CS Harish K. Vaid
Vice-President, Council ofThe ICSI
CS Harish K. Vaid has been elected as the Vice-President of the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) w.e.f 19th January 2013.
CS Harish K Vaid, a Commerce & Law Graduate, is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Besides being a Life Member of Indian Law Institute, Member of All India Management Association, Fellow
Member of the Institute of Administrative Management and Member of various Committees on Corporate Laws constituted by ASSOCHAM, Confederation of Indian Industries and PHD Chambers of Commerce & Industry.
Before joining the profession of Company Secretary 31 years ago, he had served 7 years in various capacities in the Office of the Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. Presently heading the Corporate
and Legal Departments of the well diversified Jaypee Group, he is designated as Sr.President (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary of Jaiprakash Associates Limited, the flagship Company of the Group. He is also Director on the Boards of various companies in India and abroad, besides being member of Managing Committee of various Societies, Trusts and Educational Institutions.
With an illustrious good academic career backed by widely acclaimed acumen in his chosen field of professional pursuit, CS Harish K Vaid has been taking keen and active interest in the activities of The Institute of Company Secretaries of
India. He had been Chairman of the NIRC of the ICSI in the year 1987 and has been elected to the Central Council of the Institute for six terms, including the present term.
He is a Member of the Quality Review Board constituted by the Government of India for the ICSI. He had been Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Chartered Secretary; the Journal of the ICSI; Member, Managing Committee of Company
Secretaries Benevolent Fund and Member of the various Committees constituted by the ICSI and Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
He has authored articles/technical papers, addressed & moderated various technical Seminars, symposia, talks, study circle meetings organized by various forums including the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, Field Offices of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and other Professional bodies, both in India & abroad.
He has represented the ICSI and other leading Industry Associations before various Parliamentary Committees.
CS Vaid is widely travelled within India and abroad.
