new delhi the government has appointed independent directors on board of various public sector banks including union bank of india punjab national bank and canara bank according to regulatory filings by banksthe government has appointed nonofficial director nod on the board of these banks for three yearsthe appointment done under the banking companies acquisition and transfer of undertakings act 1970 and 1980bank of maharashtra in a filing said department of financial services under ministry of finance dated december 21 2021 appointed shashank shrivastava and sardar baljit singh as nodajay singhal was appointed as part time nonofficial director on the board bank of baroda for a period of three years while nalini padmanabhan was appointed on board of canara bankpankaj joshi and sanjeev kumar singhal were appointed on board of pnb and suraj srivastava on union banks board