IIwp organised seminar to discuss CSR in academics

With the mandate of Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) in India, there has been an urgent need of skilled professionals to carry out implementation of the law. A panel discussion was held in Mumbai, stressing on the need of having a well organised training centre in India that imparts knowledge and skill training to wp professionals.

The discussion was organised by International Institute of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (IIwp) and IES Management College and Research Centre (IES MCRC) for Masters Business Administration (MBA) students.

wp practitioners emphasized how the current gap of trained wp graduates could be bridged by MBA students, who could enhance their understanding of the subject on wp. Thereby, they can pursue careers in this emerging field by either doing post graduate studies in wp or undertake wp certificate programs.

Dr. Pragnya Ram, Group Executive President, Aditya Birla Group of Industries was also present at the event addressing students. She spoke about the career opportunities in the field of wp for new students. The professionals trained in wp could pursue training others in wp programs or could choose to become auditors with an Accreditation company. Armed with skills in auditing projects, strategy and analysis, they could also become fund raisers, and work in rural development, rural livelihood mission, etc.

She reiterated how the industry located in different towns and cities need specifically skilled and trained professionals. “The Make in India” campaign by the government needs support of the industry to make the India growth story responsible and sustainable.

Deepak Arora, Group Head wp & CEO, Essar Foundation, spoke about how wp which started by being understood as philanthropy has evolved in the last 100 years and has become more structured since last few years evolving from an individual effort (philanthropy) to an organized wp framework and guidelines with clarity on reporting.

Harsha Mukherje, director, IIwp explained about the wp courses with internships provided by IIwp. The objective of this program is to bridge the skill gap arising for wp Professionals in times to come.