Shri O P Yadav, I.R.S., is presently posted as Commissioner of Income-tax at Bengaluru. He has a vast experience of 27 years in income tax administration. He was awarded a gold medal for best all-round performance during his probationary training by the National Academy of Direct-taxes (NADT). During his career, he headed three corporate ranges, represented corporate cases before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal and handled corporate issues as Commissioner(Appeals) and as a Member, Dispute Resolution Panel. He has been a guest faculty in NADT, Nagpur and its regional training institutes at Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata since 2004 and has delivered over 300 lectures on various aspects of the Income-tax Act. He has also delivered lectures in eight international training courses conducted by NADT for the Inland Revenue Service Officers of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the 'Groups of Officers' constituted by the Central Board of Direct Taxes on 'Revision of Guidelines for Compounding of Offences' and on 'Systemic Requirements of Directorates of Investigation, Intelligence and Criminal Investigation and Central Charges'.