Ms. Kalyani Sethuraman, IRAS (1994 Batch), took over charge as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), HAL, on 19th April, 2021. Ms. Kalyani will be on deputation for 05 years. 

Before joining HAL, CVO-Madam was Financial Advisor/ IT, Southern Railways, Chennai. 

CVO-Madam was born on 8th Jan 1968 in Trivandrum. 

She has done her M.Sc. in Chemistry from Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad. 

She has done her MBA in Public Policy and Business Administration from IIM, Bangalore. 

She joined Indian Railway Accounts Services on 06.09.1994. 

She has 28 years of experience with Govt. of India in diverse areas like budget & finance, procurement, general administration, personnel management, IT and training of young recruits. 

She was on deputation to Department of Space from July 2012 to December 2017. 

On foreign assignment, she was Advisor (Director) in Higher Education Department, Kabul (Afghanistan)- 2007-2008.