April 2025 has been a significant month globally and nationally, marked by a series of high-profile appointments across various sectors — from governance and judiciary to finance, corporate leadership, and international diplomacy. These new appointments reflect changing leadership dynamics and the growing need for expertise and innovation in a rapidly evolving world.
These appointments signal a transformative wave of leadership aiming to shape policies, economies, and systems on both national and global platforms.
| Name | Position |
| Vinod Bahety | CEO and Whole-time Director of Ambuja Cements |
| Ajay Kapur | MD of Ambuja Cements Limited |
| Sunil Kakkar | Whole-time Director of Maruti Suzuki India |
| Sanjay Kumar Mishra | Full-time Member, EAC-PM; Former Chief of ED |
| Sanjay Singh | Bureau Member of United World Wrestling (UWW) Asia |
| Ashok Singh Thakur | Chairman of INTACH (3 years) |
| Justice Harish Tandon | Chief Justice of Orissa High Court |
| Swaminathan S. Iyer | Whole-time Member (Life), IRDAI |
| B Ramesh Babu | Secretary of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) |
| CS Setty | Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) |
| S K Majumdar | Executive Director, Canara Bank (3 years) |
| Vikram Sahu | Head of Bank of America in India (replaces Kaku Nakhate) |
| Shibashish Roy | MD, Croma (Tata Group) |
| H Shankar | MD, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) |
| Mohsin Naqvi | President, Asian Cricket Council; Chairman, PCB |
| Kamal Haasan | Chairman, FICCI Media & Entertainment Committee South |
| Satish Chavva | CEO, Oman India Joint Investment Fund |
| SC Ralhan | President, FIEO (replaces Ashwani Kumar) |
| Ravikant Kapur | Vice President, FIEO |
| Ravneet Kaur | Additional Charge as NFRA Chairperson (also CCI Chief) |
| Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | First Woman President of Namibia (replaces Nangolo Mbumba) |
| Stuart Young | PM of Trinidad and Tobago (replaces Dr. Keith Rowley) |
| Mark Carney | PM of Canada (replaces Justin Trudeau) |
| Christian Stocker | Chancellor of Austria |
| Ilie Bolojans | Interim President of Romania |
| Marco Rubio | 72nd US Secretary of State (Trump Administration) |
| Sourav Ganguly | Chairperson, ICC Men’s Cricket Committee |
| Justice Arun Palli | Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC |
| Aarthi Subramanian | Executive Director, President & COO of TCS |
| Sivasubramanian Ramann | Chairperson, PFRDA (replaces Deepak Mohanty) |
| Poonam Gupta | Deputy Governor of RBI (3 years; replaces Michael Patra) |
| Salila Pande | MD & CEO of SBI Card (replaces Abhijeet Chakravorty) |
