Shri Anindya Dasgupta, IA&AS has taken over charge on 17th September, 2024 as Principal Director of Audit (Mines), Kolkata. He belongs to Indian Audit and Accounts Service, 2002 batch. He has done Masters & M.Phil in Economics from JNU, New Delhi. He has served in various capacities under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India for the past 20 years and has been engaged in audit of large mining PSES, Ports, Paramilitary Forces, cultural institutions of national importance and has coordinated audits of the Customs Department across the country at CAG’s Office. He has been Director of IT Audit for SAI India and has actively contributed to the global body of knowledge & capacity development at INTOSAI as a Subject Matter Expert in IT Audit during the last ten years. He has done audit assignments on IT & Procurement Strategies of the United Nations at New York as well as at IAEA, Vienna. Before joining the present role, he served as Accountant General (A&E), Telangana. He is keenly interested in music & sports and pursues these among his hobbies.