Ex-Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Jugesh Ch. Pegu joins ACN Editorial Advisory Board

NEW DELHI. Jugesh Chandra Pegu – an Indian Revenue Officer (IRS) of 1984 batch, and Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax (I-T), New Delhi has joined ACN Editorial Advisory Board – a Think Tank of experts, industry leaders, management gurus, academicians, and intellectuals from Japan, South Korea, and India.

A pass-out of North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya Mr. Pegu served in different parts of India including New Delhi, Assam, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh as a top-ranking officer of the income tax department, Ministry of Finance.

Also known as JC Pegu, he retired from the Income-Tax department in the year 2017 when he was Chief Commissioner, New Delhi. Prior to this, he served as Principal Commissioner, Income-Tax in Gujarat between 2011 and 2013.

However, overall, he served the Income-Tax department for 15 years in New Delhi only.

Mr. Pegu is also associated with the Japan-India Business Incubation Center (JIBIC) – an organization that promotes cross investment and facilitates the setting up of foreign companies from Japan and India.

“Japanese finance and India’s Human Resource together can play a vital role in the world economy. The current situation has created a very big opportunity for investors in India. But how many investors can grab this opportunity or how much investment can be attracted by India is a big question. But it is heartening to know that many investors are showing interest in India. Hope the underdeveloped NE region also gets some attention,” he said while addressing a session organized by ASSOCHAM.

In his opinion, South Korea also holds the key for development of industry and Trade in India, and both the countries should work together to promote bilateral trade.

Promoted by Asian Community News (ACN) Network – a real-time online non-political newswire service dedicated to Indo-Asian affairs with a special focus on key Asian nations like Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN members, the ACN Editorial Advisory Board aims at bringing the like-minded experts from various Asian countries together on a common platform for strengthening the Indo-Asian relationship and bilateral ties through the media and advocacy.

Mr. Pegu would be advising Asian Community News (ACN) Network on various content and ideas related issues, and also act as a guiding force for driving various editorial campaigns.

After being invited to join ACN Editorial Advisory Board, Mr. Pegu said, “Thank you for inviting me to join the ACN Editorial Advisory Board. I have gone through the objectives of your news and found it to be very interesting and encouraging for the development of Asian nations and culture. It would be my pride privilege to be a part of your board. I do accept your invitation and Hope will be contributing something to the cause.”

Before joining the Income-tax department he had joined the State Bank of India as probationers and later managed a small rural branch in Assam.

A challenging career behind Mr. Pegu:

As an assessing officer, he had dealt with a variety of challenging cases including corporate, personal, firms, etc. During his tenure in Assam, he had handled all the complicated cases of the North-Eastern region. All the cases relating to tea gardens in NE and search & seizure cases of the region were handled at assessment and appeal late level.

As an appellate authority in Delhi, all complicated cases of the country were handled by him.

Mr. Pegu had also represented cases in the appellate tribunal and settlement commission in Delhi for several years. During his tenure at Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, he was responsible for administering tax laws and assessments. His 35-year experience spans various departments like Income tax administration, assessments, appellate, and others.

An ace golfer, Mr. Pegu was born and brought up in Assam. Recently only he made headlines when he scored “Hole in One” at Delhi Golf Club.

He has been playing golf for the last 13 years and has been to almost all the reputed golf courses across the country, and abroad as well.

About ACN Editorial Advisory Board membership:

The decision of inviting experts to the ACN Editorial advisory Board rests with the Asian Community News (ACN) Network.

The invitation for joining the Board is sent to those personalities who have been doing an extremely commendable job in promoting bilateral relations between India and Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN for the past many years.

Those invited to join the board also have the privilege of writing self-authored articles and contribute to various news stories developing from time to time as expert commentators.

They would advise the ACN Editorial team on various topics & issues – current and evolving pertaining to Asian developments.

This also offers an opportunity for the board members to take up issues of common concern through discussions, deliberations, and brainstorming sessions during physical and virtual meetings.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board members would also participate in Webinars/Seminars to be organized by ACN in which the government representatives/bureaucrats/ministers/Corporate leaders, Academicians/intellectuals from various countries could be invited to participate.