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Paramjeet Singh, an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (1992 batch), is presently working in the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax on Deputation as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Cotton Corporation of India. With a vast experience of working in different wings of the Income Tax Department, be it assessment, audit, investigation, policy making and newer initiatives like International Taxation (taxation of foreign companies), Transfer pricing and the Large Taxpayers Unit. He has also been associated with one of the largest efforts by the I.T. Department to gear up for the changing times- “The Business Process Reengineering” exercise. In addition to being an excellent officer, he is also known for the social work being done by him. By starting an NGO called Dharma Bharathi Mission (DBM) (started in January 2008) with some like-minded individuals with a mission of a Hunger-Free India. This NGO has managed to provide till now a record Two and a half million meals to slum children, trained some 1200 youth under his stewardship every year in various vocational courses, provided scholarships to poor but talented students and follows the 3E approach of Education, Employment and Empowerment to tackle hunger. DBM has guided hundreds of youths for a successful career in life. DBM has in just 8 years won 3 prestigious awards for humanitarian work and is now partnering with many leading organizations and corporates in its quest for a Hunger-free-India. DBM has motivated some 1000 volunteers mainly youth to give some of their time for the country. Paramjeet Singh visits various colleges to guide students for higher studies and competitions especially Civil Services Exams. The great motivator is acting as a role model for all those people whose needs and aspiration are being satisfied by his works and writings in various magazine and newspapers. All these things are being done by him being a Gurusikh following the spirit of Sewa in the true spirit of ‘Sarabat Da Bhala’. His service and dedication for his mother tongue Punjabi is crystal clear from a book on which he is presently working. He has explained this project in the following words. “Presently I am also working on a book titled “100 Must Read Books by Punjabi Authors”. This book attempts to showcase the great works of our Punjabi Masters like Nanak Singh, Ram Swarup Ankhi, Bhai Vir Singh, Amrita Pritam, Mohan Singh etc who wrote in Punjabi (and may be in Hindi and Urdu too) but though their translations are available in English, they are still not available to a vast majority of English reading Public because the Translating Publishers like Sahitya Akademi, National Book Trust etc , though they have done a wonderful job in having these gems translated, yet are poor in marketing. My book will try to help these books gain more readers”. All his works including his qualities as an officer and a human being will inspire a large number of people. His email is paramjeet.sngh1@gmail.com.