Persons in News January 2015

A K Mittal - Appointed as the new chairman of Railway board.
* Steven Gerrard - Liverpool captain announced that he was leaving the club at the end of the season.
* Virat Kohli - Becomes first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter, Surpassed Dravid's record for most runs in a series in Australia.
* R Koteeswaran - Took charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank.
* Vasant Gowarikar - Space veteran and eminent scientist passed away.
* Kumar Sangakkara - Becomes fastest cricketer to score 12,000 Test runs, Scored his 11th Test double century to move one behind Australia legend Don Bradman's all-time record, Broke the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals.
* Mashrafe Mortaza - Will lead a 15-member Bangladesh squad in the ICC World Cup 2015.
* Upendra Trivedi - One of the most renowned Gujarati actors of stage and cinema, passed away.
* Arvind Panagariya - Indian-American economist,  appointed as the first vice chairman of the Niti Aayog.
* Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir - Appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
* Habib Essid - Nominated as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia
* Sindhushree Khullar - Appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog.

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