Key Appointments - 2026 Tracker
A running ledger of the appointments Indian exams reach for through 2026 - who holds the post, when they took it, and whom they replaced. It spans constitutional offices, service chiefs, the Raj Bhavans and the change of guard in the states, and records July's Cabinet resignation, when Dharmendra Pradhan left the Council of Ministers and Education passed to Pralhad Joshi. The turn of the month brought two deputy service chiefs, a new head of defence accounts and the first woman to lead the Geological Survey of India; August added an RBI Executive Director and new Secretaries for Earth Sciences and water resources. Late August then filled three part-time seats on the Reserve Bank's Central Board, gave the Himachal Pradesh High Court one Judge and two Additional Judges, and saw six new foreign envoys received at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The card is living - fresh names slot in as the year unfolds, and cross-linked notes carry the fuller stories.
- CDS
- RBI Deputy Governor
- NITI Aayog
- BSF
- BJP president
- Governors reshuffle
- Nidhi Chhibber
- Rohit Jain
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