Odisha’s Principal Accountant General Ananta Kishore Behera Passes Away

Bhubaneswar: Principal Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), Odisha, Ananta Kishore Behera passed away while undergoing treatment at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on Saturday night. He was 52.

Behera was suffering from lung-related ailments, sources said.

His mortal remains were kept at his official residence on Capital Hospital road here to allow people pay their last tribute to the departed soul.

The 1998-batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer was appointed as Principal Accountant General on February 11, 2022. Prior to this, he had served as Director General of Audit, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar. The Cuttack native was also deputed to various foreign audit assignments including IT and Compliance audit of the UMOJA (United Nations) at New York, Management Development programme (MDP) at UCB, California and Embassy Audit at Riyadh, Doha and Jeddah. He also worked as Internal Financial Advisor (Directorate of Purchase & Stores and Heavy Water Board) during his deputation to Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai.

He held a Bachelor of Engineering degree and had also completed MBA, CIA and CISA.