IMI Kolkata collaborated with the Vigilance Study Circle, Kolkata Chapter, to host a programme on “Departmental Enquiry”. This was the 10th in the series of programmes held on vigilance management since 2013. The inaugural session was held on August 28 at IMI- Kolkata campus.
The three-day programme was attended by 50 executives from several public and private sector organisations. They included Tata Steel, DVC, SBI, Allahabad Bank, Mecon, South-Eastern, Central and Western Coalfields, Mahanadi Coalfield, NLC, FSNL, United Bank, Central Bank, National Fertilisers, MCL, Ministry of Shipping Port Blair, Ministry of Communications, IG Mint and Geological Survey of India.
The chief guest, Andrew W.K. Langstieh, Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation, shared his experiences on vigilance-related matters and emphasised the need for prompt decision-making in government institutions. Langstieh shared “DVC was suffering from slowness and lack of ownership in decision-making and, in the last few years, changes have been initiated to deal with these problems”.
Devendra Kumar Verma, current President of the Kolkata Chapter of the Vigilance Study Circle & CVO, DVC, emphasised the relevance of such programmes for executives responsible for vigilance. Dr Arindam Banik, Director, IMI-Kolkata, while welcoming the participants, discussed the need for having IT-based vigilance programmes.
Dr S. Chatterjee, Programme Director & Dean, EDP&MDP, IMI-Kolkata, in his speech, mentioned that “IMI Kolkata is planning to offer IT-related programmes on vigilance management, namely the detection of cybercrimes and advanced fraud detection, besides the continuation of the regular programmes on vigilance management”.
Experts, from CVC, having vast experience in handling disciplinary issues, are conducting the sessions. One of the participants, Mr. V.Johnson Jebaraj, DGM-Vigilance at NLC India Ltd., Neyveli, commented that, “the programme gives good insights into disciplinary procedures, and the contents will be very useful in improving my working”.
Mr. Pawan Kr. Jha, Additional Director (Vigilance), Damodar Valley Corporation said, “workshop content have been well designed and is very useful”.