Mr. Anil Murarka, President, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) while addressing the press conference today at The Capitol Hotel, Bangalore revealed the Institute’s Vision Plan for 2020 and its ongoing plans for the year 2011.
The Vision Plan 2020 of the Institute is being envisioned by a Core Group of Experts. The Vision Plan in the coming years will be formulated with respect to its members and students. The Vision would encompass initiatives including extensive addressing career orientation, professional development programmes, brand building, extensive research projects, re-organisation and infrastructure development, study of future role of CS and globalisation of profession. The institute believes in collective wisdom and foresight of its members shaped into a cohesive, achievable long term plan. .
Part I - Initiatives Taken by ICSI
Mr. Anil Murarka, President ICSI opined that “Students are the life line of the Institute and the profession. The efforts made so far in creating awareness about the Company Secretaries course have yielded effective results and will continue in much more effective ways with more vigor and zeal, besides strengthening the existing infrastructure for rendering value added services and support to the students.
We need to focus our attention on our young Professionals. It is our responsibility to ensure that the future is clear and bright. We need to equip our young Professionals to challenge the pressures around them to live a life with a positive mindset”.
According to Mr. Murarka, “Students being the future of the profession, it is our priority to ensure that students’ services are more effective and efficient. It is the constant endeavor of the Institute to see that they are energized and made knowledgeable and appropriately skilled, so that they are able to provide exacting solutions to corporates”. In this direction, the Council of the Institute has constituted a committee to review its syllabus and now a new training template is being implemented. The Institute has also set up ICSI Students Education Fund Trust to provide financial assistance to economically backward students with good academic record, he added.
Some of the initiatives include,
· Web-based E-Learning
With a view to spread the reach of the CS Course into remote areas and smaller towns, the Institute had launched web-based e-learning programme for the CS Foundation Programme and Executive Programme. The response from the students has been extremely encouraging. The Modules for Professional Programme are being finalized and the same will be launched shortly. It is expected that more and more students will register and make use of the e-learning facilities.
The student trend during the previous year has been very encouraging and the student registration has substantially increased. Hence, the reach and spread of the Career Awareness programmes are being constantly expanded to attract more students into the professional fold.
· Post Membership Qualification (PMQ) Course
Every profession is recognized and identified with the quality and capabilities of its members. With a view to intensify the efforts for capacity building of Company Secretaries in new and emerging areas, the Institute has a PMQ Course in Corporate Governance.
Mr. Anil Murarka, President ICSI further informed that PMQ course in Competition Law and Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, which has already been approved by the Council of the Institute, would be launched shortly. In addition, ICSI would focus on organizing short term courses and collaborative programmes to provide exposure to our members in diversified areas.
· Plans for strengthening Regional Councils & Chapters of ICSI
Our emphasis is on consolidating the quality of knowledge, skills and capacities that we possess. The Regional Councils and Chapters play a crucial role in ensuring that both the students and the members receive quality services and inputs that will strengthen their capabilities and professional flexibilities. They are the extended arms of the Institute in spreading the acceptability and awareness about the policies and plans of the Institute.
The Vision Plan 2020 of the Institute is being envisioned by a Core Group of Experts. The Vision Plan in the coming years will be formulated with respect to its members and students. The Vision would encompass initiatives including extensive addressing career orientation, professional development programmes, brand building, extensive research projects, re-organisation and infrastructure development, study of future role of CS and globalisation of profession. The institute believes in collective wisdom and foresight of its members shaped into a cohesive, achievable long term plan. .
Part I - Initiatives Taken by ICSI
Mr. Anil Murarka, President ICSI opined that “Students are the life line of the Institute and the profession. The efforts made so far in creating awareness about the Company Secretaries course have yielded effective results and will continue in much more effective ways with more vigor and zeal, besides strengthening the existing infrastructure for rendering value added services and support to the students.
We need to focus our attention on our young Professionals. It is our responsibility to ensure that the future is clear and bright. We need to equip our young Professionals to challenge the pressures around them to live a life with a positive mindset”.
According to Mr. Murarka, “Students being the future of the profession, it is our priority to ensure that students’ services are more effective and efficient. It is the constant endeavor of the Institute to see that they are energized and made knowledgeable and appropriately skilled, so that they are able to provide exacting solutions to corporates”. In this direction, the Council of the Institute has constituted a committee to review its syllabus and now a new training template is being implemented. The Institute has also set up ICSI Students Education Fund Trust to provide financial assistance to economically backward students with good academic record, he added.
Some of the initiatives include,
· Web-based E-Learning
With a view to spread the reach of the CS Course into remote areas and smaller towns, the Institute had launched web-based e-learning programme for the CS Foundation Programme and Executive Programme. The response from the students has been extremely encouraging. The Modules for Professional Programme are being finalized and the same will be launched shortly. It is expected that more and more students will register and make use of the e-learning facilities.
The student trend during the previous year has been very encouraging and the student registration has substantially increased. Hence, the reach and spread of the Career Awareness programmes are being constantly expanded to attract more students into the professional fold.
· Post Membership Qualification (PMQ) Course
Every profession is recognized and identified with the quality and capabilities of its members. With a view to intensify the efforts for capacity building of Company Secretaries in new and emerging areas, the Institute has a PMQ Course in Corporate Governance.
Mr. Anil Murarka, President ICSI further informed that PMQ course in Competition Law and Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, which has already been approved by the Council of the Institute, would be launched shortly. In addition, ICSI would focus on organizing short term courses and collaborative programmes to provide exposure to our members in diversified areas.
· Plans for strengthening Regional Councils & Chapters of ICSI
Our emphasis is on consolidating the quality of knowledge, skills and capacities that we possess. The Regional Councils and Chapters play a crucial role in ensuring that both the students and the members receive quality services and inputs that will strengthen their capabilities and professional flexibilities. They are the extended arms of the Institute in spreading the acceptability and awareness about the policies and plans of the Institute.
