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Corporate Governance in India : Change and Continuity / edited by Asish K. Bhattacharyya

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016Edition: 1st EdDescription: xxviii, 309p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN:
  • 9780199469321
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Description What are the key objectives of corporate governance? How effective has it been in India? Why has the need for good governance intensified over the last decade? Have the recent developments in the field opened up a wide range of governance issues? This book addresses such debates and provides an insight into advancing and improving corporate governance practices in India. It explores the evolution of corporate governance and discusses crucial aspects such as compensation for executives, gender diversity on Indian boards, ethical business, independent directors, audit committees, corporate governance in state-owned enterprises, and corporate social responsibility. The volume also critically examines important provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 along with the revised clause 49. With essays from distinguished academics, practitioners, and research scholars, it brings out contemporary perspectives on the provisions, challenges, and opportunities in the field within a comparative global context. About the Author Asish K. Bhattacharyya is professor at and head of School of Corporate Governance and Public Policy, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Haryana, India. He is a Senior Advisor with BSR & Co. LLP (the audit arm of KPMG).
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It includes List of Tables, Foreword, Abbreviations ,Contents, Index and about the editor and contributors.

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What are the key objectives of corporate governance? How effective has it been in India? Why has the need for good governance intensified over the last decade? Have the recent developments in the field opened up a wide range of governance issues?
This book addresses such debates and provides an insight into advancing and improving corporate governance practices in India. It explores the evolution of corporate governance and discusses crucial aspects such as compensation for executives, gender diversity on Indian boards, ethical business, independent directors, audit committees, corporate governance in state-owned enterprises, and corporate social responsibility.
The volume also critically examines important provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 along with the revised clause 49. With essays from distinguished academics, practitioners, and research scholars, it brings out contemporary perspectives on the provisions, challenges, and opportunities in the field within a comparative global context.

About the Author

Asish K. Bhattacharyya is professor at and head of School of Corporate Governance and Public Policy, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Haryana, India. He is a Senior Advisor with BSR & Co. LLP (the audit arm of KPMG).

Table of contents:
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Bhaskar Chatterjee
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Asish K. Bhattacharyya

1. Cogitations on Corporate Governance: When It Began, How It Began, and Where Is It Now
Pratip Kar
2. Evolution and Challenges in the Companies Act, 2013
Rajesh Chakrabarti and Mandar Kagade
3. Current Status of Corporate Governance in India
Shveta Singh, Surendra S. Yadav, and P.K. Jain
4. The Comply-or-Explain Approach for Enforcing Governance Norms
Subrata Sarkar
5. The One Woman Director Mandate: History and Trajectory
Afra Afsharipour
6. Enabling Laws, Greater Liabilities, Higher Enforcements: Moving towards a More Ethical Business World in India?
Kaushik Dutta and Prasanna Mohanty
7. The Legal Structure of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Jaivir Singh
8. Law, Regulatory Transformations, and Institutional Change: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Shuchi Bharti
9. Corporate Governance Norms in State-Owned Enterprises: Are We Using Apples to Assess Oranges?
Manju Jaiswall
10. The Emerging Role of Independent Directors in the Boardroom
Garima Dadhich
11. Executive Compensation in India: An Empirical Investigation
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Samir K. Barua, and D. Karthik
12. Evolution of Law Pertaining to Related-Party Transactions in India
Sandeep Parekh
13. Audit in Corporate Governance
Asish K. Bhattacharyya
14. Integrity of the Financial Reporting Process: Demystifying the Role of Audit Committees
Naveen Kumar Srivastava and Kaushik Dutta

Index
About the Editor and Contributors

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