Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain.
Corruption can occur in many sectors, whether they be public or private industry or even NGO's (especially in public sector). However, only in democratically controlled institutions is there an interest of the public (owner) to develop internal mechanisms to fight active or passive corruption, whereas in private industry as well as in NGO's there is no public control. Therefore, the owners, investors, or sponsors, profits are largely decisive.
GITARATTAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES AND TRAINING celebrated the 'Vigilance Awareness Week' from26 OCTOBER to 1 NOVEMBER ,2021.The theme was 'Independent India @75 : Self Reliance with Integrity.' Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) is being celebrated every year and coincides with the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, known to be a man of high integrity.The purpose of Vigilance Awareness Week is to generate awareness in the public at large about the ill effects of corruption.
An extension lecture was conducted by Ms. Jayanti Arora (PGT economics) with renowned CBSE senior secondary school Delhi via google meet.
The Workshop started with a welcoming speech by the GIAST Student Himani Gupta.
In the workshop, Ms. Jayanti spoke about the various scams done in past by the leaders who were the holder of prestigious position. She highlighted how their contribution is now flourishing of corruption in our society. But there are always two sides of the coin, and there is no pack of cards without a knave. Therefore in between the Self-regarding leaders there are some leaders who possess a heart to serve our country.
Later, Ms. Jayati highlighted some of the Indian leaders went against corruption and worked hard to remove corruption form our society. She also highlighted Anna Hazaare an Indian social activist who forced the Indian government, by sitting on 'hunger strike' to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill.
The Workshop was very informative and the students got to know about various forms of corruption. It is just not restricted to people who are holding prestigious positions in an institute but we can see corruption in our day to day lives. It starts with us. For instance during school and college admissions people donate huge amount to get in, get fake certificates , income is shown below poverty line so that a seat can be reserved in college or school. All these are seen by everyone and everyday.
At the end of the lecture she concluded with a pledge 'My anti-corruption Pledge' and it ended with the hope that one day corruption will end if every citizen will understand it's responsibility and behave vigilantly.
