Maharashstra’s Seven Officers To Receive Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate of the Customs & Central Excise on the Eve of RD- 2018

New Delhi, 24: Maharashtra’s seven Officers from Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) have been declared for 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. A total of 44 Officers will be felicitated with this prestigious Award.

Of the total seven from the State, six Officers are from Mumbai and one officer from Pune District. They include Ms. Seema Jere Bisht, Additional Director General, Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM), Prashant Kumar, Additional Director, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Bharat Laxmanrao Gade, Superintendent, Mumbai Customs Zone-I, Mubeen Ahmed Juvale, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Mumbai, Akif Hussain Raja, Superintendent, Central Excise/Tax & GST Zone, Mumbai, M.I. Ramachandran, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Mumbai and Shri Ripu Sudan Kumar, Senior Intelligence Officer, Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGSTI), Zonal Unit, Pune.

Every year, the officers and staff of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) Department are considered for grant of these awards, which are announced on the eve of Republic Day. This year, 44 officials have been selected for grant of Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for ‘Specially distinguished record of service’.

These Awardees have been selected on the basis of their exemplary and flawless performance in their respective field of services over the years. The awardees selected this year include the officers and staff working as Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners, Directors/Additional Directors/Additional Commissioners, Deputy/Assistant Commissioners, Superintendents/SIOs, Sr. Private Secretary/ Private Secretary, Inspectors/IOs, Drivers who have been consistently and fully committed to the Department in various fields.