The Centre has appointed M.J. Joseph as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Ministry of Finance.
Prior to this appointment, Joseph was the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
He succeeds Jawahar Thakur, who has been appointed as OSD (Accounting Reforms) in the Office of CGA.
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.
Joseph has also worked with the International Monitory Fund (IMF) as a Public Financial Management Adviser at the IMF's Regional Technical Assistance centre based at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
He is a post graduate in International Economic Relations and studied Business Management from the University of Sydney, Australia.
