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DG, SCOPE highlights

Public Sector

contribution at ICSI

Webinar

ICSI acknowledges DG, SCOPE's support in their
unique initiative called 'Shaheed ki Beti'.
initiatives undertaken by Government of India.
Mr. Atul Sobti, DG, SCOPE addressing the participants
during the webinar. He emphasised that ‘Atma nirbhar Bharat’ was not
about making India isolated, but rather about cre-
he Institute of Company Secretaries of India ating connections and garnering self sufficiency in
(ICSI), a statutory body constituted under the country. He reinstated that the goal of this mis-
Tthe Company Secretaries Act, 1980 organ- sion was to prepare the country for tough competi-
ised a webinar on the topic ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat tion and face challenges of global value chains. He
: The Dawn of a New India’ on 18th May 2020. also emphasised on the creation of correct values
The eminent panel included Shri Suresh Prabhu, and maximising the Human capital needs to achieve
Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Shri this goal. In his address, Shri Atul Sobti appreci-
K. J. Alphons, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, ated the tremendous effort and slew of measures
Rajya Sabha, Shri Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, being undertaken by the Government and the con-
Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India tribution of Public Sector in the national economy.
and Shri Atul Sobti DG, SCOPE among others dig- DG, SCOPE cited that the year can either be seen
nitaries. In current times when the country is facing as one only of crisis or one full of opportunities. He
economic and health crisis, the Webinar intended to said the year will be remembered in case of new
discuss and deliberate the efforts of the regulators economies that survived and sustained this era of
who promptly analyzed the rising panic and took crisis. He also mentioned that the clarion call made
immediate measures to curb the impact. Certificates by the Prime Minister to become ‘Atma nirbhar’
of the unique initiative of ICSI called “Shaheed ki calls for hardwork and becoming self sufficient.
Beti” that provides financial support to the girl child Talking about the journey of PSEs, he stated that
of the martyrs for her higher education or for any Public Sector has played a major role in making the
other purpose were presented to all the panellists. country self reliant and have done an exceptional
The Webinar was inaugurated by Mr. Suresh job in maintaining the country’s economic equi-
Prabhu who spoke about the Atma Nirbhar librium. DG, SCOPE also mentioned that the key
parameters to attaining self dependence and lower-
ing imports in the country would be to encourage
Innovation as a criteria and promoting Research
and Development in industries. He also empha-
sised that we must create technology that is world
class and sellable to achieve success.

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