Indian Posts and Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS)

The IP&TASFS was formed in the year of 1972 and the first batch was recruited in 1974.
It is one of the Group A Central Civil Service of India.
The cadre controlling authority is Member Finance, Telecom Commission of India.
Cadre size: 225 posts (direct recruitment – 50%, promotion - 50%).
The selected candidates' go through a number of training sessions in different institutes.
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussoorie: 4 month foundation course.
National Institute of Financial Management at Faridabad: one year course in Financial Management.
Advance Level Telecom Training Center at Ghaziabad: 10 month advanced training.

Manned posts in the Departments of Telecom and Posts, the TRAI and a number of PSUs under the Communications Ministry, such as like TCH, ITT and VSNL.

Finance posts in the largest PSUs in the country, i.e., the BSNL and MTNL

Budgetary control, finance advice in the management of projects and internal audit.