Vishvajit Sahay assumes charge as Defence Finance Secretary

Exam-focused facts from the 3 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Vishvajit Sahay, a 1990-batch officer of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS), assumed charge as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry of Defence on 1 May 2026.
Prior to this appointment, he served as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA).
He is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and a law graduate with over three decades of experience in defence finance and public administration.
His previous key positions include Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Department of Science and Technology, Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industries, Finance Manager in the Acquisition Wing of the Ministry of Defence, and Director in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Within the Defence Accounts Department, he has also served as Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) in Prayagraj, Joint CGDA, and Special CGDA, and represented India at training programmes at the University of Cambridge and the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies.