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Know your CSoC with So-far Story, Journey and Month-wise performance on Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:11 pm
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CSoC (CS Students’ Online Club) the first ever online network devoted for budding corporate professionals was started on 18th June, 2009 by CS. Bilu Balakrishnan, a true visionary and a reformer in imparting education and knowledge for corporate professionals and students. CSoC is designed as a platform to share, discuss and update the professional knowledge of Club members. The Club has an in-built discussion forum containing more than 1400 topics which are listed in the Club Discussion Forum under 29 different threads, relating to matters on Law, Accounting, Secretarial, Taxation, Management, LLP, CS profession, Exam Guidance, CS Jobs and Training, Training Doubts, Career Guidance and Support, New Developments, Upcoming Events etc. The Club Executive answers the queries posted and the Club Experts help the members of the Club. The Club apart from being a platform for sharing knowledge among budding Corporate Professional fraternity tries to give inputs or suggestions to the Institute / Professional Bodies through polls, opinion reports etc.
The Club immensely benefits students pursuing CS, CA and CWA Courses, Corporate Professional, Lawyers, Corporate Law Teachers, Corporate Consultants, and prospective students of professional courses as they can post their queries and for quick and prompt responses. One such example of this professional commitment is the reply to a query titled “I want to know about Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs” from Mr. Atit Shah for which a detailed and comprehensive answer was given by CS. Bilu, Founder of the Club, within a matter of minutes. CSoC is backed by experienced Company Secretaries, Chartered Accountants & Other Corporate Professionals, who are willing to serve the fraternity of budding corporate professionals.
INITIATIVES OF THE CLUB
For the Month of JULY, 2009:
1. CSoC announced a Month Wise declaration of ‘CSoC BEST USER OF THE MONTH’ Award on the basis of highest number of Posts made. Mr. Nidhin Das was declared as BEST POSTED USER for gaining highest POINTS (1,109) as on JULY 16th, 2009 and so he was awarded CLUB PREMIUM MEMBER LOGO.
2. The first Newsletter of the CS STUDENTS’ ONLINE CLUB with the name CSoC NEWSLETTER was released which was available for free download by the members of the club.
3. An Online Poll for the effectiveness of the Club was sought within one month of the launch, for which it received 100% of the votes in the ‘Excellent’ category.
For the Month of AUGUST, 2009:
1. A fully loaded state-of-art flash built website intended to be an e-friend to update & master company law called COMPANY LAW 4 STUDENTS was launched.
2. A new portal exclusive for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) education for students called ifrs 4 students was launched on 15th August, 2009.
3. The Club registered total visitor strength of 5,000 on 17th August, 2009.
4. Announcement that the Club will be launching soon its next portal for CS JOBS & TRAINING VACANCIES.
For the Month of SEPTEMBER, 2009:
1. On 4th the Club Membership crossed 300.
2. The Club was re-designed for the first time to have a more professional and user friendly look by increasing the server space, to accommodate more members and contents. Webinar facility was to be also to be incorporated.
3. On 07th the Club, as part of its Brand Building released a Logo to be used by the CS Students’ Online Club Members.
4. On 24th a series of exam and study guidance note named ‘SGS’ (STUDY GUIDANCE SERIES) was posted for the benefit of CS EXECUTIVE / FINAL STUDENTS preparing for December 2009 exams.
For the Month of NOVEMBER, 2009:
1. The Club promo was posted in YOUTUBE as part of Club Brand Building exercise.
2. On the 15th of November Club recorded 700 memberships and it became the only network for CS Students having HIGHEST NUMBER OF MEMBERS. CSoC became the LARGEST ONLINE NETWORK for CS students’ fraternity.
3. On the 20th the Club associated as Exclusive Marketing Partner (EMP) with a new knowledge portal ONECASELAWPERDAY.COM which is a unique e-learning venture by way of updating one case law per day thereby enabling students and professionals to learn and study a case law every day.
4. The Club again conducted a poll to gauge its effectiveness and again majority of the votes rated the club as good, very good and excellent.
For the Month of DECEMBER, 2009:
1. On 12th the Club reached a milestone by recording 1000 memberships. By this the Club became INDIA’S LARGEST ONLINE NETWORK FOR CS STUDENTS & CS FRATERNITY and therefore as a mark of this historic event 12th day of the 12th month at 12 ‘ o clock, the new Club Portal was launched.
2. The Club turned 6 months young on the 18th with 1,045 Members, 1,139 posts and with more than 25,000 visitors from all parts of India. As part of this occasion a new Brand LOGO for the club was launched.
3. As part of New Year Resolution a theme logo ‘GREEN CSOC – YEAR 2010′ with a tag line ‘Share Knowledge Online’ was initiated by the Club whereby it was decided to post as much topics as possible relating to Climate Change, Global Warming & Environment Laws as part of its commitment to Nature and to create awareness among Club Members and Visitors.
For the Month of JANUARY, 2010:
1. The Club introduced CSoC BEST ARTICLE OF THE MONTH whereby the best original & innovative topic posted by the members will be presented with the award. The topic for January was ‘COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LAWS IN INDIA’ and that for February was ‘Independent Directors – A required force for Corporate Governance’”. The Topic for the month of March is “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS – THE REAL RIGHT OF AN INNOVATOR”
2. The Club Weekly Newsletter was released on 7th whereby all updated posts from the Club will be mailed to the Club Members.
3. On the 19th in path-breaking initiative the Club’s promoters introduced the TRIAL VERSION of CSoC STUDY GUIDANCE PORTAL which will have new features such as exclusive guidance notes, exam tips, model questions, model answers and modern tools such as class videos, videos of lectures, audio streams of classes and a fully loaded book shelf.
4. The Club on the 22nd launched CSoC CS EVENTS PORTAL which informs all members the CS Events in India like Conferences, ADP, SMTP / MSOP, TOP etc.
5. CSoC linked for Content Supply Arrangement (CSA) with a newly launched portal for CA PCC and Final Students – an Exclusive Portal for teaching LAW, ETHICS, AUDITING & STANDARDS called LEAS.
For the Month of FEBRUARY, 2010:
1. Set up a proposal to include new segment titled ‘Success Stories’ will include articles/write-ups/interviews/discussion papers etc. of successful CS in India & abroad.
2. On 5th Club Membership increased to 1400.
3. On 18th registered a record 1500 Memberships.
Prepared by: SVJS Knowledge Lab Private Limited.

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