February 2011 - CII

statescapebusiness unit and cultivate creativity in the organisation to buildgroup cohesion and rapport. Mr Ajay Bhalla from Cass BusinessSchool City University London shared guidelines for having effectivefamily business.The programme highlighted upon the following key issues• Global innovation strategy and firm configuration24 December 2010, JalandharBusinesses in Punjab and particularly in Jalandhar are primarilyfamily run affairs and with the growth of businesses, a need forevolving a different model becomes imperative to avoid conflictswithin the family and also to perpetuate family business. Thesession helped industry develop better understanding on family• Influence of ownership & governance structure on innovationand entrepreneurship• Operation in emerging market with specific focus on IndiaBusiness partners, family members and other decision makers fromfamily run businesses/industry participated and learned from theexperience of the eminent speaker.r a j a s t h a nInteraction with H.E. Shri Shivraj Patil, Governorof Rajasthan, 7 January 2011, JaipurA meeting was held with H.E. Shri Shivraj Patil, Governor ofRajasthan to brief him on CII activities and initiatives in Rajasthan.Meeting with...Mr R K Singh, Regional Commissioner – Provident Fund,Rajasthan & with Mr S K Verma, Passport Officer, Rajasthanto discuss the issues of members related to PF and Passport15 December 2010, JaipurMr Niranjan Arya, Commissioner– Commercial Taxes,Government of Rajasthan to discuss issues related with VAT,Input Tax Credit, GST, 13 January 2011, JaipurTop: Rohit Saboo, Chairman, CII Rajasthan with H E Shri Shivraj Patil, Governorof RajasthanAbove: R K Singh, Regional Commissioner – Provident Fund, Rajasthan & withS K Verma, Passport Officer, Rajasthan during an interaction with CII members24 C I I n o r t h e r n r e g i o n n e w s l e t t e r