Sri Rajiv Mehrishi is present Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch belonging to the Rajasthan cadre. He did his schooling at St. Xavier’s School Jaipur and his graduation and post-graduation from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, where he also taught for a brief period. He holds a degree in business administration from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK. He has previously been Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Rajasthan^ Chief Secretary, Rajasthan and Finance Secretary, Government of India. He is the only IAS officer ever to have held all three posts: Chief Secretary of a state and, Finance and Home secretary, Government of India Rajiv Mehrishi is known to think out of the box and has a penchant for reforms. As Transport Commissioner, Rajasthan he re-wrote the laws related to tax on vehicles, which became a model for the rest of the country^ As Joint Secretary Company Affairs, he wrote the first draft of a new, shortened Companies Act and was associated with the enactment of the new Competition Act^ As Chief Secretary, Rajasthan he piloted amendments in the labour laws which gave an impetus to the process of labour reforms in the country^ and as Finance Secretary he gave a push towards the reform of the bond markets in India and setting up the Monetary Policy Committee. He is one of the authors of the General Studies Manual brought out annually by McGraw Hill to aid students in Civil Services preparation, a book that has, for many, years been the oldest and bestselling product in its segment.
