Last Updated on December 26, 2023 by The Health Master
First EC meeting of DCOIWA held at pink city Jaipur
The DRUGS CONTROL OFFICERS (I) WELFARE ASSOCIATION (DCOIWA) held its first Central Executive Committee meeting on November 12, 2022, at the Cygnett Hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Pukhraj Sen IAS, Commissioner, Food Safety and Drugs Control Department, Govt. of Rajasthan, was the Chief Guest, and A. Mangakandan IAS (Farmer Drugs Inspector, Tamil Nadu), Development Officer, Agra District, attended as the Guest of Honor for the occasion.
Ajay Phatak, Drugs Controller, Rajasthan, Kanchan Sinha, Drugs Controller, Tripura, Lalit Kr. Goel, Rakesh Dahiya (founder members of DCOIWA), and several retired Drugs Controllers from Rajasthan were among the invitees present during the session.
The event was started after paying homage to the departed souls of the Late Smt. Neha Shouree, Zonal Licensing Authority, Punjab, Late Smt. Pallavi Koteshwar Rao, Deputy Drugs Controller, Telangana, Late Sri Sudeep Ganguly, Drugs Inspector, West Bengal, Late Sri Rampal, Drugs Control Office, Rajasthan, and Late Sri Dhanpal, Drugs Inspector Tamil Nadu.
Baldev Chaudhary, General Secretary, DCOIWA from Rajasthan, who organized the entire event, welcomed the members and dignitaries.
G. Koteshwar Rao, President, DCOIWA, explained the events and consequences that have taken place in the last 3 years as DCO (I) Drugs Control Forum and its registration as DCO (1) Welfare Association under the leadership of Lalit Kr. Goel, FDA Haryana, and Rakesh Dahiya, FDA Haryana.
The executive committee has approved the appointment of the following additional EC members
- Larap TD Toy, Meghalaya, Vice President
- Venkatesh Sinare, Goa, Vice President
- Garima Sharma, Himachal Pradesh (HP) Vice President
- Pooran Chand, (Uttar Pradesh), Jt. Secretary
- Dr. Mrinal Kanti Sarkar, Tripura, Jt. Secretary
- Dipika Chauhan, Gujarat, Jt. Secretary
- Amit Kumar Bansal, (Uttar Pradesh), Organizing Secretary
- Rajkumar v Zadbuke, Maharashtra, EC Member
- Ashutosh Kumar Chaube, (Uttar Pradesh), EC Member
- Dr. R. Mahalakshmy, Kerala, EC Member
- Dr. Zaffer Ahmad, J & K, EC Member
- Neeraj Kumar, Uttarakhand, EC Member
- Kanchan Sinha, Tripura, EC Member
- Ibom Ete (Arunachal Pradesh) EC Member
Further, the EC board approved the appointment of the following committee board members under the chairmanship of G. Koteshwar Rao, President, DCOIWA.
Advisory Board
- A. Mangakandan IAS (Uttar Pradesh)
- Jyoti J. Sardesai (Goa)
- Dr. P.V. Appaji (Telangana)
- Lotika Khazuria (J&K)
- Lalit Kr. Goel (Haryana)
- Rakesh Dahiya (Haryana)
- Dr. Adhiyaman (Tamil Nadu)
Technical Committee
- Navneet Marwaha, Drugs Controller, Himachal Pradesh
- D.R. Gahane, Drugs Controller, Maharashtra
- Bogaraj T.Khanapure, Drugs Controller, KTK
- Sanjiv Garg, Drugs Controller, Punjab
- Tajber Singh, Drugs Controller, Uttarakhand
- Rajender Harna, Chandigarh
Finance and Publicity Committee
- Dr. M. Dhilip Kumar, Tamil Nadu
- Rakesh Dahiya, Haryana
- N. Narsaiah, Telangana
- Garima Sharma, Himachal Pradesh
- Sushanth Sharma, CDSCO
- Ishwar Singh Yadav, Rajasthan
- Amandeep Chauhan, Haryana
- Rekha Sachan, (Uttar Pradesh)
Legal Committee
- P.K. Jaggi (Ex. DC. Delhi)
- G.L. Singal, (Haryana)
- Manmohan Taneja (Drugs Controller, Haryana)
- Rajaram Sharma (Drugs Controller, Rajasthan)
- K R Chawla (Drugs Controller, Delhi)
- A. Mangakandan IAS, (Uttar Pradesh)
Training & Continuous educating committee
- Lalit Kr. Goel, Haryana
- Kailash Malik, CDSCO
- Sandeep Verma, CDSCO
- Pradeep Mattu, Ex. SDC, Punjab)
- Rajender Harna (Chandigarh)
The committee decided to publish Diary for the year 2023 and fixed the date of the release of Diary 2023 on 1st Jan 2023 in Delhi.
The EC has approved to conduct of a workshop for walking officers from northeast states in the month of Dec. 2022 at Agartala, Tripura under the leadership of Kanchan Sinha, Drugs Controller, Tripura.
The Association developed the website www.dcoiwa.com and the same has been launched and inaugurated by A. Mangakandan IAS, Agra Dist. Development Officer (Utter Pradesh)
The E.C. member has unanimously approved its members’ plans to strengthen the organization by getting more life memberships.
The E.C. Members have unanimously decided to accept affiliations from various state associations if the request is received.
The E.C. Members approved immediate financial assistance of Rs. 1 Lakh to Late. Dhanpat’s Family. Copies of the bylaws were read and distributed among the members.
A committee is formed under the leadership of Lalit Kr. Goel to establish the DCOIWA welfare trust.
More than 50 Drugs Control Officers from Rajasthan graced the occasion.
The event ended with a vote of thanks presented by Dr. Parmanand Verma, Treasurer, DCOIWA.
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