ICSI working on projecting the company secretaries as leaders of good corporate governance

Updated on: Wednesday, October 03, 2012

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has embarked on a mission to don the mantle of corporate whistle blowers for company secretaries.

Projecting the company secretaries as "leaders of good corporate governance", ICSI will chart out future course of action at its 40th National Convention of Company Secretaries to be held from October 4-6, 2012 at Aamby Valley near Pune.

Nesar Ahmad, ICSI pesident said "ICSI has taken various initiatives towards growth and development of the members, students and the profession by undertaking extensive career orientation, professional development programmes, brand building, extensive research, re-organisation, infrastructure development as well as globalisation of profession".

Announcing the cnvention agenda, B Narasimhan, cairman, Convention Organising Sub-Committee of ICSI said the company secretaries will deliberate on various topics like economic volatility and risk management, company secretaries as whistle blowers or conscience keepers, financial markets - engine for economic growth and challenges and opportunities in SME sector.

"This is part of our newly adopted vision: to be global leader in promoting good corporate governance," he said. "As many as 1200 delegates including Company Secretaries, CEOs, Directors, Senior Executives and professionals from India and abroad are expected to participate in the Amby Valley Convention", shared Mahavir Lunawat, Chairman of Western India Regional Council of ICSI which is hosting the convention.

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