Annual Report 2007-2008

Vigilance

The Vigilance Unit in the Department of Science & Technology is headed by Chief Vigilance Officer, an Officer in the rank of Scientist ‘G’. He is supported by an Under Secretary, Section Officer and other secretarial staff.

Apart from handling Vigilance related cases of the Department, its two subordinate offices and 22 aided institutions; it deals with complaints, received by the Department. Vigilance Unit also annually plans vigilance inspection of a few institutions. During the current year, as per the approved plan, inspection of the following aided institutions has been carried out:

(i) Vigyan Prasar, NOIDA, UP on 23-24 August 2007.
(ii) Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi on 29-30 August 2007.
(iii) Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore on 19-20 September 2007.
(iv) Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, Bangalore on 21-22 September 2007.
(v) Bose Institute, Kolkata on 1-3 October 2007.

Vigilance Unit consolidates reports/returns received from the subordinate offices and aided institutions on vigilance matters and furnishes the reports (monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual basis) to various agencies, like Central Vigilance Commission, Central Bureau of Investigation, Department of Personnel & Training. The Department also maintains Agreed List and List of Officers of Doubtful Integrity of Gazetted status, in consultation with CBI.

A meeting of the Vigilance Officers of Subordinate Offices and Aided Institutions under the Department was organised on 05.06.2007. The meeting was inaugurated by Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, DST with his address on Efficiency through Vigilance. In this meeting, two guest lectures from DGS&D and Indian Institute of Public Administration were organised on issues such as e-procurement and e-Governance respectively. A representative from Central Vigilance Commission was also invited for the meeting, who cleared doubts of Vigilance Officers on various vigilance matters. They were also sensitized to be more alert and prompt in dealing with the vigilance cases and overall vigilance in their respective offices.

Vigilance Awareness Week was observed in the Department during 12-16 November 2007, wherein talks on e-Procurement and Vigilance Awareness were organized for the benefit of the officers and staff of this Department. An interactive session with the users of services being provided to various institutions by this Department was also organized to sensitize the officers of the Department about the problems being faced by those Institutions.

Other miscellaneous activities, viz. identification of sensitive posts, rotational transfers thereon in the organisation and its subordinate offices are being done on regular basis.