Jagjit Pavadia elected as President of Vienna based International Narcotics Control Board
- Jagjit Pavadia, the former Narcotics Commissioner of India, has been elected as the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) [Headquarter-Vienna, Austria].
- 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 as 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.