My Interest
CA Narinder Jit Singh (Silver Medalist - IIM Kashipur)
Internal Auditor & Risk Management Professional with more than 2 decades of experience
On WhatsApp, I was included in the WhatsApp Internal Audit Circle group due to my professional affiliation with the field. Group was administered by one of the industry thespian in the Internal Audit field. In the meantime, I was doing some project for my EPGPM course from IIM Kashipur in Internal Audit area. It proved to be handy. However for my project feedback requirements, I gathered lot of other Internal Audit heads mobile numbers. After my project was over, I requested to the administrator of the group to include Internal Audit heads into Internal Audit circle group, who are not already present. He immediately made me co-administrator of the group.
When for the first time, I added few contacts without their permissions; they simple opted out without knowing the purpose. It gave me a lesson, not to include anyone without his or her consent. From then onwards, I kept on adding various Internal Audit heads into that group as and when someone came in touch with me and consented to be part of it.
Till date nobody refused to become the part of this esteemed Internal Audit circle. However lately, when I sent invitation to one of the Chief Audit Executive, who was heading internal audit of one of biggest reputed corporate in India (I am not mentioning industry to avoid his specific identification), he raised very peculiar question which till date I have also not thought about.
He asked “what is my interest in the whole deal of including him in this WhatsApp group?”
For the first time, it set me thinking, why I am doing so. I am in service not in practice. It couldn’t be of any use. Then my mind suggested Narinder following could be your objectives along with my devilish mind negating everything suggested:
- Learning from the experiences of various Chief Audit Executives as and when they share their experiences. (Nah!! as it rarely happens)
- Getting to know problems they face, if they happen to share in the group. (Ouch!! very rarely anyone throws any issue – and if someone does, very few respond)
- I might get to know about vacancies. (Boo!! rarely does it happen – most of the times between head IA and auditor, no one is present. If present, I am already at that or senior level, so rarely an across shift possible)
- I might conduct further some project or research in field of Internal Audit with involvement of these Chief Audit Executives. (Hmm!! but why group, I have mobile numbers, I can otherwise do it.)
So then what was the objective of being part of the group or running it?
Then my devilish mind suggested, if it is not my ego plastering and yearning for recognition by knowing so many Chief Audit Executives and facilitating them to interact in turn gaining some popularity. We all want to be famous and hero. Tsk-tsk!!! Could be!!!
But whatever could be the objectives of my running and promoting the group, one thing is sure, it has given me incentive to write again and break the impasse, I was passing through. Period……………..
However my readers are free to suggest what should be the objectives of running such a group. Help me out so that I too can benefit………………….
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Risk pro @ State Bank of India- International Banking
8 年All professional group meant to stay connected, if we restrict to the agenda and avoid jokes. The common issues can be thrown and let some of them share their views. The benefit of creating such group can be questioned and can be proved with too. However, tell me What is the harm ?
Sr. Mag. Legal
8 年In the context of any Profession / Job. Be a part of/ include someone in, any group on Virtual World/Social Networking means to keep in touch or share some time (though virtually) with some person who have common interest with you maybe your old friends/ person whom you meet, some times it comes handy sometimes not. But it's our perception Psychologically to be a part of group/team rather be in exile. In 1.33 billion people of India.
Partner at Sharp & Stellar | IPOs | Fund Raising - Equity & Debt | Management Consulting
8 年Dear Sir, I want to share my opinion about what could be a reason behind you activating everyone to one platform via a social group. I think we always had have a family everywhere. Family is when you are familiar with your alike. You would have been in school, college, colony where you had people of your class. But now because all the Internal Auditor Senior people cannot work in one company hence they are scattered. And you still create a family because you get that feeling that they too are traveling in the same sea where you are sailing yourself. Physically not possible because of long hours of work and meetings, therefore you make use of modern day technique of bringing people together. Had you just wanted to make some contacts you would not have included these highly reputed people to a group because in a whatsapp group, everyone is approachable to anyone Not just to you. You therefore do this to feel familiar. As stated, entirely my line of thinking. If you do get to realize the real reason I would be very eager to know it as well. Thanks
Chartered Accountant | Finance Controller | Head Business Finance | FP&A | Sales Controlling | Ex Ashok Leyland | Ex Volvo Eicher
8 年Nice sharing sir. .
Senior Vice President - Internal Audit | CAE at Delhivery | IIMA (SMP09) | Internal Audit | SoX | SQL | Data Analytics | Risk Management | SAP | CA, CS, CIA | Big Data Enthusiast | Ex-HCL | Ex-Valvoline
8 年Though, there are various forums such as IIA chapters and CFE chapters. However, these forums are not close knit as this whatsapp group is. This group gave me opportunity to know closely some of the best minds of IA community . Discussion also happens off the whatsapp basis this group. One of my ex colleague wanted to get in touch with one of CAE who is member of this group. I connected both of them. Hope both would be benefited. Keep on adding IA heads....