Chairman's Welcome Message

27th February 2011,

Dear Member,

Warm Greetings to you. I am delighted to inform you that I have been nominated as the Chairman of The Committee for Members in Industry of ICAI for the year 2011-12.

My Heartiest Congratulations to the newly elected President CA. G. Ramaswamy and Vice President CA. Jaydeep Narendra Shah on the occassion of the new Council year 2011-12.

It is indeed a great honour for me to assume office as Chairman of the Committee for Members in Industry, currently there are more than 90,000 members working in Industry (55 % of the total membership). In the recent past we have seen a sudden spurt in the members joining industry and this trend is bound to continue due to attractive job opportunities and pay packages being offered to newly qualified chartered accountants. Considering the fact that members in Industry find it difficult to attend Seminars and Conferences due to their work pressures I feel we need to look at offering CPE at their door step. We plan to make use technology extensively by offering videos-on-demand, new e-learning courses, web-casting services on all current topics relating to IFRS, Direct Tax Code, GST etc.

Educative videos will be hosted on a new portal which will enable members to watch them on their desktops, laptops and mobile phones. All important live events like the Budget Analysis, International Conferences will be offered on the Web and Mobile platform using cutting-edge technology.

We are planning to re-brand the CMII portal and the Job portal and make it more attractive, popular and user friendlly, a blogging feature will be introduced in the portal to enable members working in different industry verticals to exchange information and views of professional interest.

The 33rd edition of the Campus Interviews will commence from 21st March 2011 at around 17 centres across the country, the registrations for this edition has been extremely good and more than 5200 members have already registered for the campus interviews. The participation from corporates is increasing by the day and most of the first day slots are sold out in most of the locations.

We have started working on a broad activity plan for the year and intend giving a new flavour to the activities of the Committee . Some of the activities proposed to be undertaken by the Committee for Members in Industry in the current year are as under:

NEW INITIATIVES PLANNED FOR THE YEAR

  • Webcasts of Seminars & Conferences once in a quarter.
  • Hosting videos on demand on subjects like IFRS, Directo Tax Code and GST.
  • Introducing e-learning courses on important subjects
  • Re-branding the CMII portal and the Job portal to make it more user-friendly and popular. Portal to be segment industry wise to enable members to access information of their choice
  • Creating a Blog for members in industry. CMII can host information on the blog and the members can post their comments.
  • Impact Seminars for members in industry- the impact of IFRS, DTC, GST on their industry.
  • Setting up 50 CPE study circles in various corporates during the year
  • Setting up 20 industry specific e-groups to discuss on topics relevant to the industry
  • Setting up Industry wise groups for different Industry verticals for designing and developing courseware.
  • Involvement of members in Industry in research activities of Institute
  • Workshops on Independent Directors in metro locations Popularising Certification Courses amongst Members in Industry
  • Membership Revival Campaign
  • Special Campaign to enrolling CA's who have not become members
  • National Seminar on Global Opportunities with specific references to the MRA's signed with various other accounting bodies.
  • Publishing an e- newsletter every quarter by CMII
  • Publishing book on " Professional Opportunities for Members in Industries",
  • Special Campus for CA's who have completed Certification Courses of ICAI
  • Refresher training programmes for Members in Industry
  • Workshops and Seminars on Specific Industries Ex. Automobile, IT, ITES, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Diamonds & Jewellery, Telecommunication, Shipping & Aviation, Hospitality, Banks , Insurance Companies, Healthcare, Retail , Infrastructure
  • Overseas Seminars jointly with ICAI Chapters

REGULAR INITIATIVES TO BE CONTINUED DURING THE YEAR

  • Conducing Campus Interviews across the country for newly qualified CA's
  • Conducting ICAI Awards Function
  • Conducting a Career Fair for experienced CA's
  • Campus Interviews in the Gulf countries through Video Conferencing
  • Meeting industrialists and highlight them about our profession
  • 5 National Conferences in all the regions.
  • Corporate Accountant and CFO Meets at all major metros.

I request you to actively participate in the events and seminars organized by the CMII so as to keep yourselves updated on the developments taking place in the profession.

I would be delighted to have your views and suggestions on an online real time basis to cakraghu@kraghu.com.

With warm personal regards,

Yours sincerely,

CA. K. Raghu
Chairman
Committee for Members in Indutry.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
cakraghu@kraghu.com

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