THEME
TRANSITIONING FROM COMPANY SECRETARY TO GOVERNANCE PROFESSIONAL
Change and growth are inevitable constituents of a prosperous economy. The economy and society has been a witness to the proliferation of professions over the ages. The influence of the professionals in making of the society and the economy has been growing, as they contribute to competitiveness of the nations, and sustainability of the posterity with prosperity. They ensure fair play in market place and instill ethics in the enterprises and the society. The State relies on them for second order state functions. In recognition of their strategic role, the State and the Society have evolved an institutional framework to develop and regulate various professions. The ever changing economic dynamics require keen, zealous and adaptable attitude for ultimate growth of the professionals and the profession.
Governance, or the lack of it, has assumed centre-stage not only in India but across the globe and sooner than later the members of Company Secretaries Profession shall be anointed as Chief Governance Officers/Governance Professionals.
The need to continually redeem our pledge and commitment to the trust and confidence placed on us, the Company Secretaries, by the Society and regulators is important and critical to the sustenance and growth of the profession. The real testimony to this is the Companies Act, 2013 which makes company secretaries Key Managerial Personnel and makes Secretarial Audit mandatory for certain class of companies. This provision in the Act showcases strategic importance of the Company Secretary in governance architecture of any company.
The Company Secretary professionals or the Governance Officers will soon be recognised as the Guardians of Companys Governance and an independent adviser to any corporate.”
To live upto the expectations of not only the regulators but also other stakeholders, Company Secretaries should put their best efforts to turn the wheels and drive the governance regime.
It is in this backdrop that the theme of the 41st National Convention of Company Secretaries has been devised as TRANSITIONING FROM COMPANY SECRETARY TO GOVERNANCE PROFESSIONAL. Further the national convention would deliberate threadbare how to develop and regulate professionals, particularly those engaged in governance, in the best interest of the State and the Society under the following sub- themes in five technical sessions:
1. Model Framework for Developing and Regulating Professionals
2. Emerging Role of Professionals in the Economy and Society
3. Role of Governance Professionals
4. Making of a Governance Professional
5. Panel Discussion: Ifs and Buts with Governance and Related Professionals