Integrity — a way of life was the theme for this year’s Vigilance Awareness Week.
Bureau of Indian Standards
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) observed Vigilance Awareness Week. Various competitions were organised during the week and an award ceremony was held on last day at BIS HQ Manak Bhawan, New Delhi. Pramod Kumar Tiwari, DG, BIS, addressed the gathering as a chief guest and distributed awards to the winners of quiz, painting and essay competitions. In his address, he laid emphasis on the need to have integrity in our life.
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
ESIC observed Vigilance Awareness Week in all its establishments. At its headquarters, Raj Kumar, DG, ESIC, administered the integrity pledge to ESIC staff and officers.
Quiz competition focussing on the vigilance related matters was organised in which many officials actively participated. A lecture series was also organised in which Garima Bhagat, chief vigilance officer, ESIC, delivered a lecture on this year’s theme and Shailendra Singh, chief technical examiner, Central Vigilance Commission, delivered a lecture on procurement issues.
Powergrid
Vigilance Awareness Week was also observed in POWERGRID. Dr Madhukar Gupta, additional secretary, DPE, Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises was the chief guest. During the valedictory function, he distributed prizes to the winners of various competitions held during this week. On this occasion Subhankar Das, chief GM, vigilance, gave the welcoming address and Hemant Kumar Mallick, ED, NR-1, presented his valuable thoughts on this year’s main theme.
India Tourism Development Corporation
ITDC hospitality, under the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, observed Vigilance Awareness Week. All the departments of ITDC organised various activities and events to sensitise people about the threat posed by corruption and how people can collectively fight against it.
An oath taking ceremony was held which was presided by Piyush Tiwari, director of commercial and marketing in the presence of Pradip K Das, director finance and Vinayak Garg, chief vigilance officer along with ITDC staff and executives. Vinayak said, “Our purpose is to grow and make great strides in the rightful way. ITDC has initiated a series of SOPs to ensure that the system becomes better and we reach greater height.”
In order to promote transparency at work and better coordination among different departments, ITDC also organised a vendors interaction meet and workshops, sensitization programmes for employees on policies and procedures of the organisations. A nukkad natak was presented by the students of Ashok Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Management (AIH&TM) emphasising how corruption affects development of a country.
Punjab and Sind Bank
Vigilance Awareness Campaign was launched by the GOI from October 28 to November 2. To make this flagship campaign successful Punjab and Sind Bank (Gurgaon) organised the Vigilance Awareness rally on Friday under the leadership of zonal manager S Amolak Singh, where staff of the office, HO IT Department, HO Inspection and from local branches participated. The message of corruption-free society was spread in the rally. Further, a seminar was organised on theme — Integrity-A way of life to emphasise the significance of probity and integrity in public life.