**Summary:**
Effective August 1, 2025, Dr. Mayank Sharma has assumed the office of Financial Advisor Defence Services. Dr. Sharma is a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service with over three decades of government service, including a tenure as Controller General of Defence Accounts. His prior roles include Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. Dr. Sharma has represented India at various international organizations, including the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the UN Commission on International Trade Law, the International Anti-Corruption Academy, and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He has also served as Additional Commissioner in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Deputy Director, Administration Senior Financial Advisor in AIIMS Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Defence: The government ministry responsible for defence.
Dr Mayank Sharma: The newly appointed Financial Advisor Defence Services.
Financial Advisor Defence Services: The position assumed by Dr Mayank Sharma.
Indian Defence Accounts Service: The service to which Dr Mayank Sharma belongs, batch of 1989.
Controller General of Defence Accounts: A position previously held by Dr Mayank Sharma.
Cabinet Secretariat: A department in the Government where Dr Mayank Sharma served as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary.
UN Office on Drugs and Crime: United Nations office where Dr Mayank Sharma represented India.
AIIMS Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. Where Dr Mayank Sharma served as Deputy Director, Administration Senior Financial Advisor.
Ministry of Defence
Dr Mayank Sharma assumes the office of Financial
Advisor (Defence Services)
Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 7:56PM by PIB Delhi
Dr Mayank Sharma assumed the office of Financial Advisor (Defence Services) on August 01, 2025. He is a
1989-batch officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service, who has served in various capacities in the
Government, including the Controller General of Defence Accounts, in a career spanning over three decades.
The officer has also worked as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Cabinet
Secretariat. He represented India as the Alternate Permanent Representative at the UN Office on Drugs and
Crime, UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and UN Commission on International
Trade Law.
Dr Mayank Sharma has also represented India at the International Anti-Corruption Academy and the
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He served as Additional Commissioner in Municipal Corporation of Delhi
and Deputy Director, Administration & Senior Financial Advisor in AIIMS Delhi.
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