Policy makers & CXOs offer answers to uncertainty at AIMA NMC

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
September 26, 2013
AIMA conferred Managing India Awards 2013 to Wipro Chairman Mr Azim Premji and ICICI Bank MD & CEO Ms Chanda Kochhar at the inaugural day of 40th National Management Convention on 26 September in New Delhi.
Governments courage alone cannot overcome uncertainty unless all the stakeholders in the economy including industry and entrepreneurs show courage as well

All India Management Association (AIMA) inaugurated its 40th National Management Convention on the theme “Courage in Uncertainty” on September 26. Policy makers and business leaders offered their opinion on how the current economic uncertainly can be mitigated, leading to more prosperity and stability.

Inaugurating the convention, Mr Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban development and Parliamentary Affairs said, “Government’s courage alone cannot overcome uncertainty unless all the stakeholders in the economy including industry and entrepreneurs show courage as well.” He added that the government is moving ahead with various reforms in capital markets, FDI and tax regime to bring in more clarity. Mr Nath said that it was important for both the government as well as the industry to learn from the global economic challenges facing the country. He added that the government was seized of the problems and the likely solutions. Managing growth and not just getting higher growth was the challenge for the country, as managing growth was must for ensuring inclusiveness of growth. Balancing social expectations remained a challenge, he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Sanjiv Goenka, AIMA Convention Chairman and chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goneka Group said that the economy was in a transitory phase as the global environment was challenging and internal problems had dented the country’s economic prospects. “Time has now come to show courage to stem uncertainty. An economy can grow as much as its natural resources allow and therefore it’s time to build consensus in policies and prioritize objectives,” he added.

Mr Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd, who also received the Managing India Award for Corporate Citizen of the year at the Convention, advised industry leaders to participate wholeheartedly in corporate social responsibility activities if they wanted social good. “If things have to change in the society then the involvement of the whole ecosystem is must,” he said. Outlining the key factors for making CSR successful, Mr Premji emphasized the need to define the purpose and scale of CSR activities and choose a focus area. Commenting on the mandatory CSR as prescribed in the new Companies Bill, Mr Premji said that the stipulation of spending 2% of profits should not become a tax at a later stage.

AIMA also presented AIMA JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award to Ms. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO ICICI Bank Ltd. Mr. Rajiv Vastupal, Past President, AIMA and CMD Rajiv petrochemicals Pvt Ltd was awarded Honorary Life Fellowship of AIMA and Mr. R Gopalkrishnan, Director, Tata Sons was presented the Dr Ram Tarneja certificate for Best Article in Indian Management.

Earlier, Mr D Shivakumar, President, AIMA, said in his welcome address that having courage was the answer to uncertainty. “Courage never exists in vacuum, it needs to have fear and the determination to overcome that fear,” he said.

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