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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

24-January-2012 16:55 IST

Presidential Awards for Officers of Customs & Central Excise and Directorate of Enforcement

            The officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department are considered for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for exceptionally meritorious service rendered at the risk of life and specially distinguished record of service on their achieving and maintaining excellence in the discharge of their duties. These awards are announced on the eve of Republic Day. This year 35 officers have been selected for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially distinguished record of service’. These officers have exhibited exceptional commitment and devotion to duty on a sustained basis, while achieving the goals set for their organizations.

The list of officers, along with their designation and their present place of posting, who have been selected for grant of the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for Specially distinguished record of Service  on the occasion of Republic Day, 2012, is given below:

SPECIALLY DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF SERVICE

ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS/ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS/

JOINT COMMISSIONERS/JOINT DIRECTORS

1.           Shri M. Sathish Kumar Reddy, Director (International Customs Division), Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

2.           Shri Gudavalli Sreenivasa Rao, Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

3.           Shri Gurusharan Singh, Additional Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional Unit, Ludhiana.

4.           Shri Pashupati Nath Pandey, Consul (Economic), Additional Director, Consulate General of India, Hong Kong.

5.           Shri Samir Subhash Bajaj, Joint Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Mumbai.

APPRAISERS/SUPERINTENDENTS / SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

6.           Shri Kurian P. Mathew, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Trivandrum.

7.           Shri Sunil Kumar Verma, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Jaipur.

8.           Shri Sridev Kumar Chitta, Superintendent, Commissionerate of Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad-II, Hyderabad.

9.           Shri S.Subramanian, Appraiser (Systems), Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, South Zone, Chennai.

10.      Shri Rakesh Rajani, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.

11.      Shri Ashok Kumar, Superintendent, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, Raigad.

12.      Shri Subir Kumar Jana, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Siliguri.

13.      Shri Sujit Roy, Superintendent, Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior.

14.      Shri V. Srinivas Nayak, Superintendent, Commissionerate of Customs, Mangalore.

15.      Ms. N.Uma Shanti, Superintendent, Central Excise, Large Tax Payers Unit, Bangalore.

16.      Shri Dave Janardan, Superintendent, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Vadodara.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

17.      Shri Uttam Kumar, Administrative Officer, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Shillong.

INSPECTORS/INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

18.      Shri Kuntamukkula Srinivasa Subba Rao, Inspector, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Hyderabad-III, Hyderabad.

19.      Shri Ramakrishnan K, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Mangalore.

20.      Shri Brijender Singh Sodhi, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Lucknow.

21.      Shri Kamal Kumar, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs. New Delhi.

22.      Shri Mahesh Sharad Bhalerao, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

23.      Shri Gajraj Singh Thakur, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.

24.      Shri Subhash Prasad Singh, Inspector, Commissionerate  of Service Tax, Mumbai-I, Mumbai

25.      Shri Pankaj Kumar, Inspector, Commissionerate of Service Tax, Delhi.

26.      Shri H.S. Hariprasad, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Bangalore.

27.      Shri Kajal Chaudhuri, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Kolkata.

28.      Shri Balaji K.P, Inspector, Central Excise, Large Taxpayers Unit, Chennai.

29.      Shri Mahesh Krishna Parnerkar, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

30.      Shri M.Mallikarjuna, Inspector, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Belgaum.

31.      Shri Abinash Kumar Sinha, Intelligence Officer, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi.

32.      Shri Ranbir Singh, Inspector, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Delhi-IV, Faridabad.

33.      Shri Manoj Kumar Mishra, Inspector, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional Unit, Indore.

PRIVATE SECRETARY

34.      Smt. Hema Swaminathan, Private Secretary, Commissionerate of Customs (Export), Customs House, Chennai.

DRIVER

35.      Shri Gopal Singh, Driver, Grade-II, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi.

DSM/SS/GN

Presidential Award of Appreciation recognizes customs and enforcement officers for sustained specially distinguished record of service and devotion to duty. Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificates are conferred on Customs & Central Excise and Directorate of Enforcement officers for specially distinguished record of service and exceptionally meritorious service, including acts at risk of life. Announced on the eve of Republic Day, the selection recognises a cohort spanning senior leadership, appraisers, superintendents, intelligence officers, administrative staff and support personnel, with the press release listing each selected officer by designation and present posting.