Competitions, lectures, awareness activities lined up for VAW-2021
The Hindu
Administering of pledge marked the inaugural on Tuesday at NMDC, BDL, Power Grid Corpn.
Mining major NMDC Ltd, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Southern Region-I, and Bharat Dynamics Limited are among the public sector entities that have lined up various programmes for Vigilance Awareness Week – 2021 (VAW-2021), which began on Tuesday with ‘Independent India @75: Self Reliance with Integrity’ as its theme.
The inaugural function of VAW-2021 at NMDC began with CMD Sumit Deb administering integrity pledge to employees in the head office here, at a programme organised by the Vigilance department of the company. Senior officials, including directors Amitava Mukherjee, Somnath Nandi and DK Mohanty and Executive Director B.Sahoo participated.
Various activities on integrity, including slogan writing, elocution and essay writing competitions, are to be conducted during the Week. The events began with a quiz competition for employees on Tuesday. Additional Secretary to the Central Vigilance Commission Praveen Kumari Singh will deliver the keynote address at a session on Corporate Governance – Leveraging Technology and Whistle Blower Mechanism on October 28. Prizes are to be presented on November 1, the concluding day of the Week, NMDC said in a release.
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