Centre for Excellence in Corporate Governance
Quarterly Briefing on:
ESG Rating Agencies in the Regulatory Cross Hairs (.pdf)
Chief Contributor: Paul Smith, Kubra Koldemir, Andrea Webster and Ayse Kasikci
October 2022
Archives of Quarterly Briefings
| # | QUARTERLY BRIEFING ON | CHIEF CONTRIBUTOR | MONTH & YEAR | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandatory Board Governance in India: Lessons from new regulatory regime | Ekta Selarka | Mar 2022 |  |
| 2 | Related Party Transactions: Implications for Investor Protection | Poonam Singh and Vikas Kumar | Feb 2022 | |
| 3 | Shares with Differential Voting Rights | Bala N Balasubramanian | May 2020 | |
| 4 | Takeover and Corporate Governance in India | Poonam Singh | Feb 2020 | |
| 5 | The Audit Committee's Responsibility to the Auditor | Nawshir Mirza | Nov 2019 | |
| 6 | Caution: Independent Directors – Hairpin Turns Ahead! | Bala N Balasubramanian | Apr 2019 | |
| 7 | Environmental and Social Reporting by Indian Companies | Umakanth Varottil | Jan 2019 | |
| 8 | Global Asset Managers and the Rise of Long Term Sustainable Value | Vikramaditya S. Khanna | Oct 2018 | |
| 9 | Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) - A Modest Proposal to Improve its Effectiveness | Asish K Bhattacharyya and Nirmal Mohanty | Jul 2018 | |
| 10 | Statutory CSR under Companies Act - Stylized Facts and Way Forward | Subrata Sarkar | Apr 2018 | |
| 11 | The Stakeholder Responsibility of Corporate Boards | Umakanth Varottil and Mihir Naniwadekar | Jan 2018 | |
| 12 | An Indian Stewardship Code : Imperatives and Challenges | Guy R. Jubb & Nirmal Mohanty | Oct 2017 | |
| 13 | Board and Director Independence in Controlled Companies | Bala N Balasubramanian | Jun 2017 | |
| 14 | The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Implications for Corporate Governance | Sharad Abhyankar and Nirmal Mohanty | Apr 2017 | |
| 15 | Board and Audit Committee Meetings under Regulations – Compliance in Letter or Compliance in Spirit | Subrata Sarkar | Jan 2017 | |
| 16 | Issues in Board and Director Independence | Bala N Balasubramanian | Oct 2016 | |
| 17 | Risk Management and the Board of Directors in Indian Firms | Afra Afsharipour | Jul 2016 | |
| 18 | The Long and Short of Insider Trading Regulation in India | Umakanth Varottil | Apr 2016 | |
| 19 | Independent Directors under the new dispensation | Jamil Khatri | Jan 2016 | |
| 20 | Indian Corporate Board Structure: Moving Towards Best Practices? | Subrata Sarkar | Oct 2015 | |
| 21 | "Gender Diversity on Boards" | N Balasubramanian and Nirmal Mohanty | Jul 2015 | |
| 22 | "Corporate Governance in State-Owned Enterprises" | Umakanth Varottil | Apr 2015 | |
| 23 | Related Party Transactions | Vikramaditya Khanna | Jan 2015 | |
| 24 | Board Evaluations | N Balasubramanian | Oct 2014 | |
| 25 | Corporate Social Responsibility Under Companies Act, 2013 | Subrata Sarkar | Jul 2014 | |
| 26 | Directors' Duties and Liabilities in the New Era | Umakanth Varottil | Apr 2014 | |
| 27 | Comply or Explain: An Alternate Approach to Corporate Governance | Nawshir Mirza and Nirmal Mohanty | Jan 2014 | |
| 28 | Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance | Vikramaditya Khanna | Oct 2013 | |
| 29 | Audit Committee Regulations and Market Response | Subrata Sarkar | Jul 2013 | |
| 30 | Emergence of Shareholder Activism in India | Umakanth Varottil | Apr 2013 | |
Recognizing the important role that stock exchanges play in enhancing corporate governance (CG) standards, NSE has organized new initiatives relating to CG. To encourage best standards of CG among the Indian corporates and to keep them abreast of the emerging and existing issues, in December, 2012, NSE set up a Centre for Excellence in Corporate Governance (NSE CECG), which is an independent expert advisory body comprising eminent domain experts, academics and practitioners. The expert body discuss CG issues and development from time to time. The ‘Quarterly Briefing’, a note that offers an analysis of one emerging or existing CG issue, is a product emerging from these discussions.
| Name | Designation |
|---|---|
| Deepak M. Satwalekar | Former MD & CEO, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. |
| Nawshir Mirza | Professional Independent Director |
| Sharad Abhyankar | Commercial Lawyer and M&A Partner, Khaitan & Co. |
| Subrata Sarkar | Professor, IGIDR |
| Umakanth Varottil | Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Vikramaditya Khanna | Professor, University of Michigan Law School |
| Tirthankar Patnaik | Member Secretary, NSE CECG |
Updated on: 02/01/2023
