Vinod Rai (born 23 May 1948) was the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He assumed office on 7 January 2008 till 22 May 2013. He is the current chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors and Honorary Advisor to the Railways and a member of the Railway Kaya Kalp Council. He holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, and Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.
He is widely considered as symbol of the anti-corruption movement[3] and is credited with having turned the office of CAG into a powerful force for accountability and transparency in contemporary India.It is rare to find a top government official who nurses a hobby which draws parallels with his work. At the recently held annual Lalit Doshi Memorial lecture in Mumbai, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai was invited as the speaker, where it was revealed that he loved gardening.
Bharat Doshi, a member of the Foundation and formerly with Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services, recalled that when he met Rai, the latter described himself as a 'mali'. "Therein lies the perfect fit. A mali unearths weeds, removes them and identifies good plants for nourishment. During his reign as CAG, Rai did just that—he exposed and unearthed many weeds," said Doshi. The audience for Rai's lecture included Adi Godrej, Uday Kotak and Shashi Kiran Shetty.
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