TAMILNADUEXAMS

Organisations & their Details

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Established: 8th August, 1967
Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
Secretary-General: Kao Kim Hourn (Cambodia)
Member Countries (10): Thailand, The Philippines , Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Cambodia
44th & 45th ASEAN Summit Host: Vientiane (Laos)
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
Established: 8th December 1985
Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Secretary-General: Golam Sarwar
Member Countries (8): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
19th Summit: Islamabad (Pakistan) was cancelled
Last Member to Join: Afghanistan in 2007.
BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
Established: 6 June 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand
Headquarters: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Secretary-General: Shri Indra Mani Pandey (India)
Member Countries (7): Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
5th BIMSTEC Summit Host: Colombo, Sri Lanka (2022)
Last Country to Join: Bhutan (2004)
United Nations (UN) – Preceded by League of Nations
Founded on: 24 October 1945 in San Francisco, USA
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Secretary-General: António Guterres (Portugal)
Current Member Countries (193): Includes all internationally recognized states except the Holy See and Palestine (observer states).
Last Country to Join: South Sudan (2011)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Founded on: 16 November 1945
Headquarters: Paris, France
Director-General: Audrey Azoulay
Founding Members: 37 countries (Now 190+ member countries)
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Founded on: 11 December 1946
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founder: Ludwik Rajchman
Executive Director: Catherine M Russell
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Founded on: 7 April 1948
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Director General: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Founded on: 16 October 1945
Headquarters: Rome, Italy
Director General: Qu Dongyu
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Founded on: 22 July 1944
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., USA
Managing Director: Kristalina Georgieva
Chief Economist: Pierre Olivier Gourinchas
Members: 190 countries (as of 2025)
World Bank Group
Founded on: 27 December 1945
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., USA
President: Ajay Banga (Indian-origin American)
Members: 189 countries (as of 2025)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Established on: 1 April 1935
Nationalized on: 1 January 1949
Headquarters: Kolkata (1935), Moved to Mumbai (1937)
Governor: Sanjay Malhotra
First Governor: Sir Osborne Smith (British)
First Indian Governor: C.D. Deshmukh
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Established on: 15 August 1969
Founder: Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (Father of Indian Space Program)
Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Chairman: V Narayanan
First Indian Satellite: Aryabhata (1975)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Established on: 12 April 1988 (as a non-statutory body); 30 January 1992 (given statutory powers)
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman: Tuhin Kanta Pandey
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Established on: 12 July 1982;
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman: Shaji K V
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
Established on: 1999 (as a statutory body)
Headquarters: Hyderabad, Telengana
Chairman: Debasish Panda