ERP for company secretaries
August 23, 2003

CMC introduced company secretaries to enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and its benefits at a seminar organised jointly by CMC and the Northern India Regional Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on August 23, 2003 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi.

The seminar was inaugurated by Dr N Vijayaditya, director general, National Informatics Centre, and the keynote address was delivered by R Ramanan, DMD and COO, CMC.

Dr Vijayaditya enlightened the delegates on the in-roads made by IT in the legislature, executive and judiciary. R Ramanan stressed the need for technical updation in the implementation of ERP for enhanced business growth. Vivek Agarwal, company secretary, CMC, who coordinated the seminar, highlighted the availability of various packages relevant to industry.

About 200 company secretaries participated in the seminar, which included two technical sessions. The guest speakers from CMC were K C Rehani, general manager, Southern India (chairman of the session), Amarnath Banerjee, senior project manager, and Snigdha Auddy, ERP consultant.

K C Rehani complimented ICSI on its thrust towards becoming technologically savvy. A Banerjee presented the various facets of ERP and outlined its evolution since the 1960s. He also explained how ERP works for the enterprise.

Snigdha Auddy dealt with the various practical and technical aspects of the introduction and implementation of ERP. She co-related the information in a user-friendly manner and presented the Business Process Flow in ERP. Bhushan Mohan, General Manager, Northern Region explained the scope of ERP and presented a case study on Indian Railways.

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