IOB Strengthens Vigilance Awareness Campaign with Walkathon and Public Outreach Activities

Chennai, 25th October 2025: As part of its ongoing Vigilance Awareness Campaign, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) organized a Walkathon today at Besant Nagar Beach to promote integrity and transparency in public life. This initiative aligns with the Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC) nationwide observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2025, which will culminate in the themed week “Vigilance : Our Shared Responsibility” from October 27th to November 2nd.

The Walkathon was attended by IOB’s senior leadership, including Shri Joydeep Dutta Roy, Executive Director, Shri. Dhanaraj T, Executive Director, and Shri. Rajeev Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), along with General Managers, executives, and staff from both the Chennai Regional Office and Central Office. The event aimed to raise public awareness about vigilance is a shared responsibility and promote a corruption-free society.

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Addressing participants, Shri. Joydeep Dutta Roy, Executive Director, emphasized vigilance is just not the sole responsibility of a few of the individuals or organizations but it is the shared responsibility of every individual and every organization. Shri. Dhanaraj T, Executive Director, emphasized the bank’s commitment to fostering an environment of integrity. He remarked, “Indian Overseas Bank endeavors to promote integrity and eradicate corruption with the active support and participation of all citizens.” Shri. Rajeev Kumar, CVO, reiterated that Vigilance Awareness Week serves as a powerful platform for the CVC’s efforts to instill ethics, transparency, and integrity in public governance and administration.

As part of the week-long Vigilance Awareness Campaign, IOB will conduct various activities, including an Integrity Pledge led by the MD & CEO, Executive Directors, and the CVO on October 27th at 11:00 AM for all employees.

Additionally, activities such as a Rangoli competition, quiz, essay contest, and special lectures on vigilance will be organized to engage and educate staff.

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In the lead-up to Vigilance Awareness Week, IOB has already initiated several outreach and training programs. This includes training of officers, displaying banners and standees, airing vigilance-themed jingles on radio FM, conducting quiz, essay, poster making, slogan writing competitions and deploying a sky balloon to spread awareness. Furthermore, IOB conducted tree plantation drives, Grama Sabha meetings in rural and semi-urban areas, customer meets, and seminars to engage with the public and reinforce the importance of ethical practices.

Indian Overseas Bank is dedicated to the CVC’s mission to build a vigilant and transparent nation. Through these activities, IOB reaffirms its commitment to upholding ethical practices and disseminate the message that ‘sculpting a corruption-free society, is not the sole duty of a few of us but a mission that requires the active participation and dedication of every individual, & every organization of our society’.

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