Ms. Jaya Bhagat

                                                                         Principal Accountant General

Ms. Jaya Bhagat (IAAS-1995) joined as Principal Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur on 9 May 2023.

Ms. Bhagat’s earlier assignments include postings as Director (Finance), National Rural Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India,

Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Maharashtra, Pr. AG & OSD (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Director General, Regional Training Institute, Jammu and Director/Sr. Deputy Accountant General in Kolkata and New Delhi.

She has worked as a Manager at the World Bank Group, USA and at the BRICS New Development Bank, China.  She has also led external audits of the World Health Organization, International Computing Centre, TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) at Geneva, Switzerland and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico in Latin America.

Ms. Bhagat’s academic background includes Master in Business Administration (IIM-Calcutta) and Master in Public Administration (Harvard University) degrees.She has been a Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and an International Auditor Fellow at the Government Accountability Office, USA.

She has been awarded the Harvard Kennedy School Lucius N. Littauer Award for academic achievement, leadership and contribution to the Harvard community and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Public Auditing and Accounting in 2021 and in 2022.