He referred to the Vision and Mission statement available on the ICSI website (www.icsi.com) which states “to be a global leader in development of professionals specializing in corporate governance”. He highlighted the relevance of this vision and mission statement especially in today’s world which is in the turbulence of a transparency revolution. He goaded all of us to question ourselves “Are we ready to shoulder that responsibility which are enshrined in the constitutional framework”. He referred to the corporate Insider Trading cases and advised everyone to uphold and work within the basic framework of constitution and ethics. As professionals we must be ready to keep our practice and workmanship within the boundaries of the various acts and regulations.
As Law Minister of Karnataka, he assured that from his side all help will be rendered to make the law, acts, regulations, guidelines very effective and also undertake changes keeping the present growth and evolution in mind.
Bringing in the much-needed humour into his inaugural address, he remarked that the reason for him to be imprisoned way back in 1975 during Emergency, was that he had committed the ‘crime’ of shouting “Bharat Maata ki jai”. A rare breed politician with an unsullied and clean political career, he was aptly described as “Ajatha Shatru” (meaning one who has no enemies) by CS Ganapathi G M, Chairman, Bangalore chapter of the ICSI in his speech introducing the Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister Mr. S. Suresh Kumar.
