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Mr A K Ghosh
Amiya Kumar Ghosh (born September 1937) is an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. After a brief stint in a teaching assignment in the University of Delhi, he joined the Indian Defen...view moreAmiya Kumar Ghosh (born September 1937) is an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. After a brief stint in a teaching assignment in the University of Delhi, he joined the Indian Defence Accounts Service in 1961. After various assignments in the field and in the Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts at senior levels, he worked at the Ministry of Defence as Additional Financial Advisor and Joint Secretary. He took over as the Financial Advisor, Defence Services, in February 1994 and held that post till his retirement in September 1995.
Mr. Ghosh has two well-known books on defence budgeting and planning to his credit: India’s Defence Budget and Expenditure Management in a Wider Context (1996), and Defence Budgeting and Planning in India: The Way Forward (2006). After retirement, Mr Ghosh has served in numerous positions in an advisory and consultancy role. In the middle of 2006,
Mr. Ghosh joined the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) as a Distinguished Fellow. He was appointed as Member of the Review Committee on the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in March 2007 and worked as a Senior Consultant in the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, on a project for the Administrative Reforms Commission, “Strengthening Financial Management Systems”.view less