Workshop On Corporate Governance

Dissemination Workshop on Corporate Governance
As Part of UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Tripartite Partnership Program
Hosted by Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Joka Campus
Venue: FP Seminar Room
23rd December, 2014

09.15-09.30:

Professor Anindya Sen (Academic Dean) on Issues related with our recent achievements in accreditation and Research Possibilities: IIMC Perspective

09.30-09.45:

Prof Ashoke Banerjee (Dean, New Initiative and External relations) on collaborative research plausibility using IIMC initiatives and Finance Lab facilities.

09.45-10.15:

Speech by the UKIERI representative

10.15-11:00:

Keynote speech: Corporate Governance - Certain Issues and Concerns

Speaker: Mr. P.K.Choudhury, Chairman & Group CEO, ICRA Ltd

11.00-11.15: Tea-Coffee break

11.15-12.00:

Presentation: Does board structure matter in an environment of Type II agency problems? Evidence from relative effectiveness of alternative corporate governance mechanisms in India

Presenter: Dr Ekta Selarka, Madras School of Economics (Project CI)

Discussant: Professor Subrata Sarkar, IGIDR (Mumbai) and Shiv Nadar University (Gurgaon)

12.00-12.30:

Presentation: The role of expert firm in corporate governance

Presenter: Professor Sanjay Banerji, Nottingham University Business School

12:30-12:50:

Presentation: Corporate Governance and CSR

Presenter: Prof Arpita Ghosh, Finance Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

12.50-01.30:

Brief presentation on Financial Sector Reforms in India by Professor Sumon Bhaumik (University of Sheffield), based on the project’s findings, and open forum discussion

01:30-02.30: Lunch Venue: Tata Hall.

Contact :

Programme Chair: Prof Manisha Chakrabarty, Associate Professor in Economics Group, IIM Calcutta
mchakrabarty@iimcal.ac.in