The Office
Shri Tsewang Tharchin, IA&AS
Accountant General
Shri Tsewang Tharchin has joined as Accountant General (Audit), J&K on 6th November 2025.He is an 2007 batch officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service.Shri Tharchin has vast experience in handling audit of govt departments in J&K including audit of Autonomous Bodies (ABs), PSUs and Local Bodies.
Before posting as AG, he has worked as Dy Accountant General in J&K in May 2010 and then as Sr Dy Accountant General in October 2016.Apart from audit, he has looked after compilation, preparation and submission of state govt accounts while working as Dy Accountant General in the office of Pr Accountant General (A&E), Punjab. While posted there he also held the charge of accounts of UT of Chandigarh. This involved compilation of accounts of UT, Chandigarh, submission of the same to Ministry of Finance, Govt of India and looking after GPF and pension entitlements of the employees of the UT.He also worked as Financial Advisor in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in New Delhi from 2021 to 2024 and then as Principal Director in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General on India (CAG), New Delhi. During his stint in CAG office he was involved with processing of audit reports for states of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana and later for processing audit of audit reports of Ministry of Defence.At the international level, Shri Tharchin has conducted the Performance Audit of Arbitration and Mediation Centre, (AMC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva on deputation to the United Nations (UN). In 2020 he was part of team nominated for audit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at Sudan, on deputation with the United Nations.He led the audit of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah, Embassy of India, Riyadh and Embassy of India, Baghdad, Iraq. He also led the audit of the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Air India Ltd, Riyadh and Air India Ltd, Dharan/Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Shri Tharchin holds a BA from Kashmir University and a Diploma in Management from IGNOU. In audit domain, he is a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) and CIA (Certified Internal Auditor).