Training is the most critical part for public servants, and it is more so for the officers in uniform. The State Vigilance Academy would dedicatedly work for upgrading the knowledge and skills of the Vigilance officers,” said Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi inaugurating the State Vigilance Academy here on Wednesday.
The State Vigilance Academy, the first of its kind in the country, would dedicatedly work for upgrading the knowledge and skills of the Vigilance officers, added Padhi.
He asked the Vigilance Director to train the Chief Vigilance Officers of different Government departments for enhancing their skills to evaluate tender papers, contract orders, financial awards and other papers from the angles of transparency and neutrality. On the occasion, the Chief Secretary also launched a ‘Coffee Table Book’ prepared by the Vigilance Directorate.
Additional Chief Secretary Home Asit Kumar Tripathy said, “Training works as a great motivator for the public servants. It not only enhances their skill bout also adds to their zeal and commitment”.
DGP Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma complimented the dedicated efforts of Director Vigilance Director and Vigilance SP for translating the visions of the State within a limited span of time and setting the trend of Odisha’s own anti-corruption training institute in the country.
He expressed the hope that with the academy the crime investigation and conviction rate would get a boost. Odisha Vigilance has a created a good record of 51per cent conviction rate in the last year.
Vigilance Director Debashis Panigrahi outlining the mission of the academy said that it would be a developed to a center of excellence in the areas like cyber forensics, cell phone forensics, transactions in financial markets, and transactions by non-banking financial institutions, use of advanced technologies in crime and social media.
Vigilance SP Sudha Singh welcomed the guests and Vigilance DIG Sanjay Kaushal presented the vote of thanks.