Dharamshala:
In the NDTV's series on people who have made Right to Information (RTI) their mission in life, NDTV profiles Dr Atul Fulzele from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. Atul is an MBBS doctor and also a police officer.
Dr Atul Fulzele, the runner up in the best public information officer category 2009 is an MBBS doctor who joined the Indian Police Service due to his interest in criminal investigation.
As the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, Fulzele responded to 193 RTI applications within 30 days despite many barriers.
To this Dr Atul Fulzele, Best PIO Award 2009 Runners Up says "There was initial resistance from the investigating officers. They didn't give any information and said that we don't give information during Investigation. Then we took an initiative to break this kind of mentality."
Dr Fulzele believes that the RTI Act empowers people to fight against corruption and is a democratic way of taking decisions. He feels, officials need to be trained better for better implementation of the RTI Act.
He also has an appeal to make and says, "We have this very good Act and it's an appeal to my PIOs (Public Information Officers)that please welcome the applicant and give whatever information they want, because we don't know that our given information can work as an important tool bringing about a change in the society"
Dr Atul Fulzele, the runner up in the best public information officer category 2009 is an MBBS doctor who joined the Indian Police Service due to his interest in criminal investigation.
As the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, Fulzele responded to 193 RTI applications within 30 days despite many barriers.
To this Dr Atul Fulzele, Best PIO Award 2009 Runners Up says "There was initial resistance from the investigating officers. They didn't give any information and said that we don't give information during Investigation. Then we took an initiative to break this kind of mentality."
Dr Fulzele believes that the RTI Act empowers people to fight against corruption and is a democratic way of taking decisions. He feels, officials need to be trained better for better implementation of the RTI Act.
He also has an appeal to make and says, "We have this very good Act and it's an appeal to my PIOs (Public Information Officers)that please welcome the applicant and give whatever information they want, because we don't know that our given information can work as an important tool bringing about a change in the society"
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