TIOL Awarded WCO Certificate of Merit
IN a glittering function at Delhi 's National Museum , Chairman of the Central Board of excise and Customs, Shri Dutt Mazumder presented the WCO Certificate of Merit to Shri Shailendra Kumar, CEO of Taxindiaonline.com for rendering exceptional service to the international Customs Community.
The other awardees in this category were Shri R K Jain, Editor of Excise Law Times and Shri Naval H Mehta, CHA Advisor.
WCO Awardees and President of PHD Chamber in a group pix with CBEC Chairman S Dutt Majumder (From Left: CBEC Chairman, President of PHD Chamber of Commerce Salil Bhandari, Chief Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Sheva, K R Bhargava, S K Rahman, Addl Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai; Shailendra Kumar, TIOL CEO and A K Singh, Addl Director, NACEN)
The Chairman also presented the certificates of merit to seven distinguished officers of the Department who had all made immense contribution in the field of Customs Knowledge, who were all lustily cheered by the elite audience. But the loudest and long-standing applause came for Dr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, AD, NACEN. The audience consisted of a large number of probationers from NACEN who all went into raptures seeing their teacher getting the award from the CBEC, Chairman.
The Chairman said, “No Customs initiative can be successful without the partnership of our stakeholders. I am delighted that this year's celebration in India is being marked by honouring both the Departmental officers and the distinguished people from private initiatives. I have personal experience of interacting with each of them and I can tell you, the Board has made the right choices”.
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Dr. Awadesh Kumar Singh, AD, NACEN receiving award from CBEC Chairman S Dutt Majumder | R K Jain, Editor, ELT, receiving award from CBEC Chairman S Dutt Majumder |
A retired Member told me that there could not have been a better selection than Shri R K Jain and Shri Shailendra for this award.
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.The function was attended by a galaxy of senior officers from the department including retired Chairmen apart from current and retired Members of the CBEC.