1^st Edition

This handbook aims to equip you with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectively navigate digital transformation and leverage transformative technologies for sustainable business growth. It explores key concepts, emerging trends, and best practices that will enable boards to adapt to the digital age and make informed decisions.

From understanding the fundamentals of transformative technologies to exploring their implications on governance, strategy, risk management, and innovation, this handbook provides practical insights and case studies.

4^th Edition

Any organisation, whether a business or a non-profit, needs good governance to ensure that it is run in a way that meets the legal and stakeholders expectations. The task of ensuring good governance lies with the Board. This is why this Handbook is exactly what Corporate Leaders and Directors need to assist them. It will act as a ‘ready reckoner’ for quick reference on Corporate Governance practices and compliance issues, affecting the boardroom and the organisation as a whole.

This Handbook covers topics ranging from Committees, Procedures, Leadership, Family Businesses, Performance Evaluation, trends and more.

6^th Edition

The Handbook on Independent Directors covers the roles, duties, responsibilities and authority of corporate directors. This handbook on Independent Directors is the perfect guide and must have for ID’s who want to have a better understanding of their role in the Board, and perform effectively. It is the perfect tool to help be aware of all aspects of being an Independent Directors.

It consists of:

• Safeguards and protection, Performance Evaluation, Remuneration, Appointments, Committees, Resignation & Removal, Code of Conduct and more.
• Corporate Governance, Boardroom practices, related corporate and SEBI laws dealing with Independent Directors; and
• The multidisciplinary and multifaceted nature of the roles and responsibilities of Independent Directors, in the light of Companies Act 2013, Companies Act 2017, the Companies Act 2020, and SEBI regulation 2015.

1^st Edition

This Handbook on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) covers the concepts, components, and the Indian regulatory perspective of ESG. It provides an outline of the SEBI Initiative on ESG Reporting, which includes the BRSR (Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting) and the BRSR Core Framework. It connects the principle of ESG with that of Sustainable Development Goals and the Circular economy. It further covers the financial aspect of ESG and also provides a clear understanding of the Carbon Economy in India.

1^st Edition

Leadership is about assimilating, learning, and understanding the role as guide and steward. This handbook will be extremely useful for all corporate leaders as it covers all important aspects of corporate leadership; It is divided into eight chapters including Chief Ingredients of leaderships; Importance of ethical leaderships; Solving ethical problems dilemmas in business, Leadership in crisis situations and in the age of disruption and other chapters.

1^st Edition

This Handbook is specially curated for Directors and Leaders to help them better understand as well as develop policies in cyber security. A quick engaging read, it will smoothly provide all clarifications essential to Cyber Space by drawing a comprehensive overview of the cyber threat landscape, and of the strategies and technologies for managing cyber risks. It will help in:

• Building a sustainable model for managing cyber risks to protect its information assets.
• Familiarising corporate directors and senior leaders with strategic concepts such as,
  • Cyber vulnerabilities,
  • Cyber security risk assessments,
  • Developing cyber security governance,
  • Response & recovery, and
  • Director obligations.

4^th Edition

This Handbook is a curated guide, specifically for boards, to aid them in formulating strategies and policies on Risk Management. It provides an overview of major types of Corporate Risks, Enterprise Risk Structure, Risk Management, Mitigation Processes and Risk Mitigation Toolkit. It also provides a Checklist for Risk Evaluation, Categorisation, Mitigation and Reporting. It discusses key ideas such as Stakeholders’ insight for risk appetite, Implementation Approach and most importantly, the role of directors in Risk Management.

It is ideal for all Board Members, especially the Risk Management Committee of the Board, and other Risk Management Professionals.