Date & Time

Saturday 4th June, 2016
Address

Hotel Le- Meridien, New Delhi
Theme

Driving a Sustainable Organisation through Board Diversity

Guest of Honour

Meenakshi Lekhi

Hon'ble Member Parliament for New Delhi, Govt. of India
Chairman Address

Justice (Dr.) Arijit Pasayat

Co-Chairman
Institute of Directors & Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

Distinguished Speakers

Mamta Binani

President
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Vasudha Mishra, IAS

Managing Director
National Cooperative Development Corporation
Veena Swarup

Director (HR)
Engineers India Ltd.
Prithvi Haldea

Founder-Chairman
PRIME Database

Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya

Independent Management Advisor & Former Prof. IIM, Kolkata & London Business School
Fatima Mahdi Karan

Consulting Editor
Bloomberg TV India
Manasi Kirloskar

Executive Director
Kirloskar Systems
Mohini Daljeet Singh

Chief Executive
MAX India Foundation

Ruchi Agarwal

Director Partner Marketing & Strategy, Microsoft India
Narayani Mahil

Director Corporate Communications, BP plc
Jayashree Satagopan

Chief Financial Officer
PI Industries Ltd.
Ilam Kamboj

Managing Partner
Kamboj Law Chambers

Reena Dayal

Sr. Director
Engineering Microsoft India Director, Storage Networking Industry Association, India
Nirupa Bhatt

Managing Director
India & Middle East, GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
Nesar Ahmad

Past President
ICSI & Corporate Secretaries International Association (CSIA), Geneva, Switzerland
Shukla Wassan

Executive Director
Legal & Company Secretary, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

N. K. Jain

Corporate Advisor & Past Secretary & CEO, ICSI
Dr. Aquil Busrai

Chief Executive Officer
Aquil Busrai Consulting
Pooja Aggarwal

Chief Financial Officer
Birlasoft
Dr. Rekha Shetty

Managing Director
Farstar Distribution Network

About the Programme

The Corporate boards have been at the centre of many reforms, especially the game changing Indian Companies Act 2013. The boards need to realize that there are gaps between governance ideals and governance realties, which need to be closed to ensure effective corporate functioning. One such gap, which has caught recent attention, is the Board Diversity gap. Any well functioning board requires a heterogeneous composition of skills, nationality, culture, gender and most importantly thoughts. The One day Seminar on Board Diversity, is an attempt to deliberate on the perspective and prospects of a diverse board and its effectiveness. The Seminar also aims to discuss the special role and vitality of gender diverse boards and their impact on corporate performance. In a nutshell, the Seminar aims to discuss how boards can be more inclusive and future ready.

Seminar Highlights

Information packed and insightful sessions
Top Industry Experts loaded with professional experience
Network with top women leaders & experts from business, government & civil society
Power packed panel discussions on the most topical board issues in diversity

Who Would Benefit

All Stakeholders interested in Corporate Governance, Corporate Transformation & Leadership.
Company Secretaries (CS), Compliance Officers, Management & Financial Analysts & all concerned with ethical conduct of companies and good governance.
Senior Women leaders and professionals, Women Directors and all other directors (including Independent Directors), Presidents, CEOs, CFOs.
Students pursuing professional and management students, legislators, lawyers and jurists.