Padma Shri recipient?Ajay Banga wrote history yesterday?by becoming the first Indian-American to be elected as World Bank President. The former Mastercard CEO, who was born in Pune, is set to begin his five-year term as?World Bank President on June 2, 2023.??
US President Joe Biden, who himself had?nominated Banga?for the role, was among the first to congratulate him through a statement released by the White House and then a tweet too.??
Besides Biden, there are many other world leaders and businessmen, including India’s FM Sitharaman, billionaire Anand Mahindra, and US’ VP Kamala Harris.?
So let's have a look at how the incoming World Bank President, Ajay Banga,?was praised and congratulated by various leaders.
Amitabh Kant, who is an Indian bureaucrat and former CEO of the Indian think tank NITI Aayog, also tweeted a picture with Ajay Banga to congratulate him.
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