The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organised its corporate governance and CSR symposium 2015 here on Wednesday. Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra inaugurating the seminar said CSR plays a major role in development of plant periphery areas. “CSR needs to be holistic and integrated with the core business strategy to contribute to economic development of the workforce and their families as well as the community and the society at large,” he said.
Chief Secretary GC Pati, Steel and Mines Secretary RK Sharma, Industries Secretary Sanjiv Chopra, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Economic Advisor Sibani Swain, Rourkela Steel Plant CEO GS Prasad and Dhamra Port Company ltd Director SK Mohapatra spoke on corporate governance on the occasion. While ICC Director General Dr Rajeev Singh delivered welcome address, Radiant Telesystems Pvt ltd MD and ICC Odisha Expert Committee executive member gave vote of Thanks.
The inaugural session was followed by two plenary sessions. SRB and Associates’ SC Bhadra, XIMB’s Prof JB Das, Overseas Projects & Services ltd chairman Dr Amiya Kumar Behera, Tata Steel ltd’s Shubhenjit Chaudhury, and JSPl’s Prashant Hota discussed various issues relating Company law in the first plenary session. Similarly, Business Standard resident editor Dillip Satapathy, CYSD chairman PK Sahoo, Unicef’s Yumi Bae, Tata Steel CRE Manikanta Naik and Visa Steel limited ED Ranjan Mishra highlighted CSR issues in the second plenary session.