As many as 13 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Customs & Central Excise at the level of Director have been selected for Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate for Specially distinguished Record of Service. They are:
- Rajendra Kumar, Director (Legal), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi.
- Neeraj Prasad, Additional Commissioner, Directorate General of Tax Payers Services, New Delhi.
- Manish Goyal, Additional Director, Directorate General of Human Resource Development (DG HRD), New Delhi.
- Nasim Arshi, Additional Director, Risk Management Division (RMD), Mumbai.
- Dr M. G. Thamizh Valavan, Director (Anti-Smuggling), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi.
- Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Director (Drawback), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi.
- Mihir Ranjan, Additional Commissioner, Directorate General of Vigilance (DGoV), New Delhi.
- Nitin Saini, Additional Director, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Regional Unit, Ludhiana.
- Zubair Riaz Kamili, Director (Customs), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi.
- Maneesh Kumar, Additional Director, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI), Zonal Unit, Ahmedabad.
- Dr Pradyumn Kumar Tripathi, First Secretary, High Commission of India, Singapore.
- Pramod Kumar, Officer on Special Duty (Joint Commissioner), Tax Research Unit (TRU), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), New Delhi.
- Sanjiw Kumar Mishra, Joint Commissioner, Directorate General of Systems and Data Management, New Delhi.