To advocate the need and scope of Secretarial Audit and to give a practical approach on conduct of secretarial audit, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) along with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), organised a national seminar on Secretarial Audit in the Capital recently.
The seminar threw light on the regulatory, institute and industry perspective; giving comfort to board on compliance management; audit principles applicable to secretarial audit; reporting on fraud and ensuring compliance of SEBI regulations and other applicable laws including sector specific laws. The main aim of this seminar, which included workshops, master classes, formal and informal discussions, was to sensitise the members of ICSI to become well versed with the secretarial audit.
CS Atul H Mehta, president, ICSI talked about the various laws in the country which needs to be complied by the companies for the secretarial audit, CS Vineet Chaudhary, council member, ICSI talked about the need to work together to built up the systems and processes around secretarial audit.
The national seminar on Secretarial Audit was addressed by experts of eminence including CS NPS Chawla, chairman, Northern India Regional Council of ICSI; CS Sutanu Sinha, chief executive and officiating secretary, ICSI; Pavan Kumar Vijay, former president, ICSI; SC Vasudeva, chartered accountant, SC Vasudeva and Co; and many other members.