PERSONAL BIO-DATA OF MRS. SAROJ BALA,

MEMBER, CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES

1.Name (In Block Letters):SAROJ BALA, IRS,

2.Designation:Member(Revenue) CBDT

3.Cadre:Indian Revenue Service

4.Date of Joining Service:December, 1972

5.Educational Qualification: .B.A., from Government Ripudaman College,

Nabha - declared All Round Best Student

of the college in the year 1968

. M.A. (Political Science) from Punjab University, Chandigarh in First Division

. L.L.B. (First Division) from Punjab University

6. Postings :-

S.No. / From / To / Posted at
1 / Dec., 1972 / June, 1974 / IRS Probationer under Training. First Lady Officer in the history of Income-tax Service to be adjudged as the ‘Best All Round Officer’ at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur.
2 / July, 1974 / Jan., 1982 / Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in various capacities at Patiala
3 / Jan., 1982 / May, 1987 / Joint Commissioner of Income Tax at Ludhiana & Jaipur.
4 / May, 1987 / May, 1990 / Addl. Director of Income Tax, NADT, Nagpur. Attended 16 weeks’ International Development Programme in Training Management in London in 1989 and stood First amongst 52 trainees from 20 countries.
5 / May, 1990 / Jan., 1994 / Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax, Chandigarh, Organized camps for helping the taxpayers, which were widely appreciated by the Media.
6 / Jan., 1994 / Sept., 1997 / Commissioner of Income Tax (A) at Shimla and at Lucknow.
7 / Sept., 1997 / June, 2000 / Director of Income-tax (RSP&PR) at DelhiConducted VDIS publicity for which got appreciation letter from the Finance Minister.
8 / June, 2000 / 15-03-2005 / Commissioner of Income Tax holding different positions at Delhi
9 / 16-03-2005 / 13-06-2006 / Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Amritsar
10 / 26-06-2006 / 19.12.2007 / Director General, NADT, Nagpur.
11 / 20.12.2007 / till date / Member(Revenue), CBDT, New Delhi

7.She is a visionary with a positive attitude and progressive thinking and believes that IRS Officers have a larger role to play in the development of our country. SWOT analysis done by her based on credible data and empirical evidence has raised the self-esteem of officers of the Income Tax Department. Advanced mid-career training programme got planned by her would go a long way in building the capacity of the IRS officers in augmenting revenue collections and in improving tax payer services.

8.She got the book titled “Let us Share” – A compilation of Best Orders and Best Practices in Income Tax Department prepared which was released on 4.2.2009. This will go a long way in boosting the morale of the officers of the Department.

9.Special interest Research into the historicity of ancient events narrated in old Indian Manuscript through :-

1. Study of books/reports on dating of ancient events

through verification of astronomical references in

ancient manuscripts by using planetarium software

2. Study of interpretations of satellite pictures taken by Remote Earth Sensing Satellites of different countries.

3. Study of Archaeological, geological, geographical &

oceanography reports.

Her articles on the dating of eras of Lord Rama & Lord Krishna and on the historicity of River Saraswati have already been published in leading newspapers and magazines.

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