Present at the valedictory session of the 44th National Convention of Company Secretaries, Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister of Textiles said, “Company Secretaries should move forward from their compliance roles and start moving into a bigger role of powering governance. and I congratulate the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for organising a convention of such a magnitude as that of 44th National Convention of Company Secretaries.” She also reiterated the company secretaries to envisage and execute a much larger role in empowering governance.
Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, Khadi & Village Industries Commission was the guest of honour at the convention. He said “Company Secretaries are the Governance professionals and now the entire country is looking forward to their professional acumen to achieve the desired goals of an empowered country and it’s people. This exposure towards the specialized areas and professional skills can help in attainging the goals of the initiative of, Empowering Governance - Powering The Stakeholders effectively and efficiently while countering the challenges at right place.
CS Mamta Binani, President, ICSI in her presidential address advised the CS professionals to achieve the bigger goal of empowering stakeholders for an empowered economy as they have the innate qualities of turning odds into opportunities. “The professional skills of Compant Secretaries can have a far reaching impact in attaining the goals of these initiatives effectively and efficiently while countering the challenges at right place. They can contribute their skills for compliance, secretarial audit, due diligence valuation and alike in enhancing skills of Indian masses,” she added.