The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. The confederation is headquartered in New Delhi.
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Function
CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. CII undertakes extensive research, interacts with key government officials and disseminates information through regular publications, seminars and events. With 57 offices in India, 7 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan, Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 240 counterpart organisations in 101 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
History
CII was established in 1895. The initial partners were five engineering firms, all members of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the beginning, the name of the organisation was Engineering and Iron Trades Association (EITA). EITA was set up with a goal to pressurise the British government to place government orders for iron and steel and engineering goods with companies based in India (the practice then was to place government orders with firms based in UK). The name was subsequenrly changed to Indian Engineering Association (IEA), Engineering Association of India (EAI), Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI), Confederation of Engineering Industry (CEI) and finally to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 1992.
Membership
CII Founded over 110 years ago, it is India’s premier business association, with a direct membership of over 5800 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs and indirect membership of over 95,000 companies from around 325 national and regional sectoral associations.
Publication
CII brings out research reports on various segments of Indian industry. Associations Council (ASCON) department of CII prepares and publishes ASCON Industry Monitor every two months. The Industry Monitor is organised according to production, sales and exports figures for each industry or industry segments. The figures in the monitor usually compares performance over the corresponding time one year ago. CII's Publication Division based in its Gurgaon office deals with all CII publications.
Library
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Library is the Central Library & Information Centre of CII headquarters and has prime objective of supporting information needs of its members and staff. Library's main objective is to acquire, maintain and enhance access to business information available in print and non-print formats relevant to the research needs of library patrons. Library has large collection on various segments of Indian industry. The collection comprises mainly books, journals, CDs, audio-visuals, photographs and grey documents. Resources include CII publications and conference proceedings, national & international statistics, national & international directories and databases, exhibitor catalogues, corporate laws, and other documents such as Working papers, Govt. reports, annual reports of Companies, Ministries and Govt. Departments. Digital collection includes documents such as proceedings, presentations, statistical databases, industrial directories, digital books, annual reports and online databases.
Services offered are reference and referral, document delivery, current awareness (Book Alerts, Article Alerts), and database search. Library also caters to the information needs of all those interested in business and industry: Entrepreneurs, Government officials, students, researchers, librarians, analysts, investors, and journalists. Customised information is also provided on request. The library remains open for research and reference from Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. IST.
Trade Fair
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organises trade fairs to promote Indian industry. Some of the flagship trade fairs are: IETF, Auto Expo, Agrotech, IMME, etc. CII has been organizing a biannual trade fair called IETF India since 1975 providing platform for Buyer – Seller Interactions for international and Indian audience. It attracted a participation of 1,15,000 in 2005 (the last time it was organized) it's next edition IETF India 2007 is scheduled to start from 13th Feb2007.
