The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) is a central civil service training institute under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India for the central civil servants of the Indian Corporate Law Service cadre.
It fulfils various functions in the areas of corporate affairs regulation, governance, and policy. It was established in 2008 at Manesar, Haryana.
It houses the top cadre training academy of the Indian Corporate Law Service. ICLS is an organised Group A service, recruited through the All India Civil Service Examination. ICLS officers are posted across India.
The IICA as per its functional mandate, caters to a distinct user base of working professionals, chartered professionals, practitioners, career executives, corporate KMP(s) etc. for upgrade, enhancement and augmentation of their professional competency and skill base, for which the institute runs various short term courses and some long-term programs on an array of subjects in the spectrum of corporate affairs inter alia Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Independent Directors, Finance and Financial Reporting, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), Valuation, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), ADR, Business and Human Rights (BHR), Investor Education and Protection, MSME, Competition Law Procurement/ PPP, Market Regulation etc. This means the user base for IICA is limited, being niche and specialized subjects.
IICA works to create opportunities for research, education, training and advocacy.