60-year-old Chowdary, who is the first Indian Revenue Services to head the top anti-corruption watchdog, also sought to downplay opposition from noted lawyers Ram Jethmalani and Prashant Bhushan, who have questioned his professional credentials to head the Vigilance Commission.
The 1978-batch IRS officer, who earlier today resigned as Advisor to Supreme Court-constituted Special Investigating Team on black money, said, his priorities will include that "whistleblowers are well protected and there are no personal vendetta in play when it comes to vigilance-related works."
Chowdary, who will be administered an oath of office and secrecy by President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow, joins the CVC after it remained headless since September last year post the retirement of Pradeep Kumar.
"The Central Vigilance Commission will aim to strengthen the overall work of the government and promote transparency in decision-making," Chowdary said.
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He sought to downplay questions raised by Jethmalani and Bhushan saying "I respect them (Bhushan and Jethmalani). I am clear in my mind and heart about what I do. They are my elderly figures and I believe that they will themselves realise that I am not the kind of man that they have alleged. My work will speak for me.
Seeking to shun all criticism over his appointment, Chowdary, a former chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), said "my priorities will be to strengthen the overall work of the CVC and focus on preventive vigilance. It would be important for me to see that disciplinary proceedings are completed in a time-bound manner so that no one is harassed.
Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, he has earlier served as the Director General of Income Tax (Investigations) in Delhi and has been credited with dealing with some of the high-profile cases related to the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the HSBC black money list and a number of other tax evasion cases.
He has also been credited with initiating a host of new steps to enhance and fine tune snooping capabilities and investigations of the Income-Tax department.