IIM Jammu organises leadership development programme for ICSI members

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu Executive Education jointly in association with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) successfully organized the Leadership Development Programme for members of ICSI. The programme was conducted from April 14 to 15, 2022 at Srinagar Off-Campus.

28 members of ICSI working in industries and in practice from all over India participated in the programme. The programme was inaugurated by Professor B S Sahay, Director, IIM Jammu and CS Devendra V Deshpande, President, ICSI. The programme directors of this programme were Dr Baljeet Singh, Assistant Professor, Marketing, CA Rajat Jain, Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer (FACAO), IIM Jammu and CS Ashish Garg, Council Member, ICSI.

Also Read | IMI Kolkata Placements: 100% PGDM students placed; highest salary at Rs 20 lakh

The main aim of this programme is to further equip the company secretaries to acquire the requisite knowledge of other functional areas to ensure their effectiveness in managerial roles. The broad areas focused under this programme were Leadership and Communication, Change and Crisis Management.

Speaking on the occasion, Sahay said “This is the first-ever leadership programme to be conducted at the IIM Jammu Srinagar Off-Campus. As you all know skills are an indispensable component, the programme will help the companies’ secretaries to develop their leadership and crisis management skills with an impetus to team building. It will also help them to embrace the transformational changes that technology and digitisation will bring.”

Also Read | IIM Bangalore’s 47th convocation sees 690 students graduate with nine winning gold medals

CS Devendra V Deshpande, President, ICSI said, “In a fast-changing world, company secretaries are increasingly assuming managerial responsibilities which demand enhanced understanding of other business functions including leadership & effective interpersonal and communication skills, skills in domains of marketing, strategy, change and crisis management and ability to analyse business eco-system, the leadership programme will help to address and enhance the existing skillsets of the company secretaries.”

The programme commenced with the inaugural welcome by Dr Baljeet Singh and the introduction of all the dignitaries by CA Rajat Jain. The two-day programme sessions were chaired by Professor Jabir Ali, Dr Muqbil Burhan, Dr Baljeet Singh, Dr Barnali Chaudhary. A certificate of participation was issued to the participants at the end of the programme. The inaugural programme ended with a vote of thanks by Professor Jabir Ali, Professor, Economics and Business Environment, IIM Jammu.