IIM Kozhikode Inks MoU with ICSI for Academic Excellence, Research, Training

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New Delhi: IIM Kozhikode has collaborated with the ICSI to enhance excellence in common areas of interest by providing information and skills needed to operate in academic programmes, research, and training.

In the presence of Professor Debashis Chatterjee, Director IIM Kozhikode, Prof G Sridhar, Dean Executive Education and other ICSI office bearers, the agreement was signed by Lt Colonel M Julius George (Retd), Chief Administrative Officer, IIM Kozhikode, and CS Devendra V Deshpande, President ICSI.

According to an IIM Kozhikode press release, the collaboration will include activities such as conducting specialised training programmes, jointly organising workshops and seminars, continuing education and training programmes, and similar academic programmes for practising professionals, corporate executives, faculty members, research scholars, and students of both institutes on subjects of topical and professional interest.

The partnership between IIM Kozhikode and ICSI also allows for the frequent exchange of course materials, case studies, research papers, academic and research projects, and the interchange of faculty members and journals.

The official statement reads, “The MoU also paves the way to award the toppers of programmes of IIM Kozhikode with the ICSI Signature Award Gold Medal and a scholarship to pursue the Company Secretary Course”.

Speaking on the occasion, Professor Chatterjee said, “MoU is a definitive chapter in coming together of two leading professional institutes in the country to propel the next generation of thought leaders. Collaborations as such bring the best of business and technical know-how and are fundamental to promoting research, training and academics to overcome the global skill gap. IIM Kozhikode is privileged to play its part in nation-building and training the best of the best in the Silver Jubilee year of our academic journey”.

By virtue of this collaboration, CS Devendra V Deshpande stated that both institutions are looking forward to academic enrichment and progress via information exchange, and it would propel the profession of Company Secretaries to greater heights in the country.

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