Indian Audits and Accounts Service - Recruitment and Training

Recruitment and Training

Recruitment to the IAAS is through the joint competitive examinations (the Civil Services Examination.

Once recruited to IAAS, the officers are trained at National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Shri V. Narahari Rao, the first Indian Comptroller & Auditor General of India (1948–1954) institutionalised the training arrangements for IA&AS officers by setting up the IAAS Training School at Chadwick House in Shimla in 1950. Prior to this the IAAS Training School functioned for a year at Madras (Chennai). The Training School is one of the oldest training institutions in the country. It was renamed as IA&AS Staff College in 1969, and upgraded on 28 February 1990, as the National Academy of Audit & Accounts.

Since its inception, more than 60 batches of IAAS officers have received all-round training at the Academy, and gone on to assist the Comptroller & Auditor General of India in discharging his constitutional and statutory responsibilities. During the mid fifties, probationers of the Indian Railway Accounts Service were also trained along with IA&AS probationers, while officers of the Indian Civil Accounts Service were trained here during 1984 to 1992. The Academy has also trained officers from foreign countries such as Nepal, Bhutan and Oman.

Since Independence the country has witnessed transformation in practically every aspect of life. Consequently, the IAAD underwent large-scale reorganisation in order to meet the challenging tasks, with their ever-increasing volume, complexity and variety. The Academy too had to constantly update and reorient its functioning to suit the ever changing and challenging profession of auditing/accounting and to maintain its relevance to the audit department’s needs and trends. Over the years it has made a steady transition from merely being a training institute to become a respected Institution within the department, and a centre of excellence.