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Against the then CMD, SECL,Department of Coal and privatepersons for demanding andagreeing to accept an amount ofRs.1 crore from a complainantfor showing favour to hiscompany in an official matter.(RC2162010A0002)Against a Senior IRS Officer, thethen AMD (F&A), NAFEDand private persons for enteringinto a criminal conspiracyand fraudulently obtainingfunds worth Rs.90.22 crorefrom NAFED and diverting/misappropriating the same by notfulfilling the export obligations.(RC2212010E0006)2.4 CBI’S ANTI-CORRUPTIONAWARENESSPROGRAMME2.4.1 As part of its socialresponsibility, the CBI launcheda Nationwide Anti-CorruptionAwareness Programme in 2011to elicit public participation in thecampaign against corruption. Theprogramme drew an overwhelmingresponse, especially from studentsand the youth.2.4.2 The programme wasaimed at educating and informingthe public, especially students inschools and colleges, about legaland policy provisions againstcorruption; the role and functionsof CBI, and, most importantly,how to report corrupt practicesto the authorities. Director, CBIin his address at the D.P. KohliMemorial Lecture also emphasizedthe importance of making schoolchildren part of the campaignagainst corruption.2.4.3 This initiative wasundertaken by all Zones andBranches of the CBI across thecountry. Officers and staff of theBureau reached out to schools,colleges and teaching institutes,giving presentations and holdingdiscussions on ways and meansto prevent and report corruptpractices.2.4.4 School and Collegestudents were among the mostenthusiastic participants in thisprogramme. Students were invitedto CBI offices at the Headquarters,and in various Zones, andprovided with interesting facts,presentations and demonstrationson how CBI functions along withCFSL’s forensic gadgets andtechniques used to nab the corrupt.They were also taken to the CBIGallery, which is a repository ofthe pictorial depiction of evolutionof CBI, information about someof the important cases investigatedby it and information aboutINTERPOL. The interactionwith Senior Officers focussed oncreating awareness about legalsafeguard against corruptionand to explore ways to curb themenace of corruption in society.The teachers were called upon toinculcate in schoolchildren a strongsense of morality and correctness.Not only were students found to bevery concerned about corruption insociety, they were also enthusiasticand willing to take a pledge toinfluence their parents and teachersnot to support or undertake corruptpractices. Interactive sessionsoften turned into debates overethics in governance, morality insociety and even corruption inthe policing system. A total of17 schools of Delhi, apart fromother educational institutes visitedthe CBI Headquarters in 2011.All CBI Zones were also activelyengaged in this programme.Shri Amar Pratap Singh, Director, CBI, with the students of Sanskriti SchoolCrime Investigation Work | Industry, Impartiality and Integrity 25