<h1>Appointment of Chief Adviser (Cost) elevates first woman ICoAS officer to senior cost-advisory role in central finance.</h1> Appointment of Chief Adviser (Cost) designates Mrs. Aruna Sethi, a 1985-batch Indian Cost Accounts Service officer, to the senior advisory post effective 1 April 2017. The Chief Adviser (Cost) advises Ministries and Government Undertakings on cost accounts matters and undertakes cost investigations on their behalf. The elevation is notable as the first occasion a woman ICoAS officer has attained this position, following her tenure as the senior-most ICoAS officer heading the service.