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{{Short description|Indian Administrative Service Officer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = V. K. Shunglu
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|office = 9th [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]]
|term_start = 15 March 1996
|term_end = 14 March 2002
|predecessor = [[C. G. Somiah]]
|successor = [[V. N. Kaul]]
|birth_date =
|occupation =
|nationality =
}}

'''V. K. Shunglu''' served as the ninth [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]]. He is a 1962 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is a recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2019 for his contribution to the civil services.<ref name="IT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19960415-v.k.-shunglu-new-cag-of-india-ia-as-officers-get-offended-834635-1996-04-15 |title=V.K. Shunglu new CAG of India, IA&AS officers get offended |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=2019-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205631/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19960415-v.k.-shunglu-new-cag-of-india-ia-as-officers-get-offended-834635-1996-04-15 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WE">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2019/01/25/del98-padma-list.html |title=Padma awardees list |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152736/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2019/01/25/del98-padma-list.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Shunglu graduated with a bachelor's degree (honours) in economics from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 1959, and received his master's degree in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1961.<ref name="BB">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=62064231 |title=V. K. Shunglu, Chairman, ASREC (India) Limited |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Shunglu joined the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1962 from the [[Madhya Pradesh]] cadre. He has worked as Special Secretary in the [[Ministry of Power (India)|Power]] ministry in 1993 and as Secretary, [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Health and Family Welfare]] in 1994. He also served as the Secretary, [[Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion]] in 1995 and as a member of the [[Foreign Investment Promotion Board]]. He was appointed as the 9th [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]] in 1996 and served in the position till his retirement in 2002.<ref name="IT" /><ref name="CAG">{{Cite news |url=https://cag.gov.in/sites/default/files/footer_pdf/cag_photos.pdf |title=V.K. SHUNGLU |work=CAG |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809202501/http://cag.gov.in/sites/default/files/footer_pdf/cag_photos.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Post retirement==
He is among the founding members of the [[India Rejuvenation Initiative]], an anti-corruption forum formed by retired bureaucrats. He has also been a member of many committees including the inquiry commission into the [[Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games scandal]] and the [[Shunglu Committee]] which examined charges of irregularities in government appointments in the state of [[Delhi]]. He also headed the committee to assess the rehabilitation of people displaced by the construction of the [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]] and the committee to look into the proposal by [[Indian Institutes of Management]]s for increasing their fees. He is a member of and is the Current chairman of Delhi Public School Society since 2014. He was conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2019 for his contributions to the civil services.<ref name="BS">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/newsmaker-v-k-shunglu-110102200082_1.html|title=Newsmaker: V K Shunglu|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=27 January 2019|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128084348/https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/newsmaker-v-k-shunglu-110102200082_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NDTV">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/after-delhi-inquiry-ex-auditor-vk-shunglu-has-a-new-task-this-time-by-cbse-1684560|title=After Delhi Inquiry, Ex-Auditor VK Shunglu Has A New Task. This Time By CBSE|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=27 January 2019|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152951/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/after-delhi-inquiry-ex-auditor-vk-shunglu-has-a-new-task-this-time-by-cbse-1684560|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WE" /><ref name="OUT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/shunglu-panel-report-on-narmada-submitted/396436|title=Shunglu Panel report on Narmada submitted|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=27 January 2019|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030319/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/shunglu-panel-report-on-narmada-submitted/396436|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RE">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/report/iim/20040630.htm|title=IIMs refute Shunglu|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=27 January 2019|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205753/https://www.rediff.com/money/report/iim/20040630.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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