Department of Business and Industrial Development

Business Environment

Topic : Confederation of Indian Industry

Submitted to : Dr. Dhaval Mehta

Submitted by : Patel Gargi Patel Mital Patel Khushbupriyadarshini Patel Nimisha Patel Snehal

What is CII ?

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is an association of Indian businesses which works to create an environment conducive to the growth of industry in the country.CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process.India's premier business association has over 7100 members, from the private as well as public sectorsCII works closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities.

History

The history of CII is the story of the transformation of a miniscule association, representing a small segment of industry, to the premier business association of modern India.The journey began in 1895 when 5 engineering firms join hands to form-Engineering and Iron Trades Association (EITA) Indian Engineering Association (IEA)Engineering Association of India (EAI)Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI)Confederation of Engineering Industry (CEI)

ObjectivesTo identify and strengthen industrys role in the economic development of the country. To act as a catalyst in bringing about the growth and development of Indian Industry.To reinforce industry's commitment to society. To provide up-to-date information and data to industry and government. To create awareness and support industry's efforts on quality, environment, energy management, and consumer protection.To work towards the globalization of Indian industry and integration into the world economy.

A country's policy environment must be conducive for firms to achieve efficiencies that will enable them to reach their full potential and be globally competitive.CII has over 500 Intellectual Groups Councils, Committees, Task Forces, Working Groups, among others working at the national and regional levels, across industry sectors. They work pro-actively with Government to formulate policies that would empower businesses. Policy Advocacy

CII aims to sustain Indias international engagement worldwide and also perform towards building CII as the first port of call for foreign delegations that wish to enlist with India and for the national industry that wish to approach traditional and emerging markets overseas.CII International works under CII International Policy and Trade Council. The principal goal of the CII International Policy and Trade Council is to commence activities to relate Indian & global businesses. From 2013, CII has broadened its focus of work through more Regional and Country Committees like: Africa, East Europe, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, and Sri Lanka. CII's International work is backed by seven overseas offices in Australia, China, Germany, France, Singapore, USA and UK that helps us to spread important information pertaining to markets and joint venture possibilities to both Indian and global companies.International & Business Development

CII began offering customised advisory and consultancy services and training programmes through its Centres of Excellence. Today, CII has 9 Centres of Excellence across India, each focussing on different aspects to offer wide-ranging services to industry from diverse sectors.CII Institute of Logistics, ChennaiCII Institute of Quality, BangaloreCII - ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, DelhiCII - AVANTHA Centre for Competitiveness for SMEsCII - Naoroji Godrej Centre of Excellence, MumbaiCII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad CII - Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership, KolkataCII - Triveni Water Institute, JaipurCII - Jubilant Bhartia Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence, New Delhi

Nurturing Competitiveness

CII and Exim Bank collaborate on contributing the CII-EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence through the CII Institute of Quality.CII works with the World Economic Forum, Geneva, to offer the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the yearly India Economic Summit. CII also takes an active interest in certification and CSR-related evaluations in order to improve corporate values and business image.

Awards/Recognition

CII correlates with Government, NGOs, and civil society to help industry flourish effective programs for social development. It provides numerous stances through which representatives can undertake on various issues, such as gender equality, microfinance, development of backward districts, HIV and public health.CII endure to mainstream economically and socially challenged entities and bring them into a phase of growth, development and empowerment. All these interventions are launched under CIIs broad canvas of Development Initiatives.Corporate Social Responsibility

There is no Individual membership in CII. Companies from the same group can take up membership separately, since there is no group membership.CII has direct membership of over 7300 organisations and indirect membership of over 90,000, from around 257 national and regional sectorial associations.The membership is open to any company or firm in India engaged in manufacturing activity or providing consultancy services.

Membership

CII as a part of its knowledge management initiatives has developed a unique Knowledge Portal 'myCII' which is a state-of-the-art online knowledge resource centre of CII. This includes premium research reports, recordings of conference proceedings, thousands of sector specific presentations, online master class videos, Investment and Policy Trackers, B2B Opportunities and online database of member companies.Launched in 2011, mycii.in offers a world of opportunities to information seekers giving them access to CIIs Knowledge Works, information updates, business leads and the opportunity to network. There are 125,000 registered members who receive daily information alerts on subjects of their interest.

myCII - Online Knowledge Resource Centre of CII

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