Corporate Conclave was held at Goregaon Sports Club Mumbai from 29th to 31 Jan 2010. Â The Corporate Forum event is a mega event wherein multifold activities are conducted concurrently with an overall objective of updating, refreshing the knowledge of members thereby enhancing the brand image of the CAs in service. Â It provided the members and other professionals prospects of an opportune and a common platform to interact and net work with their counterparts in the various industries.Â
The event, started in 2008, has taken an identity and colour of its own and has come to occupy centre stage in the activities of the Institute. The Committee for Members in Industry has been organizing the Corporate Forum events for the past three years in a big way to mobilize members in the industry and show case their performance at the highest levels of decision making in the corporate sector.
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ICAI has been in the forefront of the accounting and auditing profession in India and is the regulator of the second largest body of accountants in the world. Â With the increasing trend of more members taking up positions in industry, ICAI has been focusing more attention on its fraternity in the industry-right through their career path to the pinnacles of the corporate sector-from campus placements, skill enhancement and recognizing their ascension to the top most rungs of the corporate ladder. Â ICAI has also been attempting to include them in the process of various levels of technical areas so that the Institute as well as the profession can collectively benefit from their experience sharing.
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The annual corporate 2009 is an assortment of a variety of events like career ascent, special campus placement programme, corporate conclave, all India mega conference of Women Steering Group ICAI, Capital Advantage, awards for excellence in financial reporting and ICAI awards- 2009 Corporate CA achievers Acclaim. Â It caters to the needs of the corporate in an all pervasive manner in all fronts like creation of employment opportunities for Chartered Accountants and Accounting Technicians, enhancing knowledge and skill sets, empowerment of the female CAs and recognition of the exemplary work of members in industry. Â
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This year the annual corporate forum had various new embellishment like special campus placement programme and few new sub categories has been added to the CA professional Achievers and CFO awards to honour the efforts in the sectors of auto and ancillary, telecom, FMCG, health care and engineering and capital goods.Â