESCO. Dr. Margaret Chan: Director-General, WHO. Jacques Diouf: Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation. Juan Somavia : Director-General, International Labour Organisation. Ann M. Veneman: Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Antonio Guterres : UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi : Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Ms. Rosalyn Higgins: President, International Court of Justice. Haruhiko Kuroda: President, Asian Development Bank. Donald Kaberuka : President, African Development Bank. Jacques Rogge: President, International Olympic Committee. Kamalesh Sharma: Secretary-General, Commonwealth. . Muammar Qaddafi : Chairman, African Union. Pascal Lamy : Director-General, WTO. Ms. Navanethan Pillay : High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights. Jerzy Buzek : President, European Union David Morgan: President, International Cricket Council. Raul Castro: Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso: President, European Commission. Kandeh K. Yumkella : Director-General, UNIDO. Abdul-Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah: Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation Council. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu : Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference. Abdallah Salem el-Badri: Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Jose Miguel Insulza Salinas: Secretary-General, Organisation of American States. Hifikepunye Pohamba : President, South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO). Mr. Yukiya Amano : Director- General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan: Director, Commonwealth of Learning. Hashim Abdul Halim : Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

 Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid : Executive Director, UNFPA. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan : Secretary-General, ASEAN. Q. A. M. A. Rahim : Secretary-General, SAARC Lamine Diack : President, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). Michael Griffin : Chief of NASA (USA). Saleel Shetty: Secretary-General, Amnesty International.

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAYS AND WEEKS

Since the early days of the United Nations system, the UN has established a set of Days and Weeks (as listed below), Years and Decades to help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and commitment. The UN calls on Member States and other organizations to mark these days in ways which reflect their priorities. Sometimes the promotion of a specific day is led by a specific UN agency or programme, for example the World Health Organization (WHO) leads World Health Day and World No-Tobacco Day, UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) leads World Water Day and International Literacy Day, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) leads World Environment Day etc. Some UN agencies also have their own international days (e.g. WHO's World TB Day and UNESCO's World Philosophy Day), established and promoted by the agency but not designated by the UN General Assembly for the full UN system. While equivalent in purpose, the following list does not include agencyspecified days. January 27 February 20 21 March 8 International Women's Day and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace World Day of Social Justice (as of 2009) International Mother Language Day International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

21 21-28

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination World Water Day World Meteorological Day

22 23 April 4 7 23 May 3 15 17 21 22

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action World Health Day World Book and Copyright Day

World Press Freedom Day International Day of Families World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunication Day) World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001) Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers World No-Tobacco Day

25-June 1 29 31 June 4

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 17 20 23 26

World Environment Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought World Refugee Day United Nations Public Service Day International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Traffickingand International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July First Saturday 11 August 9 12 23 September 8 15 16 21 International Literacy Day International Day of Democracy International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer International Day of Peace (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002) International Day of the World's Indigenous People International Youth Day International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition International Day of Cooperatives World Population Day

During last Week World Maritime Day October

1 4 - 10 5 First Monday Second Wednesday 9 10 16 17 24

International Day for Older Persons World Space Week World Teacher's Day World Habitat Day International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

World Post Day World Mental Health Day World Food Day International Day for the Eradication of Proverty United Nations Day and World Development Information Day Disarmament Week

24-30 November 6

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict World Diabetes Day International Day of Tolerance World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Universal Children's Day, and Africa Industrialization Day World Television Day

14 16 Third Sunday 20

21

25 29 December 1 2 3 5 7 9 10 11 18 19 20

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

World AIDS Day International Day for the Abolition of Slavery International Day of Disabled Persons International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development International Civil Aviation Day International Anti-Corruption Day Human Rights Day International Mountain Day International Migrants Day United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation International Human Solidarity Day