F. No. 394 / 72 / 2009-Cus (AS)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Central Board of Excise & Customs
(Anti-Smuggling Unit)

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NEW DELHI, THE 21st   JANUARY, 2010

PRESS NOTE

Subject: Press Release regarding grant of Presidential Awards to the officers of the Customs and Central Excise on the occasion of Republic Day 2010 reg. 

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  The officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department are considered for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for exceptionally meritorious service 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 every year.  This year, one officer has been selected for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for exceptionally meritorious service at the risk of life and thirty-one (31) 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. 

2.The list of officers, along with their designation and present place posting, who have been selected for grant of the Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for rendering -

A.Exceptionally Meritorious Service rendered at the risk of the life; and

B.Specially distinguished record of service, on the occasion of Republic Day 2010, is given below: 

The category-wise details of officers are as follow:

A.EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE RENDERED AT THE RISK OF LIFE:-

 Late Sh. Narabadeshwar Singh, while working as Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise Division, Varanasi.

B.SPECIALLY DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF SERVICE:-   

COMMISSIONERS /ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS GENERAL

Smt. Somya T. Dave, Additional Director General, Directorate of Systems & Data Management, New Delhi.

ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS/ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS/JOINT COMMISSIONERS/JOINT DIRECTORS

1.Sh. Sanjay Mahendru, Assistant Director General, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi.
2.Sh. K.V.V.G. Diwakar,  Additional Director, Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence, Bangaluru
3.Sh. Gurdeep Singh,  Additional Director, Directorate  of Export Promotion,
  New Delhi
4.Smt. P. Hemavathi, Additional Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Gandhidham.
5.Sh. Kumar Santosh, Additional Director, Directorate of Vigilance, New Delhi.
6.Sh. Shrawan Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Service Tax, Bangaluru.

DEPUTY DIRECTORS/DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS/ASSISTANT DIRECTORS /ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS

1.Sh. Ranatosh Mukherjee, Deputy Director, Directorate of Systems & Data Management, Risk Management Division, Mumbai
2.Sh. P. AnanthaKrishnan, Deputy Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Calicut
3.Sh. D.S. Mane, Assistant Director, Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence, New Delhi
4.Sh. N.V. Joshi, Assistant Commissioner, Ahmednagar Central Excise Division, Aurangabad

APPRAISERS/ SUPERINTENDENTS/SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS /ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

1. Sh. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Appraiser, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, New Delhi
2. Sh.Natarajan Suryanarayanan Iyer, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Ahmedabad
3. Sh. Subarath Kar, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence, Kolkatta.
4. Sh. Anil Kumar Rawal, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, New Delhi
5. Sh. Prodyot Mukherjee, Appraising Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Kolkatta
6. Sh. Atul Kumar Pande, Superintendent, Central Excise, Bhopal.
7. Sh. M.V.S. Prasad, Superintendent, Central Excise, Guntur
8. Sh. K. Jagan Mohan, Superintendent, Central Excise, Visakhapatnam I
9. Sh. S.Ravindranath, Enforcement Officer, Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad
10.Sh. Satya Prakash, Enforcement Officer, Directorate of Enforcement, New Delhi

INSPECTORS/INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

1.Sh. G. Raja Sekhar Reddy, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hyderabad
2.Sh. Gurjit Singh, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hqrs. New Delhi.
3.Sh. F. Rajasekar, Inspector, Central Excise, Puducherry
4.Sh. Diwakar Joshi, Intelligence Officer, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi.
5.Sh. S. Murlidharan, Inspector, Central Excise, Coimbatore
6.Sh. Nalin Kumar Jha, Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence, Ahmedabad
7.Sh. Shivananda Prabhu, Inspector, Large Tax Payer Unit, Bangaluru.

PA-CUM-CONFIDENTIAL ASSISSTANT

Sh. N. Ariramakrishnan, PA-Cum-Confidential Assistant, Consulate General Of India, Dubai

SENIOR TAX ASSISTANT

Sh. Bhachan Lal, Senior Tax Assistant, Customs and Central Excise, Jammu

DRIVER

Sh. S. P. Dhotre, Driver Grade I, Driver, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai.

3.A copy of the notification being issued in this regard is enclosed.

4.It is requested that wide publicity in the English and Indian Language Newspapers may be given on the Republic Day, 2010.

(K. Ramakrishnan)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

To

 The Principal Information Officer,
 Press Information Bureau,
 Government of India,
 NEW DELHI.

Copy to :

1.The Commissioner, DP & PR, C.R. Building with a request that steps may be taken to give wide publicity in the Departmental journals and publications.

2.The ADG, Directorate of Systems, New Delhi, for placing it on the website of CBEC (soft copy of the above is e-mailed).

3.Smt. Hemambika Priya, Director (Cx.), Spokesperson, CBEC (soft copy of the above is e-mailed)

4.The Director, Public Relations ( Finance) Room No. 13, North Block, New Delhi, for information with the request to give wide publicity in the English and Indian Language Newspapers on the eve of Republic Day, 2010.

(K. Ramakrishnan)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India