A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed betweenNational Institute Of Securities Markets (NISM) and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on June 16th, 2013 at ICSI Centre for Corporate Governance Research and Training, Navi Mumbai .

Seen in the photograph  : CS S. N. Ananthasubramanian (President, Council of the ICSI),  ShriGopalChalam, Dean ICSI – CCGRT, ShriSandipGhose, Director NISM ( Signing the MOU on the behalf of The ICSI and NISM respectively), CS M.S. Sahoo (Secretary, ICSI), CS KeyoorBakshi (Past President ICSI),CS SudhirBabu (Council Member,The ICSI),CS UmeshVed (Council Member, The ICSI & Chairman ICSI-CCGRT Managing Committee ), CS Vikas Y. Khare (Council Member, The ICSI ), CS N.L.Bhatia (Former Chairman WIRC) and  CS B. V. Dholakia (PCS).

The objective of this MOU is to achieve a common goal in promoting Corporate Governance & Public Policy, Financial Reporting & Disclosures, Inclusive Growth & Sustainable development, Business Environment, Capacity Building, Corporate Social Responsibility, Quality& Assurance Services.

The Institutes would jointly organize seminars, conferences, workshops, certificate programs for corporate and securities market professionals and executives, as well as students’ exchange programmes. They would also jointly endeavour to develop appreciation by the companies for corporate governance in securities market and build capacity of the members of ICSI for implementation of corporate governance in letter and spirit.

Both Institutes will undertake joint research projects, surveys and publish monographs, papers, reports, studies, cases etc. on corporate governance, corporate finance, financial markets, corporate social responsibility, sustainability & sustainability reporting and other areas as identified and would also jointly design and conduct certification modules, conduct development programmes for Director’s/top management in areas of Corporate Governance, Corporate Laws, Accounting, Finance, Management etc. The Institutes would also collaborate in Education, Training and Research and  would exchange Journals and other publications.