Alka Rehani Bhardwaj is CAG nominee in BCCI apex council

Bhardwaj, a 1993 batch IA&AS officer, will officially become the first government nominee in a BCCI working group.

The Supreme Court approved the new BCCI constitution on August 9, 2018.

Senior India Audit and Accounts Service Officer Alka Rehani Bhardwaj will join the BCCI apex council as a representative of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). This is as per the Supreme Court-approved constitution of the BCCI, passed on August 9, 2018, which mandates that a member of the CAG must be part of the apex council.

Bhardwaj is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer and is currently serving as Director at the Regional Training Institute in Mumbai.

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Vikram Murugaraj, Principal Director (Personnel) of CAG, in a letter informed Rehani Bhardwaj of the “competent authority” nominating her as one of the councillors in the BCCI’s all-powerful apex council. The letter is in possession of PTI .

Bhardwaj will thus officially become the first government nominee in a BCCI working group.

“The BCCI is in receipt of a letter from Office of CAG about Alka Rehani Bhardwaj’s appointment. We believe she would be present from the next apex council meeting,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

The nine-member BCCI apex council comprises the Board president and other office-bearers. It also features representatives from the recently-formed Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA).