Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
87A. Professional Development Committee
The Professional Development Committee shall perform the
following functions, namely:
(1) Maintaining contacts with the various departments of the
Central and State Governments and other public and privates bodies with a view
to enlisting their support in the furtherances of the interest of the members
of the Institute;
(2) Making representations to the Central and State Governments
in connection with matters of professional and business interest with a view to
raising the standard and status of the profession;
(3) Arranging for intercourse among the members of the Institute
by regular meetings, conferences, seminars, talks and lectures for the
acquisition and dissemination of useful information in connection with the
profession of accountancy;
(4) Propagating amongst the members of the Institute the
advisability and the necessity of observing the rules of professional etiquette
and the provisions of the Act and the Regulations;
(5) Publication, issue and circulation of books, pamphlets and
other literatures on matters of professional interest except Journal and
research publications;
(6) Offering suggestions to the Council for amendment of various
Acts, both Central and State, for betterment of the profession;
(7) Doing such things as may be considered necessary for general
upliftment of the status of the Institute and the profession of cost accountancy
and all other things which are incidentals or conducive to the attainment of
the above objectives.