Vigilance awareness week (31 October-6 November, 2022)
As per the directions of Central Vigilance commission of India, Vigilance Awareness Week was celebrated at ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad from 31st October to 6th November, 2022. The theme of this year Vigilance awareness week was “Corruption free India for a developed Nation”- “भ्रष्टाचार मुक्त भारत - विकसित भारत”. The main aim of Vigilance awareness week is to encourage all the stakeholders to collectively participate in preventing corruption in public life. Several awareness programs were organized during this week. It started with vigilance oath and integrity pledge on 31st October by Dr. R. M. Sundaram, Director, ICAR-IIRR. An essay writing competition was organized on “Integrity and transparency in work place” in the Director’s committee room on 1st November, 2022. We also organized a special awareness lecture in the Rajendranagar farm office of ICAR-IIRR for the farm labours on various aspects of office duties and responsibilities in local Telugu language and lecture was delivered by Dr. A. V. S. R. Swamy, Principal Scientist, Plant Breeding. We also received several posters (ppt presentation) which were displayed on 4th November. In the concluding ceremony on 4th November, 2022, Dr. G. S. Laha, Vigilance officer, ICAR-IIRR briefed about the importance of vigilance awareness week and the activities that were conducted at ICAR-IIRR. Dr. R. M. Sundaram, Director, Indian Institute of Rice Research addressed all the staff of the Institute on various aspects of office rules and responsibilities and urged all the staff to follow the path of honesty and integrity in all official matters. A special lecture (online mode) was delivered on “Duties, responsibilities and office conducts of the employees” by Mr. Saroj Kumar Singh, CAO, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow. The meeting ended with vote of thanks by Dr. G. S. Laha.
