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Sl.No. Name of the Officer Work Allocation
1 Smt. Rajalakshmi Devaraj, IDAS, Additional DGFT Zonal Head of DGFT for the South Zone
Head of Regional Authority - Chennai DGFT

2 Shri.Vishwas B.N,ITS, Jt.DGFT Chapter-3 (all schemes excluding SHC),
Residual Work of old Chapter 3 Schemes
Chapter 4 & Residual work of old Chapter 4 Schemes
Chapter 7, Chapter 7A, Policy, In charge of the EODC drive for Chapter 4
Districts allotted to Shri.Varun Singh, Ex.Jt.DGFT, Chennai
RA under the DEH program. Head of the Internal Audit Teams for
Chapter 7 and Advance Authorisation cases.

3 Ms.F.D.Initha, CSS, Jt.DGFT All Administration work, Budget & Accounts, Vigilance, Establishment, R&I, PRO Desk,
Admin. Audit & Admin. Court Cases. Computer Cell, IT revamp / New Digital Platform
Chapter 2 - IEC AU etc. ECA-references from outside agencies, REIC.
Parliament Questions, Grievance, CPGRAMS, Appellate Authority for RTI
General Co-ordination.
4 Shri.K.Hrushikesh Reddy,ITS, Dy.DGFT Amnesty Scheme Section: All work pertaining to the DGFT's Amnesty Scheme (2023) for both Chapter-5-EPCG
and Chapter-4-Advance Authorisation. He will also be the Nodal Officer for the Amnesty Scheme in the RA.
Chapter-5 EPCG Issue (A-Z) Chapter-3 MEIS, SEIS, Status House Certificate; Residual work of
old Chapter 3 Schemes. Chapter-2 - IEC, FSC, RC, AU,COO, EU-REX etc, and any other
Certificate / registration, chapter-7 - TED / DBK, Chapter 7A - TMA Chapter 8 - CQCTD, Policy
Litigation and OLd CBI cases, Niryat bandhu (coordination), Export Promotion Work.
All Records, Digitalization of records. In charge of R&I and PRO, NIC, IT and Back Office
Portal, Website, Official Language Section, MIS-co-ordination, Standing Grievance Committee
Coordinating. CPGRAMS, Coordinating with Customs Audit, in-charge of Extenstion Counter at
Pondicherry. In-charge of Annual Action Plan. Nodal Officer for transmission of data to CEIB. Member of Internal Audit Team (RMS) for Chapter 7 cases (para 7.10 (b) of FTP)
Nodal CPIO and CPIO for all the above, all FTP schemes, ECA, Litigation, Export
Promotion-DEH/NB, Records, etc (except Administration I, II, Establishment & vigilance).
5 Shri. M.Backiyavelu,ITS, Dy.DGFT Chapter-4 Advance Authorisation, DFIA, etc. - Issue and EOM (A-Z)
All old chapter 4 schemes, ECA- (except ECA - Appeal / NCLT cases). REIC
Administration - I, II, Establishment,Vigilance, VIP visits - coordination
Member of Internal Audit Committee - AA cases. District Export Hub (Coordination),
Export Promotion Work. State Export Policy, coordination with State Govt., Customs
EPCs, GST Cell, Chennaii VII Customs
6 Smt. A. Vaijayanthimala,ITS,Dy.DGFT Chapter 5 - EPCG - EOM (A-Z), Chapter - 3 - Residual work of Target plus,
IEIS and SFIS, Audit Co-ordination, Parliament Questions - Co-ordination
7 Shri.K. Thalapathy Ram Kumar,ITS, Asst.DGFT Litigation and Old CBI cases Chapter-4 - AA/DFIA all Chapter 4 scheme EOM (N-Z),
Member of Internal Audit Team for AA. Chapter-7 TED/DBK, Chapter-8 CQCTD
Chapter-3 schemes - SEIS, MEIS / ROSCTL / ROSL and residual work of all other
old chapter 3 schemes Member of Internal Audit team / RMS of Chapter 7 - TED/DBK
District Export Hub (co-ordination) and other Export Promotion Work. State Export
Policy - TN and Pondicherry. Co-ordination with various councils & trade bodies
State Govt., Customs, EPCs, GST Cell, Chennai VII customs, DGTR etc., on export
promotion and FTP issues.
8 Smt.Dhiya R, ITS, Asst.DGFT Chapter - 5 - EPCG issue - Alphabets A to M, EPCG EOM - Alphabets A to M, Residual Work of
Target Plus / SFIS / IEIS. Audit - Over all co-ordination. Parliament Question
co-ordination
9 Shri. Hassan Usaid, ITS, Asst.DGFT Administration-I: Adiministration of all personal matters pertaining to the
Officers & Staff of the Zonal Office, Pension, leave, attendance etc. Administration Audit,
Courst cases, APARs / Sparrow, Posting and work allocation of Gazetted Officers and staff within
the Zonal Office. Administration records & record manageemnt. Management of DEOs, consultants
and young professionals - work allotment,leave, tours, etc. Budget. Chapter 7A - TMA
Chapter 4 - AA / DFIA - EOM (A-M), ECA - Post Adjudication work, Enforcement, reference from
other agencies including State Government,CM Cell, Inspections, co-ordination with CEIB
Niryat Bandhu, CPIO for all Administration - I, Administration - II,Establishment and
vigilance matters
10 Smt.R.Anandhi, FTDO DDO & Cash in-charge, Chapter 2 - Issue of Free Sale Certificate, RC, AU and other
certificates / registrations (except COO / EU REX)
11 Smt.Sathyakumari Sridhar, FTDO Public Relation Officer, Issue of ID Cards, R & I section, Hindi - OL.
Chapter 3 - Issue of Status Holder Certificate
12 Shri.K.R. Bhaskaran, FTDO In Charge of Personal Section of Addl.DGFT
CPGRAMS, All Administration-II matters, AMCs / Contacts, procurements, etc.
General Co-ordination - VIP visits, REIC matters, Management of Housekeeping
Staff & Security Personnel
13 Shri. Johnson D, FTDO Chapter 5 - EPCG Issue - Alphabets N to Z and EPCG -EOM
Alphabets (N -Z)
14 Shri. R.Kumar, FTDO Nodal Officer for e-Governance & Trade facilitation (TCS Back Office Portal) & Local Administration
for Back Office portal. NIC & IT related work, website, Computer Cell, legacy data & servers
and systems. CRM - co-ordination. MIS co-ordination, ECA-Appeals for appeals, he will submit
files directly to Zonal Addl.DGFT & Appellate Authority NCLT cases co-ordination.
15 Shri. K. Venkataramanan, FTDO Vigilance,Establishment - South Zone-recruitment, compassionate appointment, Seniority list, promotions,
Postings / transfers of Non-gazetted officials within the South Zone. Any Administration issue of
Head of RAs - service book, increment leave, Tour permission, Temporary Addl Charge MACP, FR 56 J review
etc. APARs / SPARROW for FTDOs & Non-gazetted staff. All reports and Co-ordination, Zonal office & Zonal level
Recruitment of consultants, young professionals, etc., Any other Zonal level administration issue
(Shri. K. Venkataramanan FTDO will submit files to DDGFT in charge)
16 Shri. J.Gowri Sankar, FTDO IEC issue, modification, KDM, Suspension, Cancellation. Records in-charge, including the records
of former RA, Puducherry, Chapter III & IEC records in the 'A' Wing. Digitalizing of records.
in-charge of the Extension counter in Poindicherry and legacy issues.
17 Dr.Vennila M., Young Professional 1.ECA (Appeal)
2. Chapter - 5 EPCG.
3. Audit
(Reporting to Addl.DGFT/DDGFT/ADGFT for the above subjects)
18 Ms.Nandana Maju, Young Professional 1.Chapter 4 - Advance Authorisation / DFIA
2. Chapter - 2 - IEC.
3. ECA - Recovery
4. Administration - Coordination
(Reporting to JDGFT/DDGFT/ADGFT for the above subjects)
19 Shri.S.Shashank, Young Professional 1. Old Chapter - 3 Schemes - MEIS, SEIS, ROSCTL / ROSCL,
Target Plus, IEIS, SFIS, Status House Certificate,
All Legacy Schemes.
2. Court Cases
3. Chapter - 8 - CQCTD
(Reporting to JDGFT/DDGFT/ADGFT for the above subjects)
Note: All the above Officers will also handle the work relating to Audit, Litigation, Parliament
Questions, Grievance-CPGRAMS, RTI and other reports in connection with their alloted work
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