Received Mail Form ICSI Appeal Dear Members and Students of the ICSI, The Institute is a statutory body responsible for regulation and development of the profession of company secretaries in India. It has a well-structured contemporary curriculum and long term rigorous internship which yields well-rounded modern corporate professionals, called company secretaries. It has also a well calibrated continuing professional education programme to ensure that company secretaries remain always on the learning curve and relevant to the needs of the society and the economy. It has also an elaborate disciplinary mechanism to regulate the conduct of company secretaries and penalise them in case of any misconduct on their part. They have been admirably discharging their responsibilities, particularly the statutory responsibilities, over the years and have earned enviable reputation for professional services both in employment and in practice. In recognition of their services, they have been catapulted as governance professionals under the Companies Act, 2013 which also holds them responsible for compliance with all laws applicable to a company. The Institute and the profession of company secretaries have earned enviable reputation thanks to painstaking efforts by each of us in different capacities for decades. The Institute is governed by a Council comprising 15 members elected by company secretaries and five members nominated by the Central Government. It is supported by a Secretariat. It serves its stakeholders, including about 35,000 company secretaries who are its members and about 4 lakh students who are pursuing the company secretaryship course, through a network of four Regional Councils / Regional Offices, and sixty-nine Chapter Management Committees / Chapter Offices. The affairs of the Institute are conducted in compliance with the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and the rules and regulations made thereunder. Though utmost effort is made to serve the stakeholders with due care and diligence, it is possible that some of the stakeholders may be unhappy with the process followed at the Institute in taking a decision, with the decision itself, or with the implementation of the decision. It is because the person or authority taking the decision may not have the same perspective as you may have. However, the law provides a mechanism to address the unhappiness. For example, a member not happy with the disciplinary process or its outcome has recourse to the appellate authority. A student unhappy with the services has the recourse to escalate his unhappiness to higher officers in the hierarchy. A citizen not happy with the response of the Central Public Information Officer under the RTI Act, 2005 has recourse to the first and second appellate authorities. Besides, the Institute has Grievance Redressal Cell to address the grievances of members and students. I strongly urge you to use the mechanism available under the law to have your unhappiness redressed. Some unhappy stakeholders occasionally resort to posting disparaging remarks about the Institute, its office bearers and its employees on the social networking sites or blogs. This does not help the unhappy stakeholder. Rather it damages the reputation of the Institute and consequently the profession of company secretaries and this adversely affects the interests of all stakeholders, which also includes the person posted such unsavoury remarks. Kindly recall to trials and tribulations of senior members of the profession, under gone in the nascent stage of the profession for its development and in the process brought dignity and glory to the profession and the Institute. We belong to elite class of professionals, intellect and rationality drive our thinking process and it would be best course of action to seek redress with regard to any of grievances and find solutions, within the framework of constitution of the Institute. I hereby appeal to all members and students of the Institute to abstain from posting disparaging remarks on any medium against the Institute and the profession. I seek your cooperation in the matter and if you are having any views in regard to above, you are free to communicate directly to the Institute or to me. Regards, (CS R. Sridharan) [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:56:01 +0000
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