<h1>Comptroller and Auditor General appointment: assumes office after presidential oath, bringing extensive public administration and financial services experience.</h1> Shri Shashi Kant Sharma assumed the constitutional office of Comptroller and Auditor General after taking the oath of office and secrecy administered by the President, with formal reception by the Deputy CAG. He is a career IAS officer who most recently served as Defence Secretary and previously held senior central and state administrative and financial positions, and holds postgraduate degrees in Administrative Science and Political Science.