Government appoints M J Joseph as Controller General of Accounts

NEW DELHI: The government today appointed M J Joseph as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Ministry of Finance.

Joseph, a 1979 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, was the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

He succeeds Jawahar Thakur (ICAS-1979) who has been appointed as OSD (Accounting Reforms) in the office of CGA, a finance ministry statement said.

Joseph has served in various administrative capacities in the Government of India including Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor in the President Secretariat and Director, Ministry of Defence among others.