Profile of Central Board Directors
Ms. Revathy Iyer
Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi
Shri Sanjay Lohiya

Ms. Revathy Iyer
Ms. Revathy Iyer

Ms. Revathy Iyer was a former Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General - Govt. Accounts (December 2013 – May 2014). Prior to this, she was Additional Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General – Eastern States (September 2012 – December 2013) and was responsible for the CAG Audit Reports on the Accounts of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and Puducherry. During October 2007 -March 2012, Ms. Iyer served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, formulating/ overseeing policy, budget and implementation of the program/activities of the Department.

Ms. Revathy Iyer joined Indian Audit & Accounts Service in 1980 and held positions such as Assistant Accountant General in Maharashtra and Delhi Accounts and Audit offices (1981-1984), Dy. Accountant General/Sr. Dy. Accountant General in the field audit and accounts offices in Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (1984- 1990), Dy. Secretary (Department of Personnel & Training) (1990-1994), Asst. Comptroller & Auditor General (N) (1994-1996), Principal/Chief Auditor (Central Railway–July1996-July 1998) and Northern Railway (July 1998-March 2001), Principal Director (Staff) (April 2001-March 2003), Minister (Audit) in High Commission of India (April 2003-March 2005), Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-Officio Member, Audit Board-II, Mumbai (April 2005-October 2007).

Ms. Iyer was the chairperson of Government Accounting Standard Advisory Board (GASAB) constituted in 2002 to formalize standards of government accounting and integrating the accounting system and procedures in different wings of the Government under the umbrella of Uniform Common Accounting Standards.

Post retirement she worked as a Director Finance & Operations in an International NGO (EngenderHealth) from September 2015 to March 2017.

Born on May 28, 1954, Ms. Iyer holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from University of Delhi.

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi

Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi is Director General at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based autonomous Think-Tank. He was also a Global Justice Fellow at the MacMillan Center for International Affairs at Yale University. He works on issues related to development cooperation policies and South-South cooperation. He has also worked on trade and innovation linkages with special focus on WTO. Dr. Chaturvedi has served as a Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and has also worked as consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Bank, UN-ESCAP, UNESCO, OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, IUCN, and to the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, among other organizations. He has been a Developing Country Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (1996), Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla (2003), and Visiting Scholar at the German Development Institute (2007). His experience includes working at the University of Amsterdam on a project on International Development Cooperation and Biotechnology for Developing Countries supported by the Dutch Ministry of External Affairs. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of IDS Bulletin (UK); and is Editor of Asian Biotechnology Development Review. He has authored and edited nine books apart from publishing several research articles in various prestigious journals.
Shri Sanjay Lohiya
Shri Sanjay Lohiya

Shri Sanjay Lohiya, an IAS Officer of 1994 batch (Assam Meghalaya cadre), has joined Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance as Special Secretary and took over as Secretary, Department of Financial Services w.e.f. June 1, 2026. Prior to joining as Special Secretary in DFS, he was Additional Secretary in Ministry of Mines.

He joined Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after graduating from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. Before joining as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines, he held various positions, which included Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Assam, Joint Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture, Director in PMO, etc.