The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) signed an MoU with Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) at the ICSI Head Office, New Delhi for holding the International Commerce Olympiad (ICO) for the students of Class XI and Class XII, in schools across India, Dubai, Nepal, Singapore and Qatar.
The ICO, which was earlier known as the CS Olympiad (ICSO), was first conducted by ICSI on September 15, 2016 & October 4, 2016, in the academic year 2016-2017 in association with the SOF. Thousands of schools since then have been actively participating in this single level examination that aims at promoting reasoning skills and creating awareness about the CS course and profession among the student community across the globe.
President ICSI, CS Ranjeet Pandey and Officiating Secretary ICSI, CS Ashok Kumar Dixit signed the MoU on behalf of ICSI, whereas SOF Founder Director, Mahabir Singh and Rajan Marwah were signatories from the SOF.
ICSI Central Council Members CS Nagendra D Rao and CS B Narasimhan were also present during the MoU signing ceremony.