The Institute of Company Secretaries of India(ICSI)’s Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) recently conduced third convocation ceremony where Arjun Ram Meghwal, Member of Parliament and Justice MN Bhandari, High Court of Rajasthan graced the occassion as the chief guests.
Arjun Ram Meghwal talked about the critical role of education and good governance play in the development of a nation. Justice MN Bhandari emphasised the significance of governance and company secretary which he said has become the envy of other professionals.
Meghwal advised the young professionals to be committed to keep their integrity intact, their values and character uncompromised in any situation. On the other hand, Justice Bhandari listed down six attributes for the young professionals to be successful in their career — technical excellence; relevance; reliability; technological literacy; commitment and integrity.
P Ramesh, chairman, Delloite Touche Tohamtsu India Pvt ltd, was also the guest of honour at the event. CS R Sridharan, president, ICSI said: “Each of the new member should try to become a true professional in a highly competitive world of corporates where he/she should meet their objective with an eye for excellence.
Companies Act 2013 has strengthened the role of CS in Corporates and with position comes a lot of responsibility and accountability of as now professionals are subject to legal action under various provisions in case of non-compliance. This act now recognises CS as key managerial personnel and secretarial auditors.
CS PK Mittal and CS Atul Mittal, council member, ICSI; CS Shyam Agrawal, chairman, NIRC of ICSI; CS GB Rao, former President, ICSI and CS Sutanu Sinha, chief executive ICSI, congratulated the new members.