Lt. Gen. Devraj Anbu has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS). He is presently GOC-in-C (General Officer Commanding-in-Chief) Northern Command. He will replace Lt. Gen. Sarath Chand who retires on May 31.
The orders for Lt. Gen. Anbu’s appointment were issued on Thursday morning. He will take over the new appointment on June 1. He had taken over as the Northern Army Commander in December 2016.

Commissioned in Sikh Light Infantry in 1980, Lt. Gen. Anbu has commanded a Corps in the North East. There was widespread speculation over the delay in announcing the name of the new Vice Chief of Army Staff as the appointment was falling vacant in a week’s time.

Lt. Gen. Anbu is expected to be replaced by Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh as the GOC-in-C Northern Command. Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh was the Director General Military Operations (DGMO) at the time surgical strikes.

Ms. Anjali Bansal has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank.

Dr. Charan Singh, RBI Chair Professor at the Institute of Management, Bengaluru has been appointed as the Non- Executive Chairman of Punjab & Sind Bank.

Former IAS officer of 1982 batch and Gujarat cadre, Tapan Ray has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman of Central Bank of India.

Former Supreme Court judge C K Prasad has been appointed the chairman of the press council of India (PCI) for a second term. Justice Prasad headed the media watchdog for three years from November 2014. He had succeeded Justice Markanday Katju.

A three-member committee headed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, which met last week, had given its nod for appointing Prasad as the PCI chief for a second term.

The Press Council of India is a statutory body with a mandate to act as a watchdog to oversee the conduct of the print media.

Sreekanth T (IAS:2004:UT) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

M. Venkatesh, Director (Refineries), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemical Limited (MRPL), has been appointed to the post of Managing Director( MD), MRPL.

Sanjai Kumar, Group General Manager, RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL), has been appointed to the post of Director (Network Planning & Marketing), RCIL.

Deepti Umashankar (IAS:1993:HY) Principal Secretary to Goverment, Haryana, Sainik & Ardh Sainik Welfare, has been given additional charge of Chairperson, Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Punchkula, during the period of suspension of services of Bharat Bhusan Bharti.