- Newly appointed Chairperson & CEO of Indian Railway Board - Jaya Varma Sinha
- Newly appointed President of Film and Television Institute of India - R.Madhavan
- New President of Singapore - Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- The person who headed the committee to discuss the possibility of One Nation One Election - Ram Nath Kovind
65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards
- Ravi Kannan (India)
- Korvi Rakshand (Bangladesh)
- Eugenio Lemos (Timor Leste)
- Miriam Coronel Ferrer (Philippines)
