The Institute of Rural
Management-Anand (IRMA) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) for training CSR
professionals.
The MoU, which comes in
the wake of recent changes in the Companies Act, 2013, was signed by Prof.
Jeemol Unni, Director, IRMA, and Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director- General and
CEO, IICA, an institution launched by the Government of India in 2008 to act as
a think tank and capacity building hub for corporate regulations and reforms.
The MoU was signed with
the intent of furthering collaboration between the Centre for Rural
Infrastructure and Corporate Social Responsibility at IRMA, and IICA, IRMA said
in a statement here.
It envisages joint
training programmes to be conducted by IRMA and IICA to train CSR professionals
of corporations and NGOs, They will also design and share knowledge of CSR
programmes, besides engaging in CSR-relevant activities concerning impact
assessment, research and knowledge dissemination, among other things.
Other collaborative
activities include joint certification and diploma courses besides joint
seminars, conferences, and workshops.
-AHMEDABAD
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