ISODA conducts West Regional Meet

ISODA has organized a Regional Meet on 28th February, 2014 to meet up with partners hailing from the West. The meeting was attended by around 34 members.

Regional Secretary Jiten Mehta welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming in such large numbers in spite of it being the month end. He praised the Tech Summit Team for their Agenda, hospitality and the venue. For the benefit of Members who had not attended the Tech Summit which was held at Pattaya (Thailand), he requested Chairman Nityanand Shetty to brief them on the Vision of ISODA 2.0.

The Chairman, on his part, spoke about the vision he had presented at the Tech Summit. He elaborated on the concepts of ISODA 2.0 and how it would help in networking and collaboration. He also mentioned that a template would be circulated among the members, which they would be required to fill and submit within the required time frame. The members were delighted to hear about the vision.

General Secretary Manish Tandon emphasized the need to contemplate upon the idea of appointing a panel of consultants for various domains like Tax Consultation, HR and Finance. 

The Regional Secretary invited Rajesh Kothari and Paresh Shah (Tax Team) to give insights on the tax committee activities at the Shome Panel and the BJP meet with senior BJP leaders. The Team updated the members on the progress of the same besides throwing some light on Captain Ashok Shiroor’s report on ISODA representation in the MAIT meeting held at Delhi. They requested everyone to be more forthright in sharing information which the Tax Committee had asked for in their earlier communications to the member community. They put across the point that lack of response would be a barrier in taking their work forward and more participation from the members would help the members cause in tax-related issues with the Government.

Guest Speaker Monisha Basakhatre was invited to talk on Talent Management/Acquisition/retention for any organization. She gave the members a lot of insight into the topic.