New Delhi: The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to achieve the mandate of investor education, awareness and protection by utilizing the tele-lecturing facility of Gyan Darshan Channel.
IEPFA’s association with IGNOU/Gyan Darshan channel is expected to help in propagating the message of Investor Education and Awareness among a large group of present and prospective stakeholders.
The panel of resource persons for the lecture series would include experts from professional institutions such as The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), and Senior officials from IEPFA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and other regulators. The proposed lecture series of 75 episodes will be live tele-lecturing series on 24×7 Gyan Darshan TV channel and is a part of the ongoing celebration of the yearlong activity commemorating the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
26 Episodes of the tele-lecturing series were earlier rolled out in the year 2021 which were appreciated by all stakeholders. The repository of the tele-lectures is available on IEPFA’s official YouTube channel.
Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, stated that IGNOU and IEPFA with this initiative shall reach out to youth and other stakeholders at large which would be productive in fulfilling the vision and mission of both the organizations.
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) has been established under Section 125 of the Companies Act 2013 for administration of the IEPF fund as per section 125 (3) of Companies Act 2013. The main objective of the authority includes to promote investor education, awareness and protection, refund unclaimed shares, dividends and other amounts transferred to it under sections 124 and 125 of the Companies Act 2013 to the rightful claimants. IEPFA works under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
-global bihari bureau
