Controller General of Defence Accounts

{{Short description|Head of the Defence Accounts Department in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Controller General of Defence Accounts

| seal =

| logo = CGDA DAD Defence Acc. Dept. Logo by rackeldevs.svg

| logo_size = 120px

| formed = 1 October 1951

| jurisdiction = Ministry of Defence, Government of India

| headquarters = New Delhi

| employees =

| chief1_name = Dr Mayank Sharma, IDAS

| chief1_position = Controller General of Defence Accounts

| parent_department = Ministry of Defence (Finance)

| website = {{URL|http://cgda.nic.in/}}

}}

The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) heads the Defence Accounts Department. Dr Mayank Sharma, IDAS

is the present CGDA.[https://cgda.nic.in/adm/circular/AN1_1207_04092023.pdf "CGDA"] The office functions under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India and is the cadre controlling authority of the Indian Defence Accounts Service, an organised Group 'A' Civil Service of Government of India.{{Cite web |title=CGDA |url=https://cgda.nic.in/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=cgda.nic.in}}

As the Principal Accounting Officer for Ministry of Defence, the CGDA furnishes necessary information for the Appropriation Accounts to the Ministry of Defence. CGDA also prepares the Annual Consolidated Accounts of Defence Services Receipts & Charges and acts as the Principal Accounts Officer for Civil Estimates of the Ministry of Defence. DAD is also responsible for rendering the Annual Accounts for the various units and formations operating under the Ministry of Defence.

In addition, the Annual Audit Certificate for the Defence Services, rendered by the CGDA to the C&AG through Ministry of Defence, is tabled in the Indian Parliament.

Office of the CGDA

Office of the CGDA is situated at Delhi. Current address is Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt - 110010.

List of CGDA

The following is the list of officers of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) who have held the post of CGDA since 1947:

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of CGDAs since 1947{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour of CGDAs |url=https://cgda.nic.in/index.php?page=rollofhonour |url-status=live |access-date=30 March 2025 |website=Office website of the CGDA}}

|Sl. No.

|Name

|Post Held

|From

|To

1

|Shri L. M. Ghatak

|Military Accountant General

|16.08.1947

|08.05.1951

2

|Shri R. Jagannathan

|Military Accountant General

|09.05.1951

|09.09.1951

3

|Shri A. Subrahmanyam

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|26.02.1954

|25.06.1956

4

|Shri R. N. Hazari

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|26.06.1956

|04.11.1956

5

|Shri Batuk Singh

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|05.11.1956

|20.09.1958

6

|Shri Phul Chand

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|03.10.1958

|06.11.1962

7

|Shri H. L. Wadera

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|07.11.1962

|09.09.1967

8

|Shri V. N. Sukul

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|13.09.1967

|25.03.1968

9

|Shri A. P. B. Nayar

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|17.06.1968

|09.03.1970

10

|Shri D. S. Nakra

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|10.03.1970

|31.12.1970

11

|Shri P. C. Bhattacharyya

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|10.03.1971

|05.12.1972

12

|Shri V. G. Kamath

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|26.02.1973

|20.01.1975

13

|Shri J. B. Martin

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|17.03.1975

|30.04.1978

14

|Shri C. P. Ramachandran

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.05.1978

|31.10.1978

15

|Shri B. M. Menon

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.11.1978

|31.07.1979

16

|Shri B. M. Prabhu

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|02.08.1979

|30.09.1980

17

|Shri R. Venkataraman

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|17.11.1980

|31.01.1986

18

|Shri S Swaminathan

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|26.02.1986

|30.04.1987

19

|Shri R. B. Kapoor

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|10.06.1987

|30.06.1988

20

|Shri R. Venkataratnam

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|15.12.1988

|24.12.1988

21

|Shri R Krishnamurthy

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.01.1990

|31.12.1990

22

|Shri R. K. Mathur

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|14.03.1991

|30.11.1991

23

|Shri Sanjib Mukherji

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|04.02.1992

|30.04.1992

24

|Shri B. G. Joshi

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|11.05.1992

|31.08.1993

25

|Shri Gian Swarup

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|30.09.1993

|27.04.1994

26

|Shri S. A.Ventakatarayan

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.05.1994

|30.06.1994

27

|Shri U. S. Prasad

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|06.09.1994

|31.12.1994

28

|Shri D. K. Chet Singh

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|11.03.1995

|18.10.1995

29

|Shri P. R. Sivasubramanian

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|20.12.1995

|20.11.1996

30

|Shri N. Gopalan

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|11.03.1997

|30.06.2001

31

|Shri M Kumaraswami

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.07.2001

|05.03.2002

32

|Shri B Banerjee

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|10.04.2002

|31.07.2002

33

|Shri G. C. Bhandari

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.08.2002

|31.12.2003

34

|Shri Jnan Prakash

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|04.05.2006

|30.06.2007

35

|Smt H. K. Pannu

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.07.2007

|31.03.2008

36

|Smt Bulbul Ghosh

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.04.2008

|31.12.2009

37

|Smt Nita Kapoor

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.01.2010

|31.05.2010

38

|Shri Nand Kishore

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.06.2010

|31.12.2011

39

|Shri Virendra Diwan

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.01.2012

|31.03.2012

40

|Smt Priti Mohanty

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.04.2012

|29.10.2012

41

|Shri Suhas Banerjee

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|30.10.2012

|31.10.2012

42

|Shri Arunava Dutt

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.01.2012

|30.06.2013

43

|Kum Vandana Srivastava

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|05.07.2013

|31.10.2014

44

|Shri Arvind Kaushal

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.11.2014

|31.05.2015

45

|Shri S. S. Mohanty

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.06.2015

|30.09.2015

46

|Smt Shobhana Joshi

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.10.2015

|31.05.2016

47

|Shri S. K. Kohli

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|08.07.2016

|29.09.2016

48

|Shri N. Neihsial

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|02.12.2016

|28.02.2017

49

|Smt Veena Prasad

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.03.2017

|31.01.2018

50

|Smt Madhulika P Sukul

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.02.2018

|31.08.2018

51

|Shri R. K. Nayak

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|22.04.2019

|30.04.2019

52

|Shri Sanjiv Mittal

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.05.2019

|30.06.2021

53

|Shri Rajnish Kumar

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|26.07.2021

|30.06.2022

54

|Shri S G Dastidar

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|04.09.2023.

|31.03.2024

55

|Smt Devika Raghuvanshi

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|02.07.2024

|28.02.2025

56

|Dr Mayank Sharma

|Controller General of Defence Accounts

|01.03.2025

|Present

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