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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

24-January-2013 17:31 IST

This year a record 37 officials of the Customs & Central Excise and Enforcement Directorate have been selected for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially distinguished record of service’. Every year, the officers from these departments are considered for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘exceptionally meritorious service rendered at the risk of life’ and for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘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.

These officers have been selected on the basis of their exemplary and flawless performances in the field of service. The awardees selected this year represent various cadres viz; Commissioner , Directors, Superintendents, Inspectors and Drivers who have been consistently committed to the department in various fields like the prevention of smuggling of goods and Narcotics Drugs , Detecting Tax evasion , Detection of Foreign Exchange Violations and Money Laundering cases by booking /  arresting the  offenders and seizing the smuggled goods etc. Besides,  many awardees  have shown brilliance and given commendable performance in other fields as varied as achieving revenue mobilization, development of software for automation at Central Excise formations, streamlining Business Processes for reducing litigations , preparing GST (Goods and Service Tax) Model, effectively defending cases in the Tribunals and High Courts, preparing informative web sites for revenue officers, writing books on subjects relating to Service Tax, drafting Constitution Amendment Bill for GST, providing consultancy services to Customs authorities of developing nations, as well as deft handling of administrative work.

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, 2013 is given below:

COMMISSIONERS:

1. Shri Atul Dikshit, Additional Director General, Directorate of Systems, New Delhi.

ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS/ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS / JOINT COMMISSIONERS/ JOINT DIRECTORS:

2.  Shri Mannem Raghu Rami Reddy, Additional Commissioner, Commissionerate of Service Tax – I, Mumbai.

3. Shri Ganesh Dutt Lohani, Director, Legal Wing, Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

4.  Shri Sunil Kumar Sinha, Director, Judicial & Review Wing, Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

5.  Shri Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Additional Commissioner, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Jaipur – I, Jaipur.

6.  Mrs. Limatula Yaden, Additional Commissioner, on deputation as Director to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

DEPUTY DIRECTORS / DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS / ASSISTANT DIRECTORS / ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS:

7.  Shri Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner, working as Officer on Special Duty, Drawback Wing, Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

8.  Shri Vinod Kumar Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner / working as Officer on Special Duty, Drawback Wing, Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

9.   Shri Ashwini Kumar, Deputy Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

10. Shri Jagat Singh Tonk, Deputy Commissioner, Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), New Delhi.

11. Shri Jaswant Kumar Higgins, Assistant Commissioner, Inland Container Depot, Loni, Commissionerate of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Ghaziabad, Meerut Zone.

APPRAISERS/ SUPERINTENDENTS/SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS/ ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: 

12. Shri Narm Deshwar Azad, Superintendent, Regional Training Institute, National Academy of Customs Excise & Narcotics (NACEN),  New Delhi.

13. Shri Somnath Chaudhary, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.

14. Shri Diwakar Shrikrishna Mehta, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

15. Shri Anil Kumar Sinha, Superintendent, Directorate General of Systems, New Delhi.

16. Shri A. Jebastin, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai Zonal Unit, Chennai .

17. Shri Satya Bir Singh, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi.

18. Shri Ashutosh Nivsarkar, Superintendent, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Indore.

19. Shri Rakesh Gupta, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi.

20. Shri Pawan Kumar, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi.

21. Shri P. Muralidharan, Superintendent, Large Taxpayers Unit, Bengaluru.

22. Shri K. S. S. Janardhana Rao, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional Unit, Hyderabad.

23. Shri Sarwan Singh, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi.

24. Shri Tashi Tshering Wangdi, Superintendent (OPS), Directorate of Logistics, working in Anti- Smuggling Unit, Central Board of Excise & Customs, New Delhi.

25. Shri M. N. Thyagaraj, Enforcement Officer, Directorate of Enforcement, Bengaluru Zonal Office, Bengaluru.

PRIVATE SECRETARY:

26. Ms. G. P. Padma Sundari, Private Secretary, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Bengaluru Zonal Unit, Bengaluru.

INSPECTORS/INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS//DEPUTY OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT:

27.  Shri Nukala Bala Subrahmanyam, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hyderabad Regional Unit, Hyderabad.

28. Shri Vedantham Srinivas, Inspector, Customs and Central Excise, Office of the Additional Director General (Audit), Hyderabad Zonal Unit, Hyderabad.

29. Shri Rajeev Kumar Sadana, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi.

30. Shri Inderjit Singh Sahni, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi.

31. Shri Sandip Das, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Kolkata Zonal Unit, Kolkata.

32. Shri S. Varadharajan, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, Mumbai.

33. Shri Vinod Kumar Sharma, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Delhi  Zonal Unit, New Delhi.

34. Shri Ajitkumar Karthikeyan, Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional Unit, Pune.

35. Shri Purshottam Das Lalwani, Deputy Office Superintendent, Commissionerate of Central Excise, Jaipur – I, Jaipur.

36. Shri Ajaya Kumar K. P., Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Regional Unit, Kochi.

DRIVERS:

37. Shri Virender Singh Negi, Driver Grade – II, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi.

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Presidential Award recognises customs and enforcement officers for distinguished service in anti smuggling, tax enforcement and administrative reform. Selection for the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate recognises 37 Customs, Central Excise and Enforcement Directorate officials for sustained exemplary performance in enforcement, intelligence and administrative roles, including anti smuggling, narcotics interdiction, tax evasion detection, foreign exchange and money laundering investigations, seizure and arrest operations, revenue mobilisation, process automation, litigation management and policy drafting; the release lists awardees by designation and posting to reflect selection based on individual record and varied functional achievements.