NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday appointed larger training secretary Ok Sanjay Murthy as the subsequent Comptroller and Auditor Normal. He’ll succeed incumbent G C Murmu, who retires on Thursday. The appointment of the 1989-batch IAS officer, who is because of retire in little over a month, got here as a shock to many.
A soft-spoken engineering graduate, Murthy is named an officer who comes up with new concepts and was within the thick of motion as he was the secretary in-charge of the ministry that handled the Nationwide Testing Company. The NTA made information for fallacious causes because it was discovered wanting in conducting essential exams akin to NEET-UG for medical faculty admissions and UGC-NET.
He comes with an intensive administrative expertise having served as I&B secretary and because the MD of the Nationwide Industrial Hall Improvement Company within the ministry of commerce and trade, implementing the govt.’s bold plan to construct new industrials cities and cities.
Murthy had additionally served as extra secretary within the ministry of housing and concrete affairs, overseeing city transport; Delhi Improvement Authority; and state-run NBCC.
Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS officer, was appointed as CAG in Aug 2020 after serving because the J&Ok lieutenant governor. He had succeeded Rajiv Mehrishi. Murmu was a trusted hand of PM Narendra Modi as he had served within the residence division of the Gujarat govt when Modi was chief minister. Later, he served as Modi’s principal secretary within the state.
After Modi grew to become PM, Murmu moved into the finance ministry earlier than heading to J&Ok as lieutenant governor.
