OBJECTIVES

To provide the participants with a broad conceptual framework and understanding of Industry practice and compliance issues in corporate governance.

PROGRAMME CONTENTS

         i.            Corporate Governance and Corporate Accountability

An introduction and general mapping of the issues with reference to the relevant academic literature on the subject:

• The legal model of the company, and its failure
• Forces driving corporate governance since the 90s
• The Cadbury model and codes of corporate governance

       ii.            The Board as a mechanism of corporate governance.

The presenters will seek to elicit the views of participants while defining the issues, summarizing research, and making their own suggestions on the following  topics :

• Responsibilities of the Board;
• What constitutes "independence" of directors?
• What should non-executive directors be doing?
• Audit Committee
• Institutional Nominees;
• The need for a legislative statement of directors' duties.
2. Corporate Governance and the Market.
   • Disclosure and transparency issues
   • Accounting standards and auditor’s independence
   • Do Institutional Investors have governance responsibilities?
   • Corporate governance and takeover regulations
   • Shareholder voting rights
3. Between Self-Regulation and Compliance
   • Corporate law and the Department of Corporate Affairs
   • SEBI Code of Corporate Governance and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
   • Compliance issues and some company responses.

Panel Discussion

Participants will interact with a panel comprising professionals from differing backgrounds within the corporate system  on  what corporate governance means to them

TARGET AUDIENCE

Top and middle management corporate executives and officers associated with process of compliance, corporate legal and strategic consultants and representatives of accounting firms

DURATION & TIMINGS

2 days

9.30 am to 5.30 pm

FEES

Rs. 4,500.00 + 10.30% (Service Tax + Education Cess) per participant inclusive of course material, tuition fees, snacks and lunch.

PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

Vispi Rusi Bhathena,
Piyush Shelat,

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