Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is a one of the Boards constituted under the statute the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963) and is subordinate to the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It deals mainly with the tasks of formulation and implementation of policy concerning to the levy and collection of Customs and Central Excise duties and Service tax, prevention of smuggling and administration of matters relating to Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and Narcotics to the extent under CBEC's purview. The Board is the administrative authority for its subordinate organizations, including Custom Houses, Central Excise Commissionerates and the Central Revenues Control Laboratory.

The CBEC is headed by a Chairman and has 5 members in addition to the Chairman. In the performance of its administrative and executive functions, the CBEC is assisted by Chief Commissioners and Director Generals. The Commissioners working under the Chief Commissioner’s supervision also discharge executive functions.

Shri V. Sridhar joined the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) in 1973 after doing M.Sc. (Physics) from Delhi University. He has held various posts in the department both in the field and in the Department of Revenue. He has served in the North, South, East and West Zones. While in the department he also acquired the degrees of LLB and M.Sc. (Fiscal Studies from University of Bath-U.K.) He also completed an advanced course on Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting from the Harvard University. He was associated with the Tax Reforms Committee headed by Professor Raja J. Chellaiah. He is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Distinguished Record of Service in the Department. He became a Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs in 2008 and took over as chairman on 31st July, 2009.

Smt. Chitra Gouri Lal joined the Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) in the year 1974. Having passed the ICSC Examination (previously known as Senior Cambridge) from the Lawrence School, Sanawar, she joined the B.Sc. (Hons) course in Jiwaji University, Gwalior and went on to get her M.Sc. degree in Physics from the University of Sagar. She has also acquired a second M.Sc. degree in Fiscal Studies from the University of Bath, apart from obtaining an M.Phil. degree in Social Science from Punjab University and Masters' Diploma in Public Administration from the Indian Institute of Public Administration. She has a wide and varied experience, having worked at various levels in the field as well as in different Directorates under the Central Board of Excise and Customs. As Commissioner, Directorate of Data Management, she headed the Expert Group for Streamlining the Reporting formats. The Group brought down the number of reports sent by the field formations from around 130 to just 7 major reports. She worked as Chief Commissioner, Jaipur Zone before moving to Delhi as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, from where she moved to the CBEC after a stint of 2 years and seven months. Smt. Lal has also worked on Central Deputation basis in three different Ministries of the Government of India. As Director in the Ministry of Commerce, she was associated with the establishment of 4 new EPZs at Noida, Chennai, Cochin and Falta, apart from handling export promotion of electronics and computer software.

Shri Sumit Dutt Majumdar joined Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) in 1974. He has held various posts in the Department and received 'Presidential Award' in 1991. He has been a Member of various Expert Groups and Committees which submitted five Reports on subjects like Handling of Customs & Excise Appeals, Service Tax Commissionerates & Cadre Reogranisation, Trade Facilitation etc. As Chairman of a Sub-Committee on Job-work Valuation (Central Excise), he recommended legislative changes which were accepted by the government. He represented India in WCO Commercial Frauds Working Group in December, 2007 and also represented India in the WCO Enforcement Committee Meeting in February, 2008. He was nominated by WCO as Chairman of Study Group on "Use of National Database for targeting Commercial Fraud" in December, 2007. He has authored the book "Customs Valuation, Law and Practice". He has worked for about six years in three outside organizations viz. the 1982 Asian Games Organising Committee, the 1983 Non Alignment Meet (NAM) Secretariat and the Middle East Office of Spices Board at Bahrain during 1983-87. He has received 'Asiad Jyoti' award from the President of India for exceptional service in organizing 1982 Asian Games. He took over as Member, CBEC on 31st July 2009.

Shri Y.G. Parande joined the Indian Customs and Central Excise Service in 1975 and has held various assignments in the Customs and Central Excise Department as well as outside. In the early part of his career he was also posted as Under Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai and subsequently as Director in the Department of Personal & Training. While posted in the Department of Personnel & Training he was closely involved with the Government's initiatives for implementation of Citizen's Charter and Right to Information. While posted as Commissioner of Customs, Sahar International Air cargo Complex in Mumbai, Shri Parande led the team which implemented the Risk Management System for Customs. The Risk Management System won the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2007-08. He took over as Member CBEC with Additional charge of Director General (Systems) on 31st July 2009.
Source: www.cbec.gov.in & ICE Quarterly June 2009.

Shri Satish Kumar Goel, who has taken over as the Member of the Central Board of Excise & Customs on 30th September 2009, is an officer of the 1975 Batch of Indian Revenue Service Customs & Central Excise. Born on the 24th July, 1952, he has a masters (MA) and an LLB degree. He has worked in various capacities in the Department and shouldered responsibility in important and sensitive places. He was Director General, Vigilance and Chief Vigilance Officer, CBEC, before his selection to the present post. He was conferred with President's Award for Specially Distinguished Services in 1991.

Smt Vijai Lakshmi Sharma, who has been allocated the charge of Member (Service Tax) of the Central Board of Excise & Customs, is an officer of the 1975 Batch of Indian Revenue Service Customs & Central Excise. Born on the 6th March, 1951, she has an MA, M.Phil and an LLB degrees to her credit. She has worked in various capacities in the Department and shouldered responsibility in important and sensitive places. She was Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, before her selection to the present post.