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Newsletter May 2012 Volume 4 Issue 5

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Valediction Ceremony of 64th Batch

The month of April, 2011 marked the end of the 16

months long Induction training for the 64th Batch of the

IRS. On 16th April 2012, the Officer-Trainees belong-

ing to the 64th Batch of Indian Revenue Service passed

out of the portals of National Academy of Direct

Taxes after completing the sixteen-months Induction

Training Programme which commenced in December

2010. The valediction ceremony was held at the NADT

Auditorium.

Shri. Laxman Das, IRS, Chairman, Central Board of

Direct Taxes, New Delhi graced the occasion as the

Chief Guest. The ceremony began at 11 AM with the

rendering of the Academy Song by the NADT

Choir. Thereafter, Shri DS Saksena, Director General

(Training), NADT, delivered the welcome address by

introducing the Chief Guest and thanking the dignitaries

and guests present, including the family members of the

graduating Officer Trainees.

Conveying his best wishes to the graduating officer

trainees for a promising future, Sh Saksena impressed

upon them to do their best while discharging their profes-

sional responsibilities. Sh N Jayasankar, the Course Di-

rector of the 64th Batch presented the Course Report

summing up the activities of the event- packed 16 month

long Induction Training Programme. This was followed

by feedback by two Officer Trainees of the 64th Batch

of IRS officers, Shri Pravin Salunkhe and Ms. Adita

Singh. Sh. R.Ravichandran, Additional Director Gen-

eral-II, NADT, spoke on “Achievements & Expecta-

tions” outlining the training methodology followed in

the Induction programme. He also highlighted the im-

portance laid on improving ethics, values and morality

during the training. Thereafter he administered “Tax Ad-

ministrator‟s Prayer” to the Officer Trainees of outgoing

batch.

Academy Kriti, “ecsTAXy” in-house journals show-

casing the literary skills of the officer trainees and

bilingual version of the Newsletter “NADTree”, „were

released by the Chairman in the presence of DGIT

(Trg). The Training Calendar of NADT and DTRTIs for

FY 2012-13 was also released on this occasion. The Val-

edictory address was given by the Chief Guest Sh

Laxman Das, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Tax-

es. In his simple but powerful address, the Chairman

reminded the young officers of the challenges and

opportunities that are arising due to Globalization of

the economy and the consequent public expectations

on them. While emphasizing on the need to constantly

improve upon the knowledge and skills, he specifically

urged each officer to take care of the legitimate needs of

the Tax payers. He exhorted each one of them to incul-

cate a sense of duty, pride and commitment while dis-

charging their professional duties and be conscious of

their own image and that of the Department.

The Chairman then gave away the course completion cer-

tificates and medals to the Officer Trainees. Sh Vikram

Official photo of the 64th Batch of IRS

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Pagaria won the Finance Minister‟s Gold Medal for the

best all-round performance. Dr GM Doss, Additional

Director General-I proposed the vote of thanks. The

ceremony concluded with the rendering of the National

Anthem followed by the ceremonial passing out by the

outgoing officers. The 64th Batch of IRS consists of

139 officer trainees from different parts of India,

hailing from 19 different states and Union Territories

and speaking 19 different mother tongues. Uttar Pradesh

tops the list with 30 trainees belonging to it, followed

by Rajasthan (17), Maharashtra (15) and Tamil Na-

du (14). 56% have Hindi as their mother tongue.

Other major languages spoken are Marathi, Tamil and

Telugu. 74% of the trainees are men while 26% are

women. 67.50% of the trainees have urban background

and 32.50 % are from rural areas. Trainees have varied

educational qualifications with 39.50% holding their

basic degree in Humanities, 26.60% in Engineering &

Technology, 10.80 % in Medicine, 15.80% in Sci-

ence and the rest in various other disciplines. 36%

of the trainees possess Masters or higher degrees and 2

have PhDs.

The 16 month Induction Course included a rigorous

training regimen on Tax law and procedures, other Stat-

utes, Economics, Accountancy and Management. The

classroom training was interspersed with two spells of

the On-the Job Training ,Industrial attachment, Par-

liamentary attachment and attachments with other

apex training institutions like LBSNA, and apex Finan-

cial Institutions in Mumbai along with training modules

at the National Law School of India University, Banga-

lore and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. The

training module also included International attachments




with revenue departments of countries such as USA,

Netherlands, France, South Africa, Australia and Malay-

sia.

During the training, Departmental Examinations were

conducted and all the Officer Trainees passed both. For

the Officer Trainees, the International Attachment played

an important role in understanding and getting a first-

hand experience of the international best practices and

trends in taxation and delivery of taxpayer services and

has also exposed them to the work environment and eth-

ics in the developed countries which will go a long way

in making them a better tax administrator.

Glimpses of Cultural Evening “Udaan” showcasing talent of 65th Batch



DR. B R AMBEDKAR JAYANTI CELEBRATIONS AT NADT


The 121st Jayanti of Bharat Ratna Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar was celebrated at

NADT, Nagpur. On this occasion, Shri

D S Saksena, DG, NADT paid floral

tributes by garlanding the photograph

of Dr. B R Ambedkar. In his address, Shri

D S Saksena, DG, NADT mentioned about

how Dr. B R Ambedkar dedicated his en-

tire life for the upliftment of the deprived

section of the society and has emerged as

one of the greatest social reformers. He

exhorted to draw inspiration from the

life of this great social reformer in

achieving greater heights in life by

sheer determination and hardwork in

adversities.

Shri Ravichandran, Additional Director

General-II and Dr. G M Doss, CIT (OSD), NADT were also present on the occasion and offered floral tributes to the

architect of Indian Constitution. The programme was conducted by Ms. Kranti Khobragde, officer trainee of 65th

batch and was attended in large numbers and floral tributes were paid by faculty members, officer trainees of

64th and 65th batches and staff members of NADT.

Release of NADTree Newsletter and Academy Kriti



The pace of PAES!

The sun was bright, the leaves withered with the ap-

proaching summer, but the officer trainees were abuzz

about the guest of the day. When the clock stuck 10,

entered a man who looked way younger than his age

and smiling the entire time. Unfettered by the long

illustrious introduction that welcomed him, he took on

the dais. The man was none other than the tennis heart

throb Leander Paes.

What a speaker? All were awed at his oration the mo-

ment he started. More important was the “connect”

that he developed with the generation Y instantly. He

started to tell the entire story how an Indian boy from

Kolkata could become a world champion by sheer grit and attitude. He examined how failures were the biggest

teachers of one‟s life. One should not be affected by what others think or talk about him. He gave three qualities

that he believed were instrumental for his phenomenal success. These were- simplicity in task, unconditional hard

work and being what you are. What followed was a volley of questions that the guest answered with élan and all

seemed to be satisfied by the responses, mostly as they were honest and from the heart.

While Paes left the academy in a few hours, he left one indelible mark in the minds of most that were present. That

mark was of that Indian boy who through his absolute belief in himself conquered the world of lawn tennis. This is

not it. He did it for his national flag, his 1.3 billion family men and his country- India!

Seminar on Change Management

A Seminar on “Change Management” was organized at NADT, Nagpur on 17 & 18 May2012 for IRS officers of

1980 Batch. The seminar aimed at equipping the officers for facing the challenges of changing national and global

socioeconomic scenario to meet the expectations of the tax payers and other stakeholders of the department. The

commissioners of Income Tax as team leaders have an important role to play in bringing about a change in the de-

partment and they have to act as change agents. The participants were sensitized about the need to move from tradi-

tional and routine practices towards attitudinal synergies, professional leadership, scientific structures and proce-

dures and adopting best managerial practices. The seminar received warm response.



INTAX 2012

The annual sports festival of NADT, Intax began on 5th april 2012, with

the inaugural match of formidable duo of Shri D. S. Saksena, Director

General of the academy and esteemed Mr. Rajkumar Ghosh, Jt. Director

Of Income Tax, pitted against the equally skilled combine of Ashwin and

Sanyam Joshi. Both the teams played brilliantly with some awe-inspiring

smashes and the former team won the match with a score of 30-12. Bad-

minton was the star event of Intax, with participants converging towards

the badminton courts from all over the campus. The event had another at-

traction at lawn tennis grounds, where smashing shots and rocket serves

awed the spectators. Table tennis and squash saw numerous participants

and some elegant matches. The game of chess, carrom and billiards saw

some mind boggling moves with some brilliant high level matches be-

tween some players. In all these playoffs, the level of play was consistently

very high and many close fights and spectacular finishes were witnessed.

Along with individual events, team games were played with OT‟s divided

into four different houses and matches between them. While yel-

low house scored gold medals in volleyball and softball events,

red house was the champion in basketball tournament , which

has become popular sport these days, especially after the glam-

our it has earned from some Shahrukh Khan‟ s bollywood mov-

ies. The third day was marked by field events with 100 m, 200m,

400m, 800m, 1500m races and many track events like short put,

javelin, discuss throws. In most of the throws, the OT‟s gave

dazzling performances, where in some instances; it appeared as if

the throws would go all the way from Nagpur to Delhi. The

highlight of the day was the jumps comprising of long jump and

high jumps. These events were mainly dominated by our 64th

batch senior OT‟s who performed like a na-

tional player. Finally the day ended with a

relay race, which was conquered by the war-

riors of green house. One thing which was

remarkable in these events was the team spir-

it, coordination and active participation dis-

played by the fellow OT‟s and even the fac-

ulty members. Overall, INTAX would al-

ways be one of the delightful memories that

would remain in our hearts for times to

come.



Milestone: DTRTI Bangalore building

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated on

8thApril the new campus of Direct Taxes Regional

Training Institute (DTRTI), the training arm of In-

come tax Department. DTRTI has its origin in 1973

in Bangalore with its jurisdiction spanning across

South India, covering Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pra-

desh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. However, after the

creation of a training centre in Chennai, the jurisdic-

tion is now restricted to the first three states where

its training base numbers about 4,000 departmental

personnel. Stating that the direct tax base has gone

up substantially, Mukherjee said he was happy that

at present almost 60 per cent of tax income came

from direct taxes. The DTRTI campus is built at a

cost of about Rs 30 crore; has 1.25 lakh square feet of

built up area and can provide residential facility to

110 trainees. The DTRTI will also be getting another

new campus of 20 acre, Shri Mukherjee added the

government will help the institute to progress fur-

ther with its assistance. Direct Taxes Regional

Training Institute, Bangalore (DTRTI) is the train-

ing arm of the Income-tax Department. It functions

under the aegis of National Academy of Direct Tax-

es, Nagpur. DTRTI had its humble origin in 1973 at

No 18, Crescent Road, Bangalore. Original jurisdic-

tion of DTRTI spanned across South India, covering

Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and

Kerala. DTRTI has so far trained nearly 60,000 offi-

cials of the Department. The Institute also caters to

the direct taxation related training needs of other

govt. departments, banks, corporates etc. A new and

increasing trend is the training of tax administrators

of other countries, especially from the developing

world. The expertise of the faculty is also sought by

other training institutes, law schools, banks and in-

dustry. Professionalism, discipline and dedication

are the hallmark of the Institute, practiced at a level

not frequently encountered in government. The post-

ing policy partly explains this work culture - every-

one who is posted here comes out of volition and fac-

ulty skills are honed through training, including for-

eign exposure.

The net result of emphasis on innovation, technology usage

and quality orientation has ensured that training at DTRTI is

serious business, With the growing stature of DTRTI and in-

creased number of trainees and courses each year the original

hired campus of the Institute was constrained in meeting the

escalating demand. In Sept 2006 the Hon’ble Minister of State

(Revenue), Ministry of Finance, Shri S.S.Palanimanickam laid

the foundation stone for the new campus at Jalahalli. The

campus is built at a cost of about Rs.30cr, has1.25 lakh square

feet of built up area and can provide residential facility for110

trainees. Latest building material with pronounced use of

steel, glass, granite and mostly bio degradable and recyclable

material make the campus truly a green one. Central air con-

ditioning of occupation areas using variable refrigerant flow

technology, maximum utilization of natural light and air and

minimization of trapped heat render the campus energy effi-

cient. In fact, no lights are switched on in the Administrative

block till about 05.30 in the evening. The campus at Jalahalli

is a model project of the Ministry of Finance in terms of tech-

nology incorporation for training, communication, security,

comfort as well as environmental sensitivity. Access control,

high resolution IP based PTZ security cameras and the hi-tech

interactive lecture halls are some of its notable features. In-

puts for technology induction were taken from the leaders in

their respective fields like Infosys, IIM(B), IIIT(B), ISB, Syra-

cuse university etc. which have benchmarked the campus to

global standards. The six hi-tech interactive lecture halls

boast of displays through high resolution LED monitors, elec-

tronic document cameras and electronic white boards. HD

video conferencing for seamless learning across the globe is

available in two lecture halls; the networked learning environ-

ment is on a high speed platform with technologies for record-

ing, archiving and web streaming of lectures. The training

and office management in the Institute is totally automated

through web based software. In short the wherewithal for

TBT or Technology based Training fully exists in this model

campus of NADT. The DTRTI campus is a three stars certified

green campus of the NADT. Every existing tree here was pro-

tected and retained by designing the construction around its

presence.

Volume 4 Issue 5 Page 8


The NADTree Team. .

Editorial Committee Managing Editor Editor

Nakul Agarwal, Rajeev Garg, R Ravichandran Dr. Rajeev Ranade

Rijula Uniyal, Sathiya S, Additional Director General-II Additional Directors (Faculty)

Swaroop Mannava, Vinod Pawar

For any Correspondence /Queries, kindly contact National Academy of Direct Taxes, Chhindwara Road, Nagpur -440030.

Tele-fax 0712-2584350; E mail– [email protected]

(Printed by the Printing & Publication Unit, NADT, Nagpur for the National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur)

To,

Mumbai: The “Basic Course for Newly Recruited Inspec-

tors” has started from 9th April 2012. The course was inau-

gurated by Shri N P Singh, CCIT(CCA), Mumbai. Theoreti-

cal and practical inputs were given on income tax law, pro-

cedure, accounts, investigation techniques, ITD, tally, mana-

gerial & ethical subjects etc., so that the participants can take

up their responsibility effectively. The session by the

Hon‟ble Member (P & V) CBDT, Smt Manjari Kacker on

“Image Makeover” was an added privilege for the partici-

pants.

The “Course for Retiring Inspectors” was conducted during

the month. Inputs were given on motivation and self man-

agement, investment and self management, benefits availa-

ble under CGHS to retired officials and their families, yoga

and motivation. The course was well appreciated.

The “Course for Retiring Officers Batch-II” was conducted to

sensitize the retiring officers with issues and benefits related

to their retirement and to improve their confidence during

their post-retirement life.

The “Course for Newly Promoted ITOs” has started on

16/04/2012. The course was inaugurated by Shri Swatantra

Kumar, CCIT-XII, Mumbai. This course is designed to em-

power the newly promoted ITOs with theoretical, practical

knowledge of I.T. Law, accounts, allied acts, investigation

techniques etc., so that they can do their work effectively in

the field.

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