Shashi Kant Sharma
| Shashi Kant Sharmaa | |
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| Comptroller and Auditor General of India Member of the UN Board of Auditors | |
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Assumed office 23 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Vinod Rai |
| Defence secretary of India | |
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In office 14 July 2011 – 22 May 2013 |
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25 September 1952 Chandausi- 202 412, UP |
Shashi Kant Sharma is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He succeeded Vinod Rai as the supreme auditor of the Constitutional body on 23 May 2013. In July 2014 he assumed office as Member of the United Nations Board of Auditor General for a term of six years.
Mr. Sharma belongs to the 1976 batch of IAS (Bihar cadre).He has B.Sc.from University of Allahabad ,and an M.Sc. in Administrative Science and Development Problems from University of York, and an M.A. in Political Science from Agra University.
Since taking over as C&AG of India, Mr. Sharma has finalized more than 55 Audit Reports for the Union Government and 165 Audit Reports for the State Governments. Some of these reports relate to critical issues, such as the Audit of Pricing Mechanism of Major Petroleum Products, Audit of Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contracts, Reports on Defence Services (Air Force and Navy), PPP Projects in NHAI, Defence Services (Army and Ordnance Factories and Defence PSUs), and Audit of Refit of Indian Naval Ships.
He was elected by the General Assembly of United Nations as a Member of the UN Board of Auditors in 2014 for a term of six years. His other international responsibilities include Member of UN Panel of External Auditors, Chair of the Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Services Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), Chair of the Working Group of INTOSAI on I.T. Audit. He was also the Chairman of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) until February 2015, and is currently a member of its Governing Board.
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Prashant Bhushan questioned the selection of former Defence Secretary, saying that there was conflict of interest in this appointment as CAG. The manner in which his appointment had been made adversely was thought of to possibly affect the perception of impartiality that is necessary for an independent constitutional office-holder.The Delhi High Court, by a detailed judgement in the Writ Petitions no 4653/2013 and WP 4619/2013 dated 13.08.2014, held that the appointment did not violate the principles of institutional integrity nor was the appointment arbitrary. The Hon’ble Court observed that he has an unblemished and impeccable record, and that his integrity cannot be doubted. The Petitioners challenged the Delhi High Court judgement before the Supreme Court. The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in its order in SLP No.24328/2014 on February 11, 2015, dismissed the petition by holding that there was no good ground to interfere in the High Court's judgement and order. It did not accept Prashant Bhushan's plea for examining the appointment of Sharma as CAG, a Constitutional post, on the mere apprehension of conflict of interest. The Hon’ble Court accepted the submission of the Attorney General that Shri Sharma had an exceptional career without blemish.
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