Vinod Kumar Sharma Appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer of RITES

NEW DELHI: The Government of India has approved the appointment of Shri Vinod Kumar Sharma, an Indian Telecom Service ITS officer of the 1999 batch, as the Chief Vigilance Officer CVO of Rail India Technical & Economic Services RITES for the Delhi and NCR region.

The decision has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and the appointment will be under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways.

According to the official order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, Shri Sharma will hold the position in Pay Level 14, with a salary scale of Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200, for an initial tenure of three years from the date of assuming charge, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

The Department of Telecommunications has been requested to relieve him immediately so that he can take up his new responsibilities at RITES.

The appointment is expected to further strengthen the governance and vigilance framework of RITES, a leading engineering and consultancy PSU under the Ministry of Railways.