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The Certification on Audit of Digital Systems (CADS) is a structured, multi-domain, multi-level professional certification programme developed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in partnership with IIT Madras. It builds specialised competencies needed to audit complex digital systems, AI-driven governance platforms, and emerging compliance regimes.
* No course fee for public auditors and officers under the Office of the CAG. A course fee of ₹2,000 per domain applies to all other learners.
† Credit value is NCrF-recommended; participating universities/institutions may award additional credits at their discretion.
CADS is open to officers and staff of the CAG of India, as well as general learners with an interest in the audit domain
Each of the 6 domains is a standalone 45-hour course with its own certificate on completion.
Certification in Public Audit domain is mandatory for all the learners. CAG officers are exempted from this rule.
Governments and enterprises today runs on data, digital systems, and increasingly, artificial intelligence – and auditors must keep pace. AI governance and cybersecurity are no longer distant concerns – they define today’s risk landscape. Auditing an AI-driven welfare platform, a national data exchange or an enterprise's sprawling cloud infrastructure demands skills no traditional audit training was built to provide. CADS closes that gap. It offers anyone – auditors across government, public sector undertakings and private enterprise, and the professionals who manage digital systems – the specialised capability to hold today's digital systems to account, and to help shape their transformation.
Build core awareness across all six domains
45 hrs
Apply hands-on audit skills to real systems
90 hrs
Lead complex, strategic digital audits
180 hrs
Self-paced video sessions and readings on SWAYAM Plus. No in-person attendance.
Individual research case studies on real government scenarios, each with a published rubric.
Pre-loaded datasets and guided exercises. Sandbox labs begin at Proficient level.
Built on CAG manuals, standing orders and guidelines, read with INTOSAI and global standards.
Domain Access for General Learners: Only the Public Audit domain is open to general learners: Learners who are not officers of the CAG — including auditors from other organisations — may enrol only in the Public Audit domain. Access to the other five domains is not available to this category.
Domain Access for CAG Officers No restriction for CAG officers: CAG officers may enrol in any of the six domains without needing to complete Public Audit first. There is no prerequisite or exemption process for this category.
A credit-eligible, verifiable certificate is issued on completion of each domain by IIT Madras, SWAYAM Plus and IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation.
Learners become eligible for the Proficient level in a domain once they have completed the Foundation level in that domain as well as in the mandatory Public Audit domain - a minimum of two Foundation domains in total.
Certificates are valid 5 years - 3 years for AI and Cybersecurity. The Proficient level must be completed within the validity period.
20% · Case studies
Case studies form part of the modules within each domain. Submissions are made through the Learning Management System, in PDF or another format specified by the instructor, and are evaluated against the answer key provided by the Subject Matter Experts, with marks updated within the same system.
80% · Final proctored assessment
The final assessment is a Computer-Based Test (CBT) comprising MCQ-based questions and short answers, conducted at designated examination centres across India.
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