Who's Who of India 2023

 This blog post provides the list of heads of important officers in India in the year 2023 for various Kerala PSC examinations such as University assistant, LDC, LGS & other prelims, and mains.

Important Indian Officials 2023

  • President of India – Droupadi Murmu (15th).
  • Vice President of India – Jagdeep Dhankar (14th).
  • Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi.
  • Supreme Court Chief Justice of India – Justice D.Y. Chandrachud (50th).
  • Attorney General of India – R. Venkataramani (16th).
  • Solicitor General of India – Tushar Mehta.
  • Governor of RBI – Shaktikanta Das.
  • Cabinet Secretary – Rajiv Gauba.
  • Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) – Girish Chandra Murmu.
  • Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Jagdeep Dhankhar (Vice-President).
    • Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Harivansh Narayan Singh.
    • Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha – P.C. Mody.
    • Leader of Rajya Sabha – Piyush Goyal.
    • Opposition Leader of Rajya Sabha – Mallikarjun Kharge.
  • Speaker of Lok Sabha – Om Birla.
    • Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha – Vacant (Last - Dr. M. Thambidurai).
    • Secretary General of the Lok Sabha – Utpal Kumar Singh.
  • Chief Election Commissioner of India – Rajiv Kumar (25th). 
  • Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) – Heeralal Samariya (16th).**
    • Information Commissioners – Anandi Ramalingam & Vinod Kumar Tiwari.
  • Central Vigilance Commissioner – Praveen Kumar Srivastava.
  • Chief of DRDO – Dr Samir V. Kamat.
  • Chief Labour Commissioner of India – Remis Tiru.
  • Chairman of SEBI – Madhabi Puri Buch. 
  • Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board – Anil Kumar Lahoti.
  • Chairman of NITI Aayog – Narendra Modi (Prime Minister).
    • Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog – Suman K. Bery.
    • CEO of NITI Aayog – B.V.R. Subrahmanyam.
  • Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board – D.K. Shukla.
  • Chairman of the Censor Board (CBFC) – Prasoon Joshi.
  • Chairman of ISRO – S. Somanath.
  • Chairman of CBSE – Nidhi Chibber.
  • Chairman of NABARD – Shaji K. V.
  • Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation – M. R. Kumar.
  • Chairman of Law Commission – Justice Rituraj Awasthi (22nd).
  • Chairman of Central Water Commission – Kushvinder Vohra. 
  • Chairman of National Green Tribunal – Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
  • Chairman of National Knowledge Commission – Sam Pitroda.
  • Chairman of National Human Rights Commission – Arun Kumar Mishra. (8th)
  • Chairperson of National Commission of Women – Rekha Sharma.
  • Chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights – Priyank Kanoongo.
  • Chairman of National Commission for Minorities – Iqbal Singh Lalpura.
  • Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes – Hansraj Gangaram Ahir.
  • Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes – Vijay Sampla.
  • Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes – Harsh Chouhan.
  • Chairman of the Committee on Public Undertaking – Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
  • Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee – Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
  • Chairman of SBI – Dinesh Kumar Khara.
  • Chairman of 7th Pay Commission – Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur.
  • Chairman of Finance Commission – Nand Kishore Singh (15th).
  • Chairman of the GST Council – Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman).
  • Chairman of National Statistical Commission – Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar.
  • Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) – S. Kishore.Prof. 
  • Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) – Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar.
    • Chairman of NAAC – Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan.
  • Chairman of UPSC – Manoj Soni.
    • Chairman of Kerala Public Service Commission – Dr.M.R Baiju.
  • Chairman of NCERT – Dinesh Prasad Saklani.
  • Chairman of CBSE – Nidhi Chibber.
  • Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) – Nitin Gupta.
  • Chairman, National Highway Authority Of India (NHAI) – Santosh Kumar Yadav.
  • Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India – Mritunjay Kumar Narayan.
  • Chief Economic Adviser – Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran.
  • Defence Secretary of India  – Giridhar Aramane.
  • Finance Secretary of India  – T. V. Somanathan.
  • Foreign Secretary of India  – Vinay Mohan Kwatra. 
  • Home Secretary of India  – Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
  • Principal Secretary to Prime Minister – Dr. P. K. Mishra.
  • Revenue Secretary of India – Sanjay Malhotra.
  • President of BCCI – Roger Binny.
  • President of the Indian Olympic Association – P.T. Usha. 
    • First Woman President of the Indian Olympic Association. 
  • President of Hockey India – Dilip Tirkey.
  • President of Film and Television Institute of India – Sandeep Shahare.


Armed Forces

  • National Security Advisor of India – Ajit Doval.
  • Chief of Army Staff – General Manoj Pande.
    • Vice Chief of Army Staff – Lt. Gen. M. V. Suchindra Kumar.
  • Chief of the Naval Staff – R. Hari Kumar.
    • Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff – Vice-Admiral Sanjay Mahindru.
  • Chief of Air Staff – Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
  • Air Officer-in-Charge Administration – Rajesh Kumar Anand.
  • Director General of the Indian Coast Guard – Virender Singh Pathania.
  • Head  of BSF – Pankaj Kumar Singh.
  • Head of CRPF – Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen.
  • Head of RAW – Samant Kumar Goel.
  • Head of Intelligence Bureau – Tapan Deka.
  • Head of CBI – Subodh Kumar Jaiswal.
  • Head of NIA – Dinkar Gupta.
  • Head of ED – Sanjay Kumar Mishra.

📝SideNotes:
  • ED – Enforcement Directorate.
  • BSF – Border Security Force.
  • NIA – National Investigation Agency.
  • RAW – Research and Analysis Wing.
  • CRPF – Central Reserve Police Force.
  • UPSC – Union Public Service Commission.
  • CBFC – Central Board of Film Certification.
  • ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation.
  • BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket in India.
  • SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India.
  • CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education.
  • NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
  • NITI Aayog – National Institution for Transforming India.
  • DRDO – Defence Research and Development Organisation.
  • NCERT – National Council of Educational Research and Training.
  • NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
  • Planning Commission was reformed into NITI Aayog in 2014 by the Modi Govt.
  • The term of office for CIC is 3 years now, formerly it was 5 years.
** Updated according to current statistics as of November 2023.

Thanks for reading!!!