Dehradun: Mohammad Parvez Alam has taken over as Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement) in Dehradun. Alam is a 2008 batch officer of the Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS) and has also been given additional charge of the office of Accountant General (Audit) Uttarakhand till further orders.
Prior to this assignment, Alam has worked on key positions including Deputy Accountant General/Senior Deputy Accountant General in Bihar, Jharkhand and Manipur. He has extensive experience of audit in various sectors including Indian Air Force, Ministry of Finance, Government of India etc. Prior to his appointment in Uttarakhand, he was working as Principal Director (North Eastern Region-I) in the Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi.
Alam has rich experience in public financial management, accounting and audit. His international audit assignments include embassy audits in Bangladesh and Bahrain, financial and compliance audits of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Hanoi and Jakarta, and compliance audits of UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon and the UN in New York.
Alam, a native of Bihar, has a postgraduate degree in finance and human resources. As Accountant General (A&E) of Uttarakhand, he will be responsible for compilation and preparation of finance and appropriation accounts of the state government and audit of receipts and expenditure from the state treasury.
