Vinod Rai

Retired Indian Administrative Service officer and former Comptroller and Auditor General of India · India · On the map · Academics · Born 1948 · age 78

Vinod Rai is a retired IAS officer who served as the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He assumed office on 7 January 2008 till 22 May 2013. He is the current chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors and Honorary Advisor to the Indian Railways and a member of the Railway Kaya Kalp Council.

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2012“We are incapable of making fundamental errors as being discussed in media. Our report will make clear all doubts on fallacies (that are) being talked about.”In their wordsseminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.Read the whole statement

“We are not in the business of finding faults. But when we detect some loopholes during the process of audit, we advise the executive to plug those loopholes.”In their wordsseminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.Read the whole statement

“They (CAG auditors) are the best in the world. Both developing and developed countries send their auditors to train with us at our academies.”In their wordsseminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.Read the whole statement

1948Born23 May 1948

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We cannot do the role of cheerleaders. We strive to provide objective feedback on the functioning of the various departments of the government.
speaking at the inaugural function of a Conference of Accountants General. CAG: We can’t don the role of cheerleaders, Own words

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Academics from India 6

Sulochana Gadgil48.9

Probal Dasgupta48.9

Irawati Karve49.0

Shriram Sharma48.9 Preetha Krishna49.0 Ramchandra Gandhi48.8