The theme for the week starting from 31st October to 5th November 2017 was "Public participation in promoting Integrity and eradicating Corruption". As a part of this the students of School of Management (SOM) Manipal Academy of Higher Education took an integrity pledge which was administered to them by S.Lakshminarayanan, Associate Professor, School of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. The purpose of observing Vigilance Awareness Week is to educate the public at large about the corruption related practices and also educating them how to report about it.