Vigilance Awareness Week concludes at NLCIL

Prasanna Kumar Acharya, chairman and managing director of NLC India Limited (NLCIL) has called for greater transparency and visibility in organisational systems in NLCIL, and the elimination of manual interventions. He was speaking at the valedictory function of the Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 in Neyveli on Thursday.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Acharya said that contract manuals and operational procedures were being updated to strengthen accountability and ensure seamless governance. He appreciated the Vigilance Division’s outreach and preventive initiatives organised under the Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC) theme, ‘Probity for Prosperity’.

Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Appakannu Govindarajan said that this year’s CVC guidelines reflected a shift from focusing on corruption to proactively promoting integrity, honesty, and probity. With NLCIL preparing for large-scale expansion, reducing procedural errors, strengthening capacity building, and keeping pace with technological advances were essential for innovation and sustained growth, a press release quoted him as having said.

Highlighting public participation in the campaign, Mr. Govindarajan said reels and rangoli competitions had attracted people from different sections of society. He also stressed the contribution of employees and students to societal development.

Director (Mines) Suresh Chandra Suman recalled Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s contribution to nation-building and commended the Vigilance Division for involving the public in the campaign. A special edition of NLCIL’s in-house vigilance magazine, Neyveli Vigil, was released on the occasion.

Mr. Acharya, functional directors Samir Swarup, Rajesh Pratap Singh Sisodia, P.L.S.S. Chaitanya Prakash, and the CVO presented prizes to employees and the winners of various competitions.