Two Officials From Odisha Get Prez Award for ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: As many as 24 officers and workers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Revenue, have been chosen this yr on the event of Republic Day, for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘Exceptionally Meritorious Service Rendered at the Risk of Life’ and ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’.
Amongst these awardees, two officers from Odisha – Suvakanta Pradhan and Himansu Sekhar Sha – have been conferred with the President’s Award for ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’ for sustaining excellence within the discharge of their duties.
While Himansu works as a Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Goods & Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) in Bhubaneshwar; Suvakanta Pradhan, additionally a Senior Intelligence Officer, is posted on the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Hyderabad Zonal Unit.
This yr, the Presidential Award of Appreciation got to 24 officers and workers of Indian Customs out of which two are for ‘Exceptionally Meritorious Service rendered at the risk of life’ and 43 for ‘Specially Distinguished Record of Service’ on the premise of their exemplary and flawless efficiency of their respective fields of service over time.
Vipin Pal and Albert George, related to DRI Delhi Zonal Unit, Jodhpur, and DRI Cochin Zonal Unit, as Intelligence Officers have been honoured with the ‘Exceptionally Meritorious Service At Risk To Life’.
As per sources, yearly for this Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate, officers are chosen on the premise of a tricky choice course of. The awardees chosen this yr embrace the officers working as Additional Director General, Assistant Director, Superintendent/ Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), Intelligence Officer (IO), Senior Technical Assistant and Driver, who’ve been persistently dedicated to the division in varied fields over time.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on January 27 noticed the International Customs Day, 2021, with the theme “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain”, as prompt by World Customs Organisation (WCO). The WCO Certificate of Merit for 2021 was awarded to eight officers current in Delhi on the programme in North Block and remainder of the officers had been awarded by their HODs at respective areas just about noticed by all of the attendees.