Company Director’s Programme: Board Best Practices

Dr. S Raghunath has been Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM Bangalore. He has been Chairperson for the Center for Corporate Governance and Citizenship. He has over 32 years of academic experience as well as a consultant to various multinational and domestic firms. He has been very active as an independent Director in several companies. He has written cases as well as published papers on Corporate Governance. He participated in the programme for trainers in corporate governance for South Asian countries in 2005 organized by the Global Corporate Governance Forum, sponsored under the aegis of the World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and administered by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington. He is the Chairperson for South Asia Board of Academy of International Business.

Professor Anil B. Suraj, at IIM Bangalore delivers core courses on – Public Administration and Law for the Fellow students, and Business Law for the MBA Programme, and for the Executive Management Programmes. Suraj has jointly coordinated the Phase-IV Mid-Career Training Programme in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers, and regularly delivers technical, sessions to Mid-career programmes of various All India Services on “Judicial Review of Policy making”, “WTO & TRIPS”; and “Intellectual Property Rights & Data Protection”.

Prior of joining IIM Bangalore in March 2007, Suraj was a Research Fellow at the National Judicial Academy, India, wherein he coordinated training courses for senior District Judges and High Court Justices on various topics, including – Economic Analysis of Law and Adjudication of Economic Laws. At the Academy, Suraj was involved in coordinating the first ever initiative of a course module and a training programme on Court Management and Judicial Administration in India. Suraj has also been a Member of the first Working Group of the Planning Commission for Union Minister of Law and Justice for the 12^th Five Year Plan (2012-2017).

Since graduating from the National Law School Bangalore in 2000, and completing doctoral study on the theme of “Defensive Mechanisms under the WTO”, the range of research themes pursued by Suraj includes – Public Contract Law; Citizen-centricity of Regulatory Governance; Anti-dumping policy in India and the EU; Legal impact of WTO/TRIPs on small-scale industries; Access to justice for the Poor and the Disadvantaged; and Judicial Impact Assessment Models.

Suraj has also co-authored a research paper titled “Redesign of Government Business Relations in India and the Role of Legal Process” presented at, and published by, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, at the Stanford University. Suraj has also published a paper on – “Transfer of Technology in India; Interface of IPRs and Competition Policy” and completed research on the theme – “Emerging jurisprudence of Public Contract Law in India”.

Participant Benefits
As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –

• Receive Executive Education eNewsletters
• Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process)
• Participate in EEP webinars on various topics
• Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

Programme Fee
INR 1,14,000/- Residential and INR 99,000/- Non -Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 04-Nov-24 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,02,600/-(+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 89,100/-(+ Applicable GST)

Group Discount
Group Discount of 5% percentage can be availed for a group of 3 or more participants when nominations received from the same organization.

Please Note

• All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme.
• The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
• In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
• If a nomination is not accepted,the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.
• A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.

Note: Certificate image is for reference to potential participants only and may change at the discretion of Executive Education Programmes Office

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