About Us

     

Shri Santosh Kumar

IA&AS (2000 Batch)

Principal Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna

 

Educational Qualifications

  •  Studied in the Doon School, Dehradun through All India Merit Scholarship.
  • B.A. (Hons.) Maths, Statistics from Delhi University.
  • MBA (IIM Lucknow)- Marketing and Finance
  • UGC JRF in Marketing and Enrolled in Ph.D. in Faculty of Management Studies (FMS-Delhi) in Rural Marketing (1999).

Work Experience

  • Director General of Audit, Indian Air Force, O/o the CAG of India, New Delhi – Presented for first time Performance Audit and Compliance Audit report together in Parliament in 2024.
  • Drove efficiency in audit management as Head of Department (HOD) by better coordination with auditee and IT sensitization.
  • Principal Director of Commercial Audit (Defence PSUs), Bengaluru – Performance/Certification audit of 9 PSUs like HAL, BEL, MDL etc. which had its impact on their listing and got better price to GoI.
  • Director (Department of Commerce) – FIEO & other Export Promotion Councils, Export policies for Regions, WTO related issues, PEC Ltd., EXIM Bank, ECGC, IBEF and Financial clearance of all commerce schemes for 12th FYP.
  • Chief Accounts Officer, CAO-DDA (Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs)- Issues related to development of land and cities planning.
  • Director (iCISA, O/o the CAG)- International training centre of the CAG – Training 200+ foreign delegates every year from 130+ countries.
  • Director of Audit (Economic Ministries)
  •  1st CAG All India Report on NREGA in 2008-09.
  • Audit of Ministries of Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/PRI/Water and Rural Development.
  • CAG All India Report on NREGA in 2009 with huge media coverage at national level.
  • Financial clearance of all schemes of Department of Commerce for 12th Five Year Plan.
  • Timely certification and audit of all 9 PSUs for last five years (HAL, BEL etc.) and giving GoI better returns at the time of listing.
  • Held charge of Finance Member, DDA for more than 6 months and cleared various infrastructure projects for Delhi.
  • Individual winner of CAG Golf Tournament in 2010 and 3 times team winner.
  • UN Audit (UNPA, WFP, ECA, FAO) and Embassy Audit (West African Countries).
  • Trained at NAO, UK on Performance & Certification Audit.
  • Visited 6 countries related to commerce & infrastructure during Ministry time.

Hobbies

  • Playing Sports like Golf, Squash and Badminton, Tennis & Cricket.
  • Watching Plays (Dramas).
  • Reading on Nation’s important issues.