ASSOCHAM
Master Class on Service Tax and CENVAT Credit
(Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Indore)

ASSOCHAM is organizing a full day Master Class on “Service Tax and CENVAT Credit” in four major cities Hyderabad (22nd April 2009), Kolkata (24th April 2009), Chandigarh (30th April 2009) and Indore (4th May 2009). In the workshop important issues relating to Service Tax and CENVAT Credit as well as the recent changes made therein will be discussed by eminent experts. Further, suggestions shall also be invited from the participants for the forthcoming budget proposals for the year 2009-2010.

The workshop will enable the participants to promote knowledge and skill in Service Tax and CENVAT Credit through interaction with the speakers.

SERVICE TAX
Year after year the scope of levy of service tax has been expanded by the Government. As the revenue of Government has increased from 400 crores to 64,400 crores, so also the problem of the industries. Further, the Government has recently issued some Notifications and Circulars to make changes in the service tax law which has created numerous doubts. Similarly, the Government has also issued clarifications in the first quarter of the year 2009 and clarified the long pending issue.

The above informative session has been organized to guide and resolve the problems being faced by the industry.

This session would broadly discuss the below mentioned issues such as:

·Reduction in Service Tax rates and impact thereof
·SEZ exemption by way of refund and impact thereof
·Clarification regarding export of service – a far reaching consequence
·Clarification regarding residential complex – a great relief to industry
·Clarification regarding commercial training and coaching service – a far reaching consequence
·Multiplicity of the taxes
·VAT and Service Tax applicability on same transaction
·Classification of taxable services
·Export and import of services
·Refund of Service Tax to exporter of goods
·Associated party transaction
·Issues in construction industry
·Issues in software industry
·Scheme under Service Tax to avoid penalties and proceedings
·Calling for information / reports and multiple audits

CENVAT
The Government has drastically amended the CENVAT Credit Rules 2004. The workshop aims to understand the impact of such changes as well as to understand the impact of such changes, would it require further change. Some of the topics under CENVAT will include:

·Impact of changes made in the definition of input service
·Impact of changes made in Rule 6(3)
·Doubts and difficulties for implementing the Rule 6(3) & 6(3A) & remedies thereof
·Meaning of exempted services in the changing scenario
·Practical difficulties and would it require further change.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
CEOs, CFOs, Finance / Accounts / Legal Executives, Senior Auditors and Financial Professionals / Consultants, Middle & Senior Level executives dealing in Service Tax in the corporate world as well as the practicing CA, CS, CWA and other related professionals.

PLACE / DATE / TIME / VENUE
Hyderabad
22nd Apr ‘09
1000-1600 hrs
Hotel Taj Krishna
Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Kolkata

24th Apr. ‘09
1000-1600 hrs
Hotel Taj Bengal
34-B, Belvedere Road, Alipore, Kolkata
Chandigarh

30th Apr. ‘09
1000-1600 hrs
Hotel Taj Chandigarh
Block No. 9, Sector – 17-A
Chandigarh
Indore

4th May ‘09
1000-1600 hrs
Hotel Fortune Landmark
Adjoining Meghdoot Gardens
Indore

FACULTY
Mr. J.K. Mittal, FCA, FCS, LLB – Mr. J.K. Mittal is a practicing Advocate in Indirect taxes and specialized in Service Tax. He is the Co-Chairman of “Expert Committee on Indirect Taxes” of ASSOCHAM and Co-Chairman of Indirect Tax Committee of the PHDCCI, New Delhi. He had been the member of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to look into appropriate mechanism/modalities for collection and payment of service tax on Goods Transport Agency. He is also a Member of Supreme Court Bar Association and has been honoured for two consecutive years (year 2006 and 2007) by the by the Hon’ble Union Law Minister in the function organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association on the occasion of Law Day. He is the author of India’s most popular book on Service Tax i.e. “Law, Practice & Procedure of Service Tax”.

PARTICIPATION FEE
Rs. 4,000/- (per participant, per venue) – Registration form attached
(10% for two & 20% discount for three or more persons from the same organization)

The fee is inclusive of refreshment, lunch & course material.

Since the seats are limited and shall be made available on first-cum-first served basis, you are requested to register yourself and also nominate your colleagues for the same.

For further details, please contact:
Sumit Pandey (0-9911700707) Avinash Sharma (0-9873777317)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office
1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur, Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Tel: 011-46550555 · Fax: 011-46536482 / 81, 46536497 / 98
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] · Website: www.assocham.org
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Global Industrial R&D Conclave 2009:
Strategies to Drive Growth in Economic Crisis Coinciding with India’s National Technology Day
11-12 May 2009: Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi

Recognising the importance of research, technology & innovation to emerge from this historic global economic crisis, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, is creating a platform to discuss and share models, best practices and R&D strategies, to encourage innovation-driven growth, commercial research and to convert knowledge to wealth.

The economic meltdown has created alarming conditions for R&D- and innovation-led businesses where risk capital is scarce which has placed R&D investments at lower priority. Balancing of open-source R&D, joint industrial R&D, bilateral cooperation and contract research to share risk and reduce investments have become essential tools of doing business.

However, some leading innovative firms have been less impacted by the crisis due to their technology competitiveness, new product development and greater efficiency through research investments. Governments across the globe are trying to boost the economy and industrial growth through strategic policy changes by creating a more favourable R&D ecosystem.

The Global Industrial R&D Conclave would be a forum for R&D Heads/ CTOs of leading global innovative firms, heads of government programmes promoting industrial R&D in some of the leading countries, industrial research directors of premier global technical universities and VCs/angel investors to share their experiences and strategies to overcome the economic crisis. It would also be a learning platform for relevant stakeholders to understand the value of technological competitiveness in a crisis situation.

You can participate at the Conclave as delegates.

The Agenda and the Reply Form are available at GSIA office for your kind reference.

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CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is organizing a unique two day National Training Programme on Total Cost Management on 17 April 2009 at Hyderabad.

The main objectives of this training programme is to develop knowledge on tools and techniques such as ABC, ABM, Target Costing, Balanced Score Card Etc for effective cost management and increased profitability.

You may kindly send in your nominations through the reply form available at GSIA office or email at [email protected]
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CII National Conference and Annual Session 2009
“Turning Crisis into Opportunity: The role of Governance and Reform”

26-27 March 2009 : Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi

CII National Conference & Annual Session is being held on 26th-27th March 2009. The theme for this year’s conference is “Turning Crisis into Opportunity: The Role of Governance and Reform”. The National Conference and Annual Session would focus on issues of reform and governance – both of the Public and Corporate domain.

Key speakers at the National Conference would include:

– Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman – Planning Commission, Government of India
– D Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
– C K Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy, University of Michigan
– T S Krishna Murthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner
– K.M. Chandrasekhar, Cabinet Secretary, Government of India
– Gopal K Pillai, Commerce Secretary, Government of India
– Ajay Shankar, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
– Subas Chandra Pani, Secretary, Planning Commission
– Ashok Chawla, Secretary – Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
– K V Kamath, President, Confederation of Indian Industry and Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Limited
– Venu Srinivasan, Vice President, Confederation of Indian Industry, Chairman, TVS Motor Company Limited
– Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History & Director, South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
– K C Chakrabarty, Chairman & Managing Director, Punjab National Bank
– R S Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
– K Ravi Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
– Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
– Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Limited
– Shekhar Datta, Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
– Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications Limited
– R Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland Limited
– Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Enterprises
– Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Limited
– Jamshed J Irani, Director, Tata Sons Limited
– Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman & Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds Limited
– T N Ninan, Editor & Publisher, Business Standard Limited
– R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Udyog Limited
– Janmejaya Sinha, Managing Director – India, The Boston Consulting Group India
– Surjit S Bhalla, Managing Director, Oxus Research and Investments
– Shardul Shroff, Managing Director, Amarchand & Mangaldas

For more information and registration, please visit www.cii.in or contact Mr Prashant A N at [email protected] or Mr Somendra Gautam at [email protected]. Telephone: +91 11 41504514 – 19.

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Workshop on Managing Talent Risks at Times of Economic Downturn:
ISO 10015+ for Strategic Alignment of Training Investment

27 March 2009: CII Gurgaon

CII National Committee on Skills, Human Resources & Industrial Relations in association with the Academy for Quality in Training and Education (AdeQuaTE.), Geneva is organising a one day Workshop on Managing Talent Risks at Times of Economic Downturn: ISO 10015+ for Strategic Alignment of Training Investment on 27 March 2009 at CII Gurgaon office, 249-F, Sector-18, Udyog Vihar, Phase – IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana.

This Workshop intends to achieve the following:
To sharpen the awareness of senior executives regarding the human capital risks in an economic downturn;
To equip senior executives with basic understanding and knowledge of the next generation HRD and high impact training system management tool;
To provide senior executives with information of the basic tenants of ISO 10015 Quality Standard and its application to corporate environment;
To present information on ways and means to achieve a certified ISO 10015+ system, a label indicating verified excellence of quality standards of in-service training systems;
To share corporate experience in using ISO 10015+ system in the country.

Learning Outcome and Benefits:

* Participants will gain information on the next generation HRD and high impact training management system.
* Participants will become familiar with ISO 10015 standards and ISO10015+ certification requirements.
* Participants will obtain information on how to assess their own HRD and training system.
* Participants will hear about the case of a renown company in the country using an ISO 10015+ system to manage its training investment portfolio.
* Participants will understand the role requisites of a companys executive who is responsible for the strategic orientation of his companys training system.
* Participants will be informed of the steps in acquiring ISO 10015+ certification and the building blocks in achieving this distinction.

The Workshop would be useful for:

Vice Presidents, Directors and Managers of HR, Training, Quality Systems, Organisation Development, Knowledge and Performance Management and Finance
Organisation leaders in charge of talent management
Organisation development (OD) and Organisation Effectiveness (OE) practitioners
HR professionals and generalists looking to expand their knowledge of HRD and quality assurance

Programme Instructor / Facilitator:

Dr Lichia Yiu, Registered Lead Auditor for ISO 10015+ (since2003)
Visiting Professor, Organisational Diagnosis & Perforamnce Management, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology
Dr Raymond Saner, Registered Lead Auditor for ISO 10015+ (since2003)
Swiss delegate to the ISO TC176, WG4 for ISO 10015 Professor, Organisation & International Management, Basle University
Mr Hari Nair, Vice President – HR, Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited

A copy of the brochure is available at gsia office for reference.
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“INTERNATIONAL Seminar CUM EXPOSITION on NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TOOLS”
PLM-CAD-CAM-RP-CAE
0930 Hrs., April 16-17, 2009, Hotel Trident, No.1/24, G.S.T.Road, Meenambakkam, Chennai

Computer Aided Technologies namely PLM, CAD, RP, CAE, CFD & the relevant technologies are powerful and flexible tools for New Product Design and Development and aid quick problem solving more accurately by integrating analytical and simulation techniques. The development of a simulated prototype of a future system is highly effective for visualizing the system through it’s’ design and development phases and provide timely feedback to prevent field failures. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is necessary to create the corporate assets as well as to control engineering data in manufacturing sector.

After the last six programs in 2007 & 2008 where a large number of people participated representing companies from Automotive, Aero Space, Medical Electronics, Automotive Electronics, Light and Heavy Engineering, we are glad in presenting the next International Seminar Cum Exposition in this series in Chennai in year 2009.

The main objectives of the seminar are:

a. To develop an understanding of the subject and application of PLM, CAD, RP, CAE, CFD & the software technologies and their impact on our way of working in the R&D, Electronics and engineering functions,

b. To see prototyping applications through live models and case studies,

c. To introduce participants to experts and practitioners who are leaders in implementing Computer Aided Technologies.

The Case study and demonstration sessions during the seminar will give insights into the potential of the tool and its’ application for developing future products.

Designers, Engineers, Production and Manufacturing heads and people from academia who are interested in this subject should attend the Seminar.

This Seminar Cum Exposition will provide immense learning, sharing and partnership opportunities for the organizations ensuring to drive growth and demand in their business.

The Reply Form is available at GSIA offcie register the delegates.

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CII-Godrej GBC is organizing a two day Workshop on Operation, Maintenance and Energy Efficiency in Electrical System on 2 & 3 April 2009 at CII – Godrej GBC, Hyderabad.

The main objective of this workshop is to disseminate information on the latest technologies in operation and maintenance, energy conservation, sharing of best practices and case studies in electrical equipment. The workshop would be addressed by leading experts from industries

Following details are avialable at GSIA for your ready reference:

* Information Circular
* Reply Form
* Programme Sheet
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ETDC a centre under Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of India and CETE, Hyderabad will be jointly organising a training programme on “PLC Programming & Installation”

The faculty of the course is Mr. R.V. Sudhakar, Director, CETE, Hyderabad who is expert in the field and trained at Siemens, Germany. The course will be conducted at ETDC, Near Goa University, Goa from 13 – 17 April 2009.

The detail information about the course is available at GSIA office.

You may avail this oppurtunity by training your staff members during the said course.
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CII-Godrej GBC is organizing a training programme on environment management system (EMS) as per ISO-14001: 2004 international standard on 9 April 2009 and a training Programme on Design & Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHS- MS) As Per OHSAS – 18001 on 10 April 2009.

The purpose of the EMS training programmes is to acquaint participants on the modification/changes made in the second edition ISO 14001:2004 and provide tools to incorporate these changes in existing management system or while implementing a new system.

The Programme on Design & Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHS- MS) As Per OHSAS – 18001 has been designed to impart awareness & appreciation of the principles and practices essential to an OHSAS management system for conformance with national and internationally accepted norms.

The trained participants would thus be in a position to grasp the health & safety issues of their respective organizations and also the tools available to address them through a management system approach.

You may kindly send in your nominations. Following details are available at GSIA for your ready reference:
1. Information Circular for ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001
2. Reply Form

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