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Key Initiatives / Information

Is contract labour the problem or the solution?

India's economic growth has not been accompanied by increase in organised labour. Contract labour enables workers to be employed and benefits industry in terms of flexibility. However, labour laws must be revisited in India. The article is part of a debate in the Financial Express on contract labour between D L Sachdev, Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII. This was published in the Financial Express on 27 July, 2012.

Ratings downgrade, an overreaction

The downgrading of Indian sovereign rating by Standard's & Poor's and Fitch may be premature as India still enjoys high savings and investment ratios, strong human resources, and robust domestic consumption. However, a clutch of reforms is required to restore investor confidence.

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National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) has been established by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in partnership with CII, ICSI, ICAI, ICWAI and NSE to function as the National Apex platform for promotion of good Corporate Governance (CG) practices in India.

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) jointly with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announces the Fulbright - Nehru - CII Fellowships for Leadership in Management for the year 2011 – 2012.

The United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announce the Fulbright- Nehru - CII Fellowships for Leadership in Management, for the academic year 2011-2012. Indian business managers, whose employers would be willing to bear 50% (USD 17,750) of the total cost (USD $35,500), may compete to attend specially-designed management program to be conducted for 10 weeks at the Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business (TSB), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from May 27 to August 8, 2011.

Key Initiative of Jharkhand State Office

CII Jharkhand Council has been making concerted efforts in the direction of bringing growth and development in the State right from its inception in the year 2000. The Council facilitated Department of Industries, Govt. of Jharkhand in coming up with an Industrial Policy of Jharkhand in the year 2001. The Council also partnered Govt. in successfully organizing Udyog Mela 2007 in Ranchi & facilitating Jharkhand pavilion in IITF 2008(India international Trade Fair) at New Delhi. In order to enhance the competitiveness of industry members, CII Jharkhand Council continues to organise number of training programmes, major Conferences, seminars, workshops on Manufacturing, Agro & Food Processing, Environment, Mining & Coal, Social Development & Community Affairs, Behavioral Skills & Information Technology, as well as interactions with key Govt. Officials at Ranchi ,Jamshedpur and also at Bokaro. The Council recently called on the Hon’ble Chief Minister & Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand and presented them with CII Vision document : Jharkhand @ 2022, a Sustainable Vision document encompassing hope & aspiration of the people of Jharkhand. The insight of the document is aimed at enabling the key decision makers to plan and implement findings at the grass root level, leading to sustained growth and development of the State.

MSc in Engineering Business Management - A University of Warwick Management Programme for Practising Managers

The CII and WMG have worked together for over a decade. The Group understands the need of Indian industry better than any other UK institution. India is fast becoming a manufacturing economy and, more it can learn from the expertise of organizations like WMG, the more competitive it will be as a country. The Group has links with many of its top engineering / manufacturing companies which include Tatas, TVS Motor, Sundaram Clayton and others and has been instrumental in helping these companies achieve global competitiveness.

CII News Update

Develop competencies, make targets realistic, say experts at workplace stress management conference in Kolkata

The prevailing economic slowdown, and the resultant job cuts, increment freeze and a host of allied aspects such as inability to meet deadlines and targets, conflicts with co-workers, depression, etc. are fast emerging as a major source of workplace stress, said experts at a Conference on Workplace.....

Our agenda is to accelerate economic (GDP) growth to 6 – 6.5 percent this year and to take it to 8.5 – 9 percent as quickly as possible: S Gopalakrishnan, President CII

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Vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem key to propel economic growth

Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region) organized a Conference on ‘Entrepreneurs – Catalysts of Growth’, here today on the occasion of Annual Regional Meeting of CII Southern Region. Addressing at the Inaugural of the Conference, Dr. D Purandeswari, Hon’ble Union Minister of State.....

R Mukundan of Tata Chemicals elected Chairman CII Western Region and Chetan Tamboli of Steelcast Limited elected Deputy Chairman CII Western Region

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Creating public information infrastructure would lead to democratizing information: Sam Pitroda

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Continuous Change and Improvement is the key driver for overall growth of an Organisation – Dr Kumar

Continuous Change and Improvement is the key driver for overall growth of the Organisation said by Dr Krishan Kumar, Former Director, Maruti Centre of Excellence (MACE) in his special address at the 4th Lean Six Sigma Summit organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII ) NR in New Delhi, toda.....

Mr Ninad Karpe as the new Chairman for CII Maharashtra State Council & Mr Ashwini Malhotra as the Vice Chairman for 2013-14

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This Budget is All About the Future – Focused on Equality, Innovation, Education and Skilling: Mr R Mukundan, Deputy Chairman CII WR

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“Budget Announcements to Provide Particular Benefits to the Western States”:

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CII Placement fair opens up over 500 job opportunities for young graduates of Uttar Pradesh.

Over 3000 youths from all across UP showed keen interest on the first day of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and School of Management Science''''s Placement Fair. The fair was held for two days 23 & 24 February 2013 and was organisedfor MBAs, BTechs, BCA, MCA students across the state......

Consulting / Advisory Services

CII-BESU Innovation Centre

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (BESU) has established a specialized, professionally managed Centre named “CII-BESU Industrial Research, Innovation and HRD Centre” to facilitate Industry and Academia partnerships for industrial and social benefits in West Bengal. The Centre was launched by Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India, during the 4th CII University-Industry Council Symposium on 1st August 2009. The mission of the Industrial Research Centre is to provide a platform of interdisciplinary teaching and innovative research in the field of science and technology, which can lead to a better integrated R & D delivery system in India.

CII – EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence

CII and Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of India jointly established the Award for Business Excellence in 1994 with the aim to enhance the ''Competitiveness of India Inc.'' The Award is based on the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Model for Excellence.

Human Resource Management

The key to ensure sustainable Quality up gradation and continuous improvement in an Organization is the willingness of its employees to adapt to changing paradigms.

CII Awards & Recognitions

Young Educators’ Award

As globalization pervades all facets of our life, there is a vital need for the education sector to keep pace with the changes sweeping across the environment. In today's dynamic world and demanding pedagogies; to say that teaching is one of the most important jobs would not be wrong. Teachers not only spread knowledge but also contribute to the society at large as they are the reason behind most of the people, who lead their countries to new developments. With education, we can achieve all that we want and can make new things and resources and meet the growing needs but it is a teacher who is behind imparting the education to the people.

CII Contact

Supriya Banerji
[Deputy Director General]
Confederation of Indian Industry
CII Central Office
Mantosh Sondhi Centre
23 Institutional Area
Lodi Road
New Delhi-110003
Delhi
India
Phone : 91-11-24629994 - 7
Fax :91-11-24682229
Email : supriya.banerji@cii.in