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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.
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