Mysore/Mysuru: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Mysuru Chapter, held a two-day seminar recently on “Ushering the Era of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 and other Corporate Laws.”

University of Mysore Vice- Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumara was the chief guest. TiE Mysore Chapter President Ajith Pai was the guest of honour. ICSI Institute National President CS Nagendra D. Rao presided the function held at a hotel in city. 

In his inaugural address, Nagendra Rao said the Universities and professional institutions should join hands together so that students of both the institutions will benefit enormously and will be ready to serve the industry better. 

Prof. Hemantha Kumar assured to hold joint programmes and sign MoUs to benefit both the institutions and in turn help the students. 

Ajith Pai, who also spoke said it is the fines and jail term which scare the industrialists, and we are spending too much time on clerical issues rather than developing and improvising business. 

Later Nagendra Rao held an open house to address members’ queries. During the two- day session, experts in the field discussed on various topics like Recent Amendments in Companies Act 2013, Adjudication, Condonation Compounding, CSR and IBC.

Last session on Neuro Linguistic Programming was dedicated to celebrating International Women’s Day. More than 80 participants attended the seminar. 

Chairperson of the Chapter CS Vijaya Rao welcomed. CS  D.N. Phanidatta, Secretary, proposed a vote of thanks. Executive student U. Aparna moderated the programme.