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10/06/2015

HOW TO BECOME PRIVATE DETECTIVE

Every country in the world has its own laws to regulate, manage or empower the Detective profession. It is the law of the land which either facilitates or restricts the profession through specific legislation.

In India, there is still no legislation to regulate the Detective profession. The Private Detective Agencies (Regulation) Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha in 2007. It was referred to a select committee which raised certain issues and the Bill could not be enacted. The present Government is now actively pursuing this Bill and it is likely to become the law for Licensing Private Detectives.

However, in the absence of any law on the subject, provisions of other enactments and the Constitution of India are to be referred. Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure are for the Law Enforcement agencies only and Private Detectives have nothing to derive from them. However, provisions of Indian Evidence Act are available to all citizens, and therefore, to Private Detectives for tendering evidence in court. The Constitution of India guarantees fundamental right to any profession under Article 19. This Fundamental Right to practice any profession is available to all citizens and therefore, to Private Detectives also. However, there are restricting stipulations tied to this right also. Then again the Constitution of India guarantees Right to Privacy to its citizens. As such Private Detectives have to safe guard these rights and work within four corners of Law to practice his profession.

Anybody can become a Private Detective in India but the desired Qualification would be:
1. Aptitude for search, research and knowledge.
2. At least 10+2 as academic qualification.
3. Training to be received from a good Private Detective Institute for learning the Art and Science of Detection. These trainings cover the following aspects:
a. Knowledge about Laws of the Land.
b. Working of Indian Judicial System.
c. Learning about 70 topics of Detection.
d. Understanding Forensic Sciences.
e. Use of technology and equipments for detection.
f. Report writing about findings.
The training also imparts knowledge as to how to become a Private Detective. It covers aspects like resources and methodologies to launch your own Detective Business in India. VMP-AIIM is the leading Detective Training institute in India. It has different modules of training a Private Detective in India. The first and most popular is the Distance learning for Detectives. It is spread over 30 days during which 70 lessons on different topics of Detection are sent per Email to the trainee. Four different levels are covered. Thirty days of distance learning is followed by 4days of classroom interaction and tutelage in the Academy at Delhi. One day is devoted to visit Forensic Science Laboratory. Then on the job assignments are given to the trainees. Placement agencies are invited or referred for employment opportunities. The trainees are also recommended to Association of Private Detectives and Investigators, India and to Association of Certified Professional Investigators, India for membership to develop pan India network. They are also referred to World Association of Detectives (WAD) for membership to become part of Global Networking for Detectives.

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07/06/2015

Job oriented Private Detective course Vmpaiim-Academy of Investigation & Intelligence Management

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School of intelligence India (AIIM), offering job oriented and affordable courses in India/Delhi for all, who want to take challenge in life, Intelligence and security sector.

17/05/2015

No intelligence service can perform well if its political masters lack the integrity which alone can inspire it to act straight.INDIAN furores, over scandals or other matters, fizzle out before long. Partisan reactions, neglect of the institutional aspect, and indifference to reform characterise mos…

17/05/2015

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No intelligence service can perform well if its political masters lack the integrity which alone can inspire it to act straight.

INDIAN furores, over scandals or other matters, fizzle out before long. Partisan reactions, neglect of the institutional aspect, and indifference to reform characterise most reactions. One hopes that the very justified furore on the surveillance over Subhas Chandra Bose’s kin and snooping on their mail will prove an exception. Already the establishment has dug its feet on the reform of the Official Secrets Act and on legislation to bridle the intelligence services. It remains to be seen how many files are not opened to public inspection. The Right to Information Act, 2005, applies in full vigour. The Central Information Commission, one hopes, will not disgrace itself by the kind of disingenuous, if not worse, ruling given by the Bench headed by Wajahat Habibullah. He cited inter alia his partiality towards the Army—as if he was the sole judge and his colleague, who did not have a father in the Army, was a cipher.

On Independence, India inherited from the British a first class Intelligence Bureau (I.B.), honest, competent and immune to political manipulation. The powerful Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s inquiry as to whether Gandhi was in cahoots with the Japanese was answered with a categorical “no” on September 14, 1942. He personally asked Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India, for “a note on Mr. Gandhi’s intrigues with Japan”. Three days later Amery replied, no doubt after inquiries in New Delhi: “The India Office has no evidence to show, or to suggest, that Gandhi has intrigued with Japan” (The Transfer of Power; Volume 2; pages 961 and 978).

The I.B. was manned by men of high calibre. The studies they produced for internal consumption conformed to high tests of scholarship and rank as works of reference. P.C. Bamford, Deputy Director, wrote in 1925 Histories of the Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements. It was reprinted in 1974 by Deep Publications, Delhi. Edition Indian, Calcutta, reprinted I.B. Directors’ studies Communism in India in three volumes which were studied in Communist study classes. Sir Cecil Kaye’s work was published with an introduction by Meghnad Saha of Asiatic Society. Kaye retired in 1925 and died in Delhi 10 years later. He was succeeded by Sir David Petrie, who retired in 1931. Petrie served as Director of MI5, the Security Service, in London, during the Second World War. Sir Horace Williamson served as Director of the I.B. until 1936.

All the volumes are based on confidential material, including intercepts. They are free from official jargon and are strikingly objective with flashes of wit. “Communism has come to stay,” Williamson opined. “For a time” Bhagat Singh “rivalled in popularity… Mr. Gandhi himself”.

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14/04/2015

Phishing catches victims 'in minutes'

It takes 82 seconds for cyber-thieves to ensnare the first victim of a phishing campaign, a report suggests.

Compiled by Verizon, the report looks at analyses of almost 80,000 security incidents that hit thousands of companies in 2014.
It found that, in many companies, about 25% of those who received a phishing email were likely to open it.

"Training your employees is a critical element of combating this threat," said Bob Rudis, lead author on the report.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32285433

Phishing emails ensnare their first victim within 82 seconds of the attack messages being sent, suggests a report.

07/03/2015

International Women Day..(BBC Documentary) Nrbhaya R**e Case

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05/03/2015

’sday- A gift for Women or an insult to injury?

The news that a BBC documentary is to be released on International Women’s day (8th March), depicting perverted mind set of a Ra**st as against dignity of Women is shocking. The immediate questions which come to mind are:
A) Why release the documentary on International Women’s Day? This day is meant to acknowledge the importance of women in this world and to pay a tribute to their virtues and significance.

B) Why publicize the perverted views of a ra**st to tarnish the image of all Indian Women?

C) Most of the Democratic Countries have Criminal Justice System as doctrine of legal jurisprudence. That gives overloaded opportunities to a criminal to absolve himself from criminality on his part. The prosecution has to prove the guilt of a criminal beyond any remarkable doubts. But what about the rights of a victim to the crime? As against Criminal Justice System do we have an equivalent Victim Justice System? Not only the victim suffers due to the criminal act but also suffers from the deficient legal provisions which belittle his/ her rights to get the criminal punished. Does it not amount to gross injustice to the victim meted out by the so called independent judicial systems?

D) Is not adverse advance publicity generated to invite controversy and thereby to earn higher viewership or TRP for a documentary as a business plan at the cost of morality?

These questions are very pertinent and should be addressed in right earnest without taking sides to support or discard a view point. R**e or forcefully making a women to satisfy the sexual lust of a man without her consent is possibly the most heinous crimes in any penal code. We are a civilized society and we have permissible and legitimate ways of seeking favours. Be it material or sexual. Snatching a favour without the giver’s consent is piracy/ dacoity or robbery of rights and virtues.

The arguments of some in the context of BBC documentary presently highlighting the mind-set of the criminal (in Nirbhaya’s r**e case) are ridiculous to say the least. One of the arguments is that now can you ban a documentary or a book without going through it or without knowing full purport or intent of the same? The propounders of this argument have also not yet become privy to full contents of the said documentary. If all the other contents , barring the “catchy” or “attributory” versions of the ra**st are not being projected now, and the revealed versions give an “offensive” and “glorifying” account of the sordid deed of r**e committed by the “criminal”. If it disturbs the moral fabric of society in general and women in particular, the documentary definitely needs to be banned. Are the advocates of releasing the documentary privy to full contentions of intent? If not only the obvious, or the projected portions of the documentary are cause enough to plead for a ban of its exhibition.

Then again the second set of argument in favour of allowing the interview by the BBC journalist in Tihar Jail tries to justify its basic research for the society to know why the criminal committed the crime and what were the “motivational factors” for him to commit the crime (justifying his act and attributing it to the victim of r**e). Why can’t such research for enlightening the parents of the women and the society for inviting “r**e” attributed to “women”, be caused “ in camera”, “in private”, by scholars and researchers? Why a foreign electronic media or BBC should be permitted to record the interview of the ra**st to “justify” or “glorify” his act? And if the permission has been “inadvertently” granted why the same authorities cannot now ban the screening of the documentary at the instance of Delhi Police on grounds of law and order situation to be faced by it. There was a great outcry about Nirbhaya r**e. The public resorted to protests, demonstrations and agitations. Now if their sentiments are likely to be hurt by the documentary, the same public, or a magnitude of population may resort to exhibition of their anger and there cause public nuisance. This educated guess on the part of Police is fully justified to file FIR against the documentary in question which would inflame the sentiments resulting in violence in the society and disrupting law and order.

No immoral or illegal act on the part of a “criminal” waiting in gallows should be glorified in a public manner. As such, the Government of India, through Tihar Jail Authorities or the Delhi Police, must do everything in its power to stop screening the BBC documentary on International Day of Women i.e. 8th March, 2015. If not for anything else but for maintaining the dignity of Indian Women in the context of social norms, freedom of rights and equality for women in India. How can the Government permit glorification of a ra**st by degrading the virtues of women victims in the society. Or do we only advocate Criminal Justice System and not care for providing Victim Justice System.

V M Pandit
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05/03/2015

THE ROLE OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATION IN DISCHARGING SOCIAL CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

The mandate for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has formally been introduced to the Corporates through initiatives of all Governments worldwide. It creates an ecosystem to encourage Private Sector’s contribution towards social development through CSR. The concept of CSR is widely debated but actually understood by a few and practiced by even less. Changing societal expectations are placing new challenges before business leaders which in turn are shifting the nature of relationships between business and society. In the past, profits and loss accounts were seen as the only concerns of business. Now the goal of businesses is to create strategies that preserve the long term viability of People, Plant and Profit- the proverbial triple bottom line. A shift of focus from just financial gains to a holistic concept.

Corporate Social Responsibility is thus not just a question of fairness and justice, but part of the best way a company can develop its sustainability in the long run. The Act provides a wide canvas to all companies to mould their CSR programmes according to their priorities and community needs. The onus is now on the companies to utilize the flexibility they have and conduct CSR with the business objectives.

Criminal Justice System in every country is deeply engrained. It is now under increasing strain with our inability to cope with pending number of crime investigations and adjudication of cases in courts.

The task of prevention and control of crime belongs to the criminal justice system which consists of police, courts, prisons and other sub-systems. The courts receive their clientele from the Police, the penal/ correctional institutions (prisons) receive accused persons, convicts from courts. And the process is repeated. But the trigger point is the commission of crime and the Victim is the original source for the complaint in most cases. There is always a victim of a crime may be visible or invisible.

Criminal Justice System

The Criminal Justice System is primarily aimed at ensuring that the Accused person gets all the benefits from laws and procedure to ensure that an innocent person is not convicted and termed a criminal. All possible safeguards are available to the offender for his defense. But what about the victims of crime. ? The Police Investigating Officer is a Government Servant , the Prosecutor is also a Government Servant who presents the case against the accused person before the trial court presided by a Judge appointed , funded or controlled by the Government in one way or the other. Then again legal aid is provided to the criminal by the court if he cannot hire a lawyer to defend. The evidence available or collected by Police, be it infirm or deficient, is properly or poorly presented by the Prosecutor before the Judge who must see that no injustice is done to the accused and the evidence presented is relevant, admissible and beyond all reasonable doubts to base conviction of his guilt. Thus care is taken to protect all the rights of an offender or criminal provided for by the laws of land. And only one set of persons on behalf of the Government is entrusted with the job.

In the court room proceedings the Victim (or the complainant as the case may be) has no control over evidence collected or ignored and the inherent deficiencies of investigation. The victim is not represented by any independent investigator to adduce his side of evidence and allegations directly to the court. The evidence, by the time it is presented by the Prosecutor can best be got re-interpreted through forensic science experts but neither the lost evidence can be restored and collected at such a belated stage by the victim nor can it carry such strong evidentiary value as the original evidence directly available from the scene of crime collected or ignored immediately after commission of crime.

Victim Justice System

This being the scenario, the victim of a crime is at a serious disadvantage vis- a-vis the criminal. Not only he has suffered on account of the crime but he has been deprived of establishing his allegations because he \ she had no investigating agency to swing into action when Police started their investigations .Equal opportunity is not made available to the victim vis-a-vis the criminal. Thus justice is being ensured for a criminal but the victim is deprived of justice to him in Criminal Justice System. Victim has equal or overriding right to have a Victim Justice System to safe guard his interests. Particularly so in the matters of victims belonging to weaker sections of society , child victims of abuse , women subjected to sexual assaults and prostitution , workplace abuses and discrimination , domestic violence ,elderly persons with offspring neglects and atrocities , face- less victims of white collar crimes , spurious drugs and products and a plethora of other such cases .

Corporate Social Responsibility as understood by leaders of businesses have not yet evaluated and considered Victim Justice System as a just cause for their attention. How can they undo the neglect of such a worthy cause? By joining hands with thorough Professional Private Investigators who can be equipped with resources and funds to provide free and expert services from the moment a victim falls prey to criminal designs so that they are not placed at the total mercy of present day Criminal Justice System which ensures fairness to offenders and criminals but fails to provide justice to bonafide victims.

Methodology to implement Victim Justice System

One window Victim Justice System can be created with following aspects of activities to be covered:
•Corporate Social Responsibility to be invoked by approaching directly for funding and resources

•Help line and call- centers to be established.

•Advertisements to be made in print and electronic media about the cause of Victim Justice System.

•Criminologists, Academicians, Professionals from allied fields of prisons, Professional Private Investigators, Advocates, Social workers and volunteers to be enrolled and cultivated.

•Jurists, Reformers and Civil or Honorary Police Officers to be brought on panel for their expertise.

•Doctrine of Victim Justice System to be advocated for recommending changes in Laws, policies of the Government.

•Academy to train Professional Private Investigators, volunteers, and criminologists be created with special emphasis on Victim Justice System.

•NGO be floated with national and international affiliations.

Professional Private Investigators have a responsibility towards the Society. They must discharge this responsibility even if the victim of a crime is unable to afford fees and recourses to hire their services. They have to gear up their mechanism so that professionals from other fields also join the cause. And most importantly, Corporates must discharge their Social Responsibilities by contributing funds and recourses for entrustment to NGO’s/ Legal entities created by Professional Private Investigators to take up the cause of Victims providing justice to them.

V.M. Pandit
M.Sc.LLB.
President,APDI,India
Director,World Association of Detectives,
CEO- VMP Academy of Investigation and Intelligence Management Pvt.Ltd.
CEO-Multidimensional Management Consultants etc.

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28/02/2015

World of espionage in black and white- VM Pandit

http://www.asianage.com/columnists/world-espionage-black-and-white-359

"A few managers of corporate affairs philosophy give the concept a wrongful twist. They think that the goals are to keep an eye on government policies, ascertain likely changes in the pipeline and learn about stringent measures being planned."

26/02/2015

CORPORATE AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY VIS-À-VIS CORPORATE ESPIONAGE

In the ever changing political and economic scenario, seismic changes take place in the corporate world. It requires re-examination of fundamental concepts and even warrants reversal of basic premise on which the company’s edifice was built. From there starts a race where the rules keep changing, where there is no finish line and therefore no permanent win. Technological advances, changing competitors, new laws, stage-managed trade policies and diminishing moral values makes one race through a war zone. Corporate Affairs and its management philosophy comes into force. Every company worth the name formulates its own philosophy. Managers then start to design policies (good & not so good), provide service-mix and promote interests of the company.

The ideology of corporate affairs is rather complex and it cannot be applied universally. It is more relationship oriented rather than transaction oriented. The relationship mix is to be designed to hold onto a helping hand or to win a good friend. Good contacts are to be meticulously nurtured for longtime gains. It requires constant catering. It takes a short time to learn this ideology, but it takes a lifetime to master it. Goodwill of the company must remain the most valuable asset.

WHAT GOES WRONG ?
The ideology is mis-understood by its managers. It gets translated into undue gains for self and undeserved favors from top management. Information gathering takes an ugly turn. Leonard Fuld defined competitive Business Intelligence as “highly specific and timely information about a company”. And intelligence is nothing but “timely information” and the ability to apply “knowledge” for objective criterion of safe guarding business interests of the company. Business intelligence is first directed at one’s own organization to ascertain what the company is doing that could be changed to improve its ability to function in a better way.

Competitive Business Intelligence must facilitate smooth passage for the company. Obstructions in the way are to be bulldozed away.

However, a few Managers of Corporate Affairs Philosphy give the concept a wrongful twist. They think that the goals are to keep an eye on Government policies, ascertain likely changes in the pipe-line, and learn about stringent measures planned in future. The managers tend to put up these aspects by way of road signs for the drivers of the company. To gain advance knowledge about one’s competitor is corporate intelligence. And to organize methodologies and systems to thwart aggression from outside is counter- espionage mechanism.

Espionage is actually the black version of white intelligence. Intelligence is gained in ethical manners whereas enaging in espionage necessarily means adopting unethical and corrupt practices. Intelligence gathered in legitimate manner and for a just cause is not offensive.

“Espionage is not a game, it’s a struggle we must win if we are to protect our freedom and our way of life.” Said President Ronald Regan. Espionage against a Govt. or its departments pertaining to Safety, Security and Sovereignty of State is generally resorted by enemical forces to the Nation. These could be hostile neighbors, competitors in trade, economy or military might etc. Pilferage of information pertaining to policy matters & futuristic decisions resorted to by Corporate houses falls short of the real meaning of espionage.

Pilfering official documents from Government offices about policy matters, futuristic measures and changes is, theft in pure and simple words. It can be termed piracy but not espionage. And the act of corporate executives to “steal” such “secret” documents by “bribing” public servants is a subject matter of corruption to be dealt with under Provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, Official Secrets Act; and for offences under Indian Penal Code. Even the black word “espionage” is not dark enough to be compared with Theft, Bribery and Corruption. Good governance is the top most motto for a Democratic Country. When the Govt. is discharging its responsibility for the good of entire country, it becomes its duty to plug loopholes & prevent leakages to fill personal coffers of some vested interests i.e. selective corporates for that matter. The law enforcement agencies must apply the available provisions of all laws to detect the holes, the moles and the facilitators and charge them with specific offences. Name of the game is Theft, Bribery and Corruption and not Espionage as is being projected.

Needless to say that contract men hired by corporate executives to pilfer sensitive documents are generally the persons who had either served the targeted department as an employee or who had some “inbuilt” connection there. Outsiders, or for that matter ‘Private Investigators’ are never deployed for this purpose because of the name tag meaning hounding , sniffing and searching attached to detectives. Person professionally engaged in collection of information through legitimate means are Private Investigators and therefore, they become untouchables for illegitimate purposes. Corporate handle such matters through their own employees who deploy their own contacts to steal, pilfer or pirate sensitive information from Governmental resources. And they must be taken to task for the wrong doings.

V.M Pandit
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01/11/2014

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25/10/2014

MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

1. CORPORATE CULTURE TODAY: -

In the ever changing political and economic scenario of the country, seismic changes take place in the corporate world requiring re-examination of fundamental concepts and even reversal of the very premises on which the company’s edifice is built. Realising that company of every size has the potential to grow and also that there is no such thing as a mature business, every Company is striving to become more vibrant, competitive and growth oriented. A growth, which is sustainable, profitable and capital efficient in the long haul. Such a good growth requires meticulous attention to the basics. A Company’s winning formula in the last decade will not only become obsolete today, but will probably undo the company in the next decade. Yes this is a problem but this is also a solution. It provides an opportunity to devise a new formula. To think freshly about company’s objectives, strategies and tactics. Rapid changes require rapid rethinking.

The focus now is on internal processes and operational efficiency up to the factory gate while un-addressed challenges lie further ahead, in ‘factory forward” processes. Programme for management of Corporate Affairs of the Company enters into a race where the signs and rules keep changing, where there is no finish line and no permanent ‘win’. There is no more the climate of “business as usual”. The track ahead is not a market place of fixed and known competitors. The race is through a war zone of rapidly changing competitors, technological advances, new laws, managed trade policies, and diminishing loyalty. There are rigorous demands.

2. CONCEPTS: - Corporate Affairs is to be seen as more than a mere department. Its main ingredient is company wide philosophy, not a separate function. Managers of Corporate Affairs must get themselves involved long before facing a problem and must continue their participation long after the problem is solved. It is a continuous process of monitoring, which pays dividends. Managers of Corporate Affairs must participate in designing policies, providing service-mix, promoting image, and interfacing with personnel from every department within the company and also interacting with persons and agencies from without. It is not an argument for intuitive decision making, rather it is an argument for creating improved tools to shape up Corporate Affairs philosophy.

Corporate Affairs ideology is obviously not easy and it cannot be applied universally. It is no more transaction oriented today. It is relationship oriented. The growing emphasis is on designing the best relationship mix for winning and holding on to a helping hand. Good contacts are an asset which, when well maintained and served, will return a handsome lifetime gain to the company. The first priority of a Corporate Affairs management programme is to create and retain relationship loyalty through constant catering. Although it takes only a short time to learn this ideology, it takes a lifetime to master it. Implementation of this ideology, it turns out, does not exhibit the neat quantitative properties of other products but definitely reflects a qualitative gain in by-products. And good will of a company is the most important aspect.

3. SCOPE: - A successful implementation of Corporate Affairs programme can achieve: -

1. Better image of the Company: - Public relation becomes a part of the programme as a better image of the Company has to be projected through media. Brand equity and leadership segments have to be highlighted periodically through press publications. Promotional activities for brands, held region wise cover this aspect but cost-effectiveness has to be taken into consideration. It is not always proportionate to the achievements and there is a scope for overdoing it. Systematic media campaign should be spearheaded by company’s own executive and agencies can be hired for brief spells only on assignment basis. Keeping an agency on a regular payroll makes it behave in a complacent manner and a luke-warm approach is the result. Thrust is lost.

Company’s Public image automatically gets super-imposed on to the Governmental agencies but clarity of picture emerges only with working on that canvas directly and independently. Persons who matter must be motivated to view the projections in proper perspective. A successful Liasion is the key of this factor. Various Government departments; quasi-judicial & judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies some how record electrocardiographic images of the Company’s health. Negative publicity has to be curbed.

2. Smooth passage of the Company: - Obstructions blocking passage of the Company have to be bulldozed away. Pathway ahead has to be gradiented. It is the function of Corporate Affairs to keep the top management informed about the turns and twists in the road ahead. Government policies; likely changes in the pipe-line, stringent requirements planned in future are subjects to be put up by way of road signs for the drivers of the Company. Simultaneously answers are to be provided to law enforcement agencies with regard to ongoing investigations, if any, against the company or its top brass.

3. Better results through concerted efforts: - Legal fronts and matters before various fora require co-ordination of efforts. A core group of Legal experts must take care that company’s stand on all fronts is synchronized so that no conflict of interest comes on record to damage one cause in view of a different stand taken for another cause. Then again, the relief sought must also be such that it provides a clear advantage on one point without tangling with another. A verdict must come loud and clear.

4. Advantage all the way: - Competitors are to be kept under observation and within focus all the time. Every move has to be anticipated and countered in time. To keep head, neck, shoulder and the whole length ahead of the competitors; the antaena must be up, transmission clear and radar system accurate. Intelligence and counter-intelligence system must be installed. Corporate espionage has become order of the day. It is necessary part of the system. Vigilance within the organization is also required as a loss prevention measure.

4. STRUCTURE: - The team managing Corporate Affairs programme must have a leader. Game plan can be chalked out by all but it must be sanctioned by the leader. Unit heads can be created either department wise or region wise. Existing executives attending to matters of Corporate Affairs must be masters of their respective fields. A legal hand (preferably retired High Court Judge) for coordinating efforts of various Lawyers; a person with proven track record from law enforcement agency, a media person to build an image, a bureaucrat of repute to deal with administrators and a top notch Banking person o take care of Fls, IDBI, IIBI, UTI, and other Banks, should form the team. Leader has to be the employer or who is closest to the employer and is privy to long-term aims and objectives of the company. The leader also has to exercise control on all members of the team. A subtle and calculated approach is required to tackle officials holding key positions. Overkill spoils the gains and remains are never palatable. Proactive strategy for damage control has to be adopted at times. Chances created for greater interaction provides opportunities for potent persuation. Easier access to information makes better quality of research and collaborative work becomes easier for the group. Leading members of the Corporate Affairs department must also join trade association like FICCI; PHD Chamber of Commerce and CII. These are the platforms to interact more and more with Govt. Officials and to project company’s image. These trade associations and their office bearers are closest to the Govt. Indian Corporate World as a whole, present on one platform attracts politicians and Govt. officials for seeking combined approval of governmental policies. Foreign trade delegates also interact with Indian business houses available on these platforms. Likewise members get a chance to be selected, on behalf on the Govt. of India, to visit foreign countries for exploratory trade prospects and dialogue. All said and done these trade associations bear hall mark of Governmental approval and a lot can be achieved by company if responsible and high-ranking executives represent us on these fora. We have to make our presence felt. It is a Corporate Affairs function.

5. METHODOLOGY: - After careful selection of the core group for management of Corporate Affairs Programme, a working methodology has to be adopted. In the first meeting the leader should allocate Govt. ministries; departments; Judiciary; quasi-judicial authorities; law enforcement agencies and Fls for being cultivated & monitored by nominated members of the group. Tasks have to be clearly defined so that members do not overstep and don’t tread on each other’s toes. A monthly meeting must also be taken and predicted outcome must come through within the time frame.

In the context of your company, the race has just started and anyone with enough guts, determination and the will to win could break the tape at the finish line. Abstract justice does not count for any thing when a corporate’s life is on the line and ethics are only down to jungle rules. It is in this context that the management of corporate affairs implementation programme must get top priority. Befitting one’s requirements, it has got to be tailor-made.

By
VM Pandit
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