Confederation of Indian Industry
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organisation, seeking to play a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. The confederation is headquartered in New Delhi. Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee has been appointed as the new Director General of the confederation.
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[edit] Function
CII aims to usher change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. CII undertakes research, interacts with key government officials and disseminates information through publications, seminars and events.
With 60 offices in India, 8 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan, Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 271 counterpart organisations in 100 countries, CII aims to serve as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
[edit] History
CII was established in 1895. The initial partners were five engineering firms, all members of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the beginning, the name of the organisation was Engineering and Iron Trades Association (EITA). EITA was set up with a goal to pressurise the British government to place government orders for iron and steel and engineering goods with companies based in India (the practice then was to place government orders with firms based in UK). The name was subsequently changed to Indian Engineering Association (IEA), Engineering Association of India (EAI), Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI), Confederation of Engineering Industry (CEI) and finally to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 1992.
[edit] Membership
Founded over 112 years ago, CII is a business association with a direct membership of over 7000 organisations from the private as well as public sectors. Its members include SMEs and MNCs with indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 362 national and regional associations.
[edit] Publication
CII brings out research reports on various segments of Indian industry. To know more about the publications, please visit http://cii.in/publication/publications.php?menu_id=62&cid=1.
[edit] Library
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Library is the Central Library & Information Centre of CII headquarters and has prime objective of supporting information needs of its members and staff. Library's main objective is to acquire, maintain and enhance access to business information available in print and non-print formats relevant to the research needs of users.
Library has collection on various segments of Indian industry. The collection comprises mainly books, journals, CDs, audio-visuals, photographs and grey documents. Resources include CII publications and conference proceedings, national & international statistics, national & international directories and databases, exhibitor catalogues, corporate laws, and other documents such as Working papers, Govt. reports, annual reports of Companies, Ministries and Govt. Departments. Digital collection includes documents such as proceedings, presentations, statistical databases, industrial directories, digital books, annual reports and online databases.
Services offered are reference and referral, document delivery, current awareness and database search. Library caters to the information needs of all those interested in business and industry: Entrepreneurs, Government officials, students, researchers, librarians, analysts, investors, and journalists. Customised information is also provided on request.
The library remains open for research and reference from Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. IST.
[edit] Trade Fair
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organises trade fairs to promote Indian industry. Some of the flagship trade fairs are: IETF, Auto Expo, Agrotech, IMME, etc. CII has been organizing a biannual trade fair called IETF India since 1975 providing platform for Buyer – Seller Interactions for international and Indian audience. It attracted a participation of 1,15,000 in 2005 (the last time it was organized) its next edition IETF India 2007 is scheduled to start from 13th Feb2007.
[edit] Finances
CII charges a fee from its members. The membership fee ranges from a few thousand rupees (for small companies) to over a lakh rupees (from large companies). Trade Fairs and Exhibitions are its main sources of revenue. The participation fee in these fairs depends on the exhibition space taken by the participating bodies. CII has also benefited from government dole outs, mainly in form of cheap land for its offices and grants for specific projects. It is the richest industry association in India. It also gets sponsorship money from corporates and government bodies.
[edit] CII-Yi
CII-Young Indians ("Yi") was founded in 2002 as an integral part of CII, and comprises a group of young Indian achievers and proessionals below the age of 40. It is a forum that aims to focus on issues of national importance and motivate a generational change in the economic and social agenda of India. Yi has 14 Chapters across the country with a membership of approximately 700. In addition, another around 2000 students are engaged with 30 Yi Nets all over India.
[edit] Centres of Excellence
One of the USPs of CII has been the uncanny ability of its membership to perceive global trends, build technical capabilities and then spread the trend among the industry members. The centres of Excellence were set up specifically for this purpose. The first of the centres to be established was the Institute of Quality in Bangalore. The CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre was established in Hyderabad to bring in focus on "Green Business" - Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency,Environment & incubation. The CII ITC Centre for Excellence for Sustainable development in Delhi focuses on promoting Tripple bottom line concept. Institute for Logistics, Chennai, Naroji Godrej Centre of Excellence on corporate governance Mumbai, L M Thapar Centre for Competitiveness, Chandigadh for Cluster initiatives, Water Institute Jaipur are the other Centres of Excellence. The technical expertise available with the centres, coupled with dedicated industry membership makes the institution an ideal medium to reach out to the industry
[edit] See also
- CII [1]
