Jagjit Pavadia elected as President of Vienna based International Narcotics Control Board

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Jagjit Pavadia, the former Narcotics Commissioner of India, has been elected as the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
Pavadia, a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs), is the first Indian to be appointed as the Chief of the international organization and the second woman to hold this office.
She has served s the Narcotics Commissioner of India, Central Bureau of Narcotics for six years from 2006-2012.
Also, Pavadia has been a member of the INCB since 2015, where she was elected as the Vice-President of the board in 2016.
International Narcotics Control Board Headquarter - Vienna, Austria.