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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

IGNOU celebrates vigilance awareness week


Vigilance Awareness Week which started on 27th October 14 was organized at IGNOU head quarters in New Delhi.

The Vigilance pledge was administered by the Vice Chancellor Prof. M. Aslam  in English.  He emphasized that the menace of corruption should be eradicated from organizations and technology can bring more transparency and accountability.  Mr. Sudhir Budakoti, Registrar of the University administered the pledge in Hindi.  Prof. Madhu Prahar, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) gave introduction and importance of the theme “Combating Corruption -  Technology as Enabler” as given by Central Vigilance Commission.

 Employees gathered in the Convention center of the university to take the pledge:, “We, the public servants of India, do hereby solemnly pledge that we shall continuously strive to bring about integrity and transparency in all spheres of our activities. We also pledge that we shall work unstintingly for eradication of corruption in all spheres of life. We shall remain vigilant and work towards the growth and reputation of our organization through our collective efforts, we shall bring pride to our organizations and provide value based service to our countrymen. We shall do our duty conscientiously and act without fear or favour.”

All Regional Centers of IGNOU which are spread over in India, participated in function through web conferencing.  After the pledge, few regional centers informed the activities which they will  take  during  the Vigilance Week.