Bhubaneswar: Viswanath Singh Jadon has taken charge as the new Accountant General in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit-II), Odisha.
Prior to this Jadon had served as Accountant General in the office of the Accountant General, (Audit-II), Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Earlier, he had also served as Director (Audit) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, London.
Jadon, an Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer of the 2003 batch has done M.Tech in Thermal Engineering and he is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) by ISACA, USA.
The Accountant General is in charge of Audit activities including Performance Audit and Compliance Audit conducted by the office, rendering assistance to the State Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Public Undertakings during discussion of the Audit Reports in Odisha Legislative Assembly.