K. V. Chowdary ( born 10 October 1954) is a retired officer of the 1978 batch of

Indian Revenue Service The Indian Revenue Service (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ), often abbreviated as IRS, is a civil service that is primarily responsible for tax collection, collecting and administering Direct tax, direct and indir ...

(IRS). He assumed the charge as Central Vigilance Commissioner on 10 June 2015 and served there till 9 June 2019. He has served as Chairman of the

Central Board of Direct Taxes The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It oversees the administration of direct taxes, including income tax and corporate tax, through the Income Ta ...

(CBDT). In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of

Central Vigilance Commission Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption. In 2003, the Parliament enacted a law conferring statutory status on the CVC. It has the status of an autonomous body, free ...

. He has been appointed as a member of the board directors of Reliance Industries in October 2019.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdary, K. V. 1954 births Living people Indian Revenue Service officers People from Machilipatnam