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BHUBANESWAR, AUG 13, 2023
The 32nd annual regional conference of the ICSI-EIRC on the theme “CS: The New Age Corporate Chanakya” concluded at Puri on Sunday.
Odisha Law, ST & SC Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Jagannath Saraka who graced the valedictory function of the two-day conference, said that the conference is a depiction of Company Secretaries being jewels amongst the professionals.
The profession of Company Secretaries is probably as old as companies themselves; and though it has greatly evolved over the time, the nucleus has always been ‘good governance.
“A company functions in the milieu of a maze of regulatory obligations. The job of a Company Secretary – whether as a practitioner or an employee – is to ensure that the company functions within the ambit of good corporate governance,” Minister Saraka said.
Attending the conference, Odisha Tourism Minister Tourism Ashwini Kumar Patra said that The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is one of the first professional bodies in India entrusted with the task of promoting Good Governance; and it has always been at the forefront in taking a number of initiatives in this direction.
The ICSI is the foremost Institution to bring in deliberations on corporate governance to the Corporate Boards. A Company Secretary plays a vital role in the decision-making process of the Corporate Sector. He is a strategic planner and a good adviser to the Company.
ICSI-EIRC Kolkata Chairman Soumya Sujit Mishra, Vice Chairman Dr. Mohit Shaw, Secretary Anuj Sarawat, Treasurer Vishal Harlalka, and ICSI Bhubaneswar Chapter Chairman Bimal Prasad Pattanaik also addressed during the valedictory session.
A large number of professionals, corporate executives, academicians from trade and industry and from Eastern Region of the ICSI had attended the two-day conference
