Inabat Khaliq becomes first Kashmiri girl to be appointed as J-K's Dy Accountant General

Inabat Khaliq has taken charge as the new of Deputy Accountant General of Jammu and Kashmir. She is the first woman from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir to be appointed to the position.

Srinagar: Inabat Khaliq, an Indian Audit and Accounts officer has assumed the charge of Deputy Accountant General in the Jammu and Kashmir and became the first woman from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir to be appointed to the position.

Khaliq, a 2018 batch IA&AS officer, has received her elementary education from Srinagar's Mallinson Girls School.

Despite qualifying AIEEE, Khaliq chose to pursue Humanities in State-run Women's college. Daughter of a well-known rheumatologist father and her school teacher mother, Khaliq was supported by her parents to opt for the UPSC examination.

She qualified UPSC examination twice — first in 2016 and then again in 2017.

In the first attempt, she was at 605 rank in the list. In the subsequent attempt, a year later, she improved her ranking to 378. Eventually, she was allotted IA&1AS.

She was trained at the National Academy of Audit and Accounts in Shimla.

During her training period, she also got hands-on exposure to crucial aspects of finance and public policy at institutions like IIM Ahmedabad, National Institute of public finance and Policy (NIPFP), RBI and SEBI among others.

Notably, The Indian Audit and Accounts Department is headed by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) who acts as a constitutional accountability mechanism in governance.