"Indian Staffing Federation" (ISF), India’s apex voice & platform for staffing commemorates it's 10th-year completion with a hybrid Summit

 

New Delhi: "Indian Staffing Federation "(ISF), the apex body that represents staffing companies in India, held a hybrid summit in New Delhi to mark its 10-year completion with Shri. Sunil Barthwal, Hon'ble Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. Of India as the Chief Guest. Former board members - K Pandiarajan, Raja Sekhar Reddy, Asim Handa, Srikanth Rengarajan, Aditya Misra, Dr. Moorthy Uppaluri, A G Rao, Tapasi Chakraborty, Munish Kumar, K Pandiarajan, Rachna Saksena, Kamal Karanth, Kush Bhargava, Soumen Basu, Vipul Prakash, Namr Kishore & Bhavna Udernani were felicitated on the occasion by the Hon’ble secretary. Ajit Issac, Chairman & MD, Quess Corp., and Manish Sabharwal, Executive Vice-Chairman, Team lease Services outlined their vision for the Indian staffing industry over the next 10-years. K Pandiarajan and Rituparna Chakraborty both former Presidents of ISF joined Bettina Schaller, President of, World Employment Federation in a panel to deliberate ways to build the staffing industry in India. Sudhakar Balakrishnan, Group CEO, First Meridian Business Services, Sandeep Gulati, MD, Manpower Group Services India, Viswanath Pudukkod, MD, Randstad India, Vidyasagar Gannamani, Chairman & MD, Adecco India, Pravin Tatavarti, MD, Allegis Services India & Marcos Segador, Country Head, Gi Group India deliberated on the Future of work and how ISF can play a role in light of changing employment trends globally. Narayan Bhargava, CMD, Calibehr Business Support Services, R P Yadav, CMD, Genius Consultants, Mehul Shah, MD, Collabera Technologies, Sanju Ballurkar, President-Experis, Manpower Group India, Suhas Basakhetre, MD, Prompt Personnel, Sameer Mehta, MD, Multiplier Brand, Pramod Pachisia, COO, 2 Coms Consulting & Somnath Banerjee, Director, Orion Corporate Alliance, discussed the role of current leaders in shaping the Indian staffing industry. A dossier containing the suggestions of the Indian staffing industry was handed over to the Hon’ble secretary by an ISF delegation on stage at the summit.

In his remarks, Shri. Sunil Barthwal, Hon’ble Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. Of India, said, “The rule-making process for the 4 labour codes is currently underway at both the central and state levels. Many states have responded and there is positive progress. I encourage the members of ISF to provide suggestions at the earliest after going through draft rules when published. I am confident the national license for the staffing industry will usher in a new era of reduced statutory hassles. The world is moving towards different labour models. We understand and are open to these as long as there is employment and protection. it would be really good if the staffing industry which is playing a major role in driving formalization to focus on improving the lives of 83% of informal workers. Linking the NCS portal to relevant portals of other ministries, we are working on various initiatives to make it easy and effective for the industry.”

In his opening address, Lohit Bhatia, President, Indian Staffing Federation, said, “It gives me immense pride to see ISF growing from 8 members in 2011 having 30000 on their rolls to 96 members today who provide formal employment & social security to over 1.06 million representing 1/3rd of India’s formal tri-partite staffing. On the policy front too, we are proud to have played a role in the 4 labor codes whose implementation will fuel the Indian economy’s growth besides bringing protection to over 39 Crore informal workers. Would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the Ministry of labor and employment which has been receptive and committed to reforms.”

In her comments, Suchita Dutta, Executive Director, Indian Staffing Federation, said, “Formalization of employment and freeing both labor and industry from various shackles, is a vision that ISF has been relentlessly working towards in the last decade. Would like to place on record the immense support we have received from each member in driving the industry and the other stakeholders including the government towards that vision.”