This Office Memorandum, issued by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, dated March 15, 2024, concerns the reporting and reviewing officers responsible for generating Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) within the SPARROW (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window) system for the fiscal year 2023-2024. The memorandum directs all employees of CDSCO HQ, Zones, Sub-Zones, Port Offices, and Laboratories (including Mini Labs) to provide specific information in a prescribed format. This information is required to facilitate the timely generation of APARs. The required information includes: Name, Designation, Joining/Allotment Year/Batch, Date since holding the current post, Place of Posting, Period of APAR, Reporting Officer with SPARROW code, Reviewing Officer with SPARROW code, and durations of training/leave during the period. All concerned parties are requested to comply with this directive by March 31, 2024. Queries regarding SPARROW APARs should be directed to iconnectcdsco.nic.in. The memorandum is addressed to the Heads of all Officer Divisions of CDSCO HQ, Zones, Sub-Zones, Port Offices, and Laboratories including Mini Labs and copied to DCG(I) Sectt., PA to Director Admn, PA to DDA(D), Under Secretary, Drugs Regulation section, MOHFW, and the Guard file. Dileep Kumar Rajput, Director (Admn), is the issuing authority.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for health policy.
Directorate General of Health Services: A body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India.
Central Drugs Standard Control Organization: The national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices in India.
New Delhi: The location of the CDSCO headquarters; Union Territory of Delhi, India.
APAR: Annual Performance Appraisal Report, a performance evaluation document for government employees.
sparrowcdsco.mohfw.gov.in: The online portal used for creating workflow and generating APAR within CDSCO.
CDSCO HQ: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization Headquarters
Dileep Kumar Rajput: Director Admn. at CDSCO
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Directorate General of Health Services
Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road
New Delhi
Dated: 15.03.2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: To provide information in respect of Reporting/Reviewing Officers for creating
workflow and generating APAR in “sparrow-cdsco.mohfw.gov.in” for the year 2023-2024-
Reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the above mentioned subject and request to
all employees of CDSCO (HQ), Zones, Sub-Zone, Port Offices, and Laboratories including Mini
Labs of CDSCO to furnish details in the following prescribed format in order to facilitate
timely generation of APARs for the year 2023-2024:
For CDSCO Officials:
Name & Designation
Joining or Allotment Year/ Batch
Date since holding the current post
Place of Posting
Period of APAR
Reporting Officer (with sparrow code)
Reviewing Officer (with sparrow
code)
Durations of training/leave during the
period
2. All concerned are requested for necessary compliance and the exercise needs to
be completed by 31.03.2024 positively. However, if there is any query related to sparrow
APARs, kindly contact to iconnect@cdsco.nic.in r:
(5/3/20
(Dileep Kumar Rajput)
Director (Admn.)
To
The Heads of all Officer / Divisions of CDSCO (HQ). Zones, Sub-Zones, Port Offices and
Laboratories including Mini-Labs.
Copy to:-
(i) DCG (I) Sectt.
(ii) PA to Director (Admn)
(iii) PA to DDA (D).
(iv) Under Secretary, Drugs Regulation section, MOHFW
(v) Guard file.