The Commission shall arrange appropriate training in India and abroad for the Chairperson, Members, Officers and other employees assisting the Commission about competition issues and participation in international events as considered necessary by the Commission. The Commission shall also arrange appropriate training for the stakeholders. 
                            

            The Commission has been given the task of creating awareness and support for competition policy among the business community and the civil society. The Commission organizes conferences, seminars and workshop to promote understanding of the role of competition in a market economy and to show how its enforcement activities further such goals; how competition benefits both consumers and businesses by ensuring the supply of goods and services at the lowest possible price, how producers in competitive markets are forced to respond to the demands of their customers and how competitive markets result in the most efficient allocation of resources to the benefit of the entire economy.  Competition enforcement is more effective when the community understands and supports competition policy.

            The Commission, with the above objective in mind has organized the following seminars/conferences/training programmes to create awareness among various stakeholders.

(i)                  Competition Advocacy Seminar for Professional Bodies (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India) held on 2.3.05; about 100 professionals participated; Institutes are being encouraged to undertake follow up action.

(ii)                Competition Advocacy Seminar for Industry held on 16.4.2005; about 150 industry representatives participated. Apex Industry Associations nominated Nodal Officers on Competition matters. Associations agreed to organize advocacy programmes with technical support of the Commission.

(iii)               The officers of CCI, Representatives of leading legal firms and academicians have been imparted training on competition issues by the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice of USA from 9^th May to 14^th May, 2005.

(iv)              Competition Advocacy Seminar for the State Governments held on 19.5.2005; 24 State Governments represented. Seminar attended by noted economists, representatives from Central Ministries, Planning Commission, industries, consumer associations, etc; consensus emerged on follow up action.

(v)                Two post graduate students of economics of Jawaharlal Nehru University underwent training as interns from 16.5.05 to 15.7.05.