TY - BOOK AU - Bhattacharyya, Asish K. TI - Corporate Governance in India: Change and Continuity SN - 9780199469321 U1 - 658.4 BHA 23rd PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Corporate Governance; India N1 - It includes List of Tables, Foreword, Abbreviations ,Contents, Index and about the editor and contributors; 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) ; 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 UR - https://india.oup.com/product/corporate-governance-in-india-9780199469321?searchbox_input=Corporate%20Governance ER -