Monthly Report - March 2022

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CHAMBER IN-TOUCH MARCH 2022

The Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry

CHAMBER IN-TOUCH - MARCH 2022 SCHEDULE OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMS - MARCH 2022

Women’s Day Celebrations - 8th to 10th March 2022

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8th March 2022

Women Leadership Coffee Connect Session 9th March 2022

Panel Discussion on “Male Allyship” 10th March 2022

Fireside Chat with Leaders on their “Journey to Breaking the Bias” 12th March 2022

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Cer�ficate Course on Digital HR – Week 3

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PM GATI Shak� Ini�a�ves: Outreach Programme

16th March 2022

24th March 2022

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MAMC Arbitra�on Series 15: “Public Policy as a ground to set aside and resist enforcement of arbitral awards: A compara�ve perspec�ve”

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Program on "GST A Few Recent Changes and E Invoicing"

28th March 2022

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8th March 2022

Women Leadership Coffee Connect Session

The Chamber under the auspices of the Women Business Council organised 3 programs from 8th March 2022 to 10th March 2022 to commemorate the Women’s Day on 8th March 2022 The First in the series was the Women Leadership Coffee Connect Session. Ms.R.M.Vishaka, MD & CEO, India First Life Insurance Company Ltd., was the Chief Guest and the session was moderated

by Ms. Sangeetha Sumesh, Business & Leadership Coach. Ms. Sangeetha’s ques�ons focussed on the corporate journey, facing bias in career, how should organisa�ons promote diversity, work life balance, WFH pros and cons and challenging �mes faced in her career. Ms. Vishaka related personal experiences and showed how resilient you should be to overcome challenges to be a leader and her simplicity in answering the queries was appreciated by the par�cipants.

The program was a�ended by 105 par�cipants.

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9th March 2022

Panel Discussion on “Male Allyship”

On the Second day of the Series to celebrate the Women’s day, the Chamber organised a panel discussion on “Male Allyship” The session was moderated by Ms.Uma Rao, Vice President – HR & Head HR, Interna�onal Opera�ons, Ashok Leyland Ltd and the speakers were Ms Kalpana Jain, Partner, Deloi�e Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, Mr.Suresh Raman, VP & Head, Chennai Opera�ons, Tata Consultancy Services, Ms Asha Pillai, Global Partner, Informa�on and Technology, SHELL

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The ques�ons put forth to the experts were why is male allyship important? How can men be be�er allies? What can organisa�ons do to promote male allyship? A few examples of male allyship in the organisa�on.

The inputs and experiences shared by the panelists received posi�ve feedback from 100+ par�cipants.

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10th March 2022

Fireside Chat with Leaders on their “Journey to Breaking the Bias” On the third and final day of the Women’s Day celebra�ons, Ms.Rajashree Natarajan, Chief Execu�ve Officer, Cognizant Founda�on was the Moderator and the speakers were Ms.Madhavi Latha, Former Na�onal Para Swimming Champion, Founder President of Wheelchair Basketball Federa�on of India, Author & AVP in a MNC Bank Group and Ms.Zainab Patel, AGM L&D, Pernod Richard India Ltd. The personal experiences narrated by Ms. Madhavi and Ms. Zainab which included the challenges they have faced to reach success in their respec�ve careers was inspiring and the par�cipants expressed their apprecia�on. Around 70 par�cipants took part in this program.

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12th March 2022

Cer�ficate Course on Digital HR – Week 3

The Cer�ficate Course on Digital HR which is an ongoing course was conducted on 12th March 2022 and 26th March 2022 Mr.Durai Babu Selvaraj,AGM, CoE-Learning & Development,KONE Elevators India Ltd. Addressed on the topic “Learning & Development Digi�za�on & Automa�on Process” in the first technical session and Mr.Jaswant Sharanarthy, Head -L&OD, PMS,Cavinkare Ltd. made a presenta�on on the topic “Performance Management Digital Process” in the second technical session on 12th March 2022.

On 26th March 2022, Mr.Subhrakan� Namhata, Head, Leadership & Assessment – Special Talent Ini�a�ves & Team, Larsen & Toubro Ltd and his team made the presenta�on on Talent Management & Development Ini�a�ves in the first technical session followed by Mr Prashanth Srivatsava, CEO, W.E.Ma�er addressing on the topic Employee Engagement Experiences (EEE) in the second technical session.

25 par�cipants a�end the course regularly.

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16th March 2022

PM GATI Shak� Ini�a�ves: Outreach Programme The Chamber under the auspices of the Logis�cs Commi�ee organised the seminar on PM Ga� Shak� Ini�a�ves joining hands with Chennai Port Authority and Kamarajar Port Limited. This was a physical mee�ng held at Hotel Raintree, Chennai.

Shri.T.R.Kesavan, Vice President, MCCI & Group President, TAFE Ltd. formally welcomed the gathering.

Shri.S.P.Somashekar, Regional Officer (Chennai), Na�onal Highways Authority of India made a detailed presenta�on on Ga� Shak� and other Ini�a�ves Overview followed by a presenta�on

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Shri.S.Balaji Arunkumar, IRTS., Deputy Chairman, Chennai Port Authority.

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Shri.Sunil Paliwal, IAS., Chairman, Chennai Port Authority & CMD, Kamarajar Port Ltd., in his address covered the aspects rela�ng to Ga� Shak� Ini�a�ves of CHPA & KPL. Shri.S.Krishnan, IAS., Addi�onal Chief Secretary, Industries Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu was the special guest who reiterated the importance of these ini�a�ves in his address to the par�cipants Shri.U.Udayabhaskar Reddy, Chairman, MCCI Logis�cs Commi�ee proposed the formal vote of thanks.

50 par�cipants took part and clarified their queries.

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24th March 2022

MAMC Arbitra�on Series 15: “Public Policy as a ground to set aside and resist enforcement of arbitral awards: A compara�ve perspec�ve” Mr. Kirindeep Singh, Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk, Singapore was the speaker in the MAMC Arbitra�on Series which was the 15th in the series held on 24th March 2022. He addressed on the topic Public Policy as a ground to set aside and resist enforcement of arbitral awards: A compara�ve perspec�ve giving various case laws pertaining to different countries.

Mr. Ganesh Chandru, Partner, Dua Associates moderated the Q & A Session. Ms. Madhri.G, Advocate, T.S. Gopalan & Co., proposed the formal vote of thanks.

Mr. Kirindeep’s address was appreciated by 30+ par�cipants.

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28th March 2022

Program on "GST A Few Recent Changes and E Invoicing"

The Chamber organised a program on “GST - A Few Recent Changes and E Invoicing” on 28th March 2022 at Hotel Regenta, Chennai. This was a joint program with NACIN. Mr.K.Vaitheeswaran, Advocate & Tax Consultant and Chairman, MCCI GST Commi�ee made a detailed presenta�on on the GST – Recent Changes to the par�cipants followed by the presenta�on on e-invoicing by Mr.R.Srivatsan, Addi�onal Assistant Director, NACIN.

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The program was a�ended by 40 par�cipants and the feedback was posi�ve.

Other Mee�ngs General Commi�ee Mee�ng – 12th March 2022 CSR Commi�ee Mee�ng - 29th March 2022

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