Vigilance Study Circle's 12th anniv

The Vigilance Study Circle, Hyderabad has successfully completed twelve years of existence and celebrated its Twelfth Anniversary on Tuesday at lotus Auditorium, Chiran Fort Club, Hyderabad.The Vigilance Study Circle was established in Hyderabad on July 7, 2003 inaugurated by the then Central Vigilance Commissioner –  P Shankar with a mission to spread vigilance awareness and develop the knowledge and skills of vigilance professionals and endeavors to strengthen the hands of CVC in combating the ever-increasing corruption in the country, a NMDC press release issued here on Tuesday stated.

K.V. Chowdary, Central Vigilance Commissioner, New Delhi was the Chief Guest for the occasion addressed the gathering and presented the National Vigilance Excellence Awards to the eight best case studies adjudged by the panelists among entries received from the vigilance units of banks and PSUs in the country. 

These awards are being given since 2009 and they promote a dual purpose – appreciating the work of the vigilance professionals and documenting the processes and procedures involved in the detection of the frauds / misdeeds. The Vigilance Study Circle has a number of chapters functioning at Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi – NCR, Kerala etc., In order to encourage healthy competition among the various chapters, a Rolling Trophy for the best VSC Chapter was instituted. Bengaluru VSC Chapter has been adjudged the Trophy for the year 2015 from the Chief Guest on this occasion. 

The CVO, NMDC and President of VSC Usha Chandrasekhar on behalf of VSC, Hyderabad welcomed the chief guests and all delegates to the function and the Founder Patron – Padmashri Dr S Subramanian made his introductory remarks.  

K Satya Prakash, Secretary, VSC presented the Annual Report.T.M. Bhasin, Vigilance Commissioner, CVC released a Souvenir to mark this occasion.

K R Nandan, Vigilance Commissioner, Telangana presented the Exemplary Dedication to Vigilance awards to vigilance functionaries working in various organizations at Hyderabad.

Vigilance Commissioner, Bhasin advised the need for expediting the vigilance investigations within the stipulated period to ensure timely justice.

Vigilance Commissioner, Telangana, K R Nandan while talking about the types of corruption stressed the need to improve the delivery of various services to the citizens at single point location, thereby eliminating the conventional process of going through various agencies, which can be a source for corruption.

In his Key note address, the Central Vigilance Commissioner, K V Chowdary stressed on preventive vigilance and advised the CVOs to exercise caution in identification of the lapses having vigilance angle from those of administrative nature. He also stressed the need to protect the honest officials from being drawn into vigilance cases.On this occasion a workshop on the theme “e-Selling and e-Procurement” was also conducted. M. Surya Prakash, CVO, ECIl & Advisor, VSC gave vote of thanks.