Date for in-person session : 22, 23, 24 November 2024 |Mode: Blended (starting with mandatory 3 days in person session)
Venue: Shiv Nadar Foundation HQ, A9 Sector 3 Noida
This program is aimed at women leaders in India. You could be a:
As of March 31, 2024,there are nearly 7,500 companies (out of which 5,326 are listed) that need women directors on their boards . In addition, in 2024 and thereafter every year, a significant number of women directors would be finishing their terms, which would present new opportunities for next-generation women leaders (Source: CMIE)
Even after a decade since the passage of the Companies Act 2013, which mandated at least one-woman director on company boards, in Nifty-500 companies an average of one in five board members is a woman (223 Nifty-500 companies have only one- woman director).
The Companies Act, 2013 mandated the following category of companies to appoint at least one-woman director:
- Paid-up share capital of INR 1 billion (approx. US$12 million) or more; or
- Turnover of INR 3 billion (approx. US$36.02 million) or more
In addition, SEBI- LODR require that the top 1000 listed companies in India need an independent director, who is a woman.
The reform has the potential to create a sea of opportunities, both at individual and societal level. It opens a career path for qualified women who can take up board positions. The reform, implemented in its true spirit, has the potential to making Indian society more inclusive and breaking gender barriers when it comes to decision making in the top echelons of one of the world’s most dynamic economies.
For women aspiring to take up these opportunities, this program is the ideal intervention. With its comprehensive approach, it will equip participants with indispensable skills, insights and tools to master corporate governance and leadership complexities and help them navigate the demanding path to board positions with confidence and effectiveness.
The program aims to provide women leaders with the skills and knowledge they need to successfully transition from executive positions to corporate board roles.
The program also offers women leaders on the Board a chance to enhance their skills and optimize their performance as directors , both for their own enterprises and for other companies.
The program will enable participants to
As the global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Ecosystems, Vijay Guntur spearheads HCLTech’s Cloud, Business and Service transformation strategy to enable the company help clients stay ahead of the curve and meet their business objectives.
He is responsible for the establishment and adoption of global centralized practices such as Data & AI, GenAI, IT/OT, ecommerce and centers of excellence (CoEs) encompassing Software and Platform Engineering, Quality Engineering and Testing. He drives CloudSMART, HCLTech's comprehensive cloud offering as well the HCLTech ecosystem units fostering collaboration and innovation with cloud Hyperscalers, tech OEMs and semiconductor chip companies
Prior to his current role, Vijay led HCLTech's Engineering and R&D Services (ERS), a $2 B global business, and was responsible for forging the leadership positioning of the ERS business globally. As a champion of groundbreaking tech and responsible growth, Vijay oversaw the overall strategy and evolution of the GenAI and sustainability business for ERS. He led the initiative to build Silicon-to-Cloud Platform solutions which involved forging innovative partnerships focused on intellectual property and implementing GenAI in chip design. Additionally, Vijay played a key role in establishing the ATMP Lab, a vital resource supporting India's burgeoning semiconductor ecosystem
He’s a passionate advocate for ID&E, and champions key programs that bring HCLTech and its client organizations together in an ecosystem that strives for value, respect and opportunities for all. During his distinguished 30+ year career at HCLTech, he has played a pivotal role in creating an equitable and neuro- diverse workspace by leading various initiatives like Next Gen Leadership (NGL).
He has 32 years of experience in Indian equities, all of it with mutual funds. He is a BTech from IIT-Kanpur and PGDM from IIM-Bangalore. He started his career with SBI Mutual Fund (1991-1993). He then moved to set up 20th Century Mutual Fund that became Zurich India Mutual Fund which was finally acquired by HDFC Mutual Fund in 2003. He thus has an unbroken track record of managing the same fund for over 28 years.
Apart from being the most awarded fund manager in India, he also has the distinction of being the first fund manager in India to have managed 1 lac crores of equity fundsof equity funds. His key winning themes over these three decades were technology in the 90's, old economy from early 2000 to pre-Lehman, consumer and pharma from pre-Lehman to the mid-2010's and corporate banks, energy, defense, utilities etc. in the last phase. He also successfully called the tech bubble and avoided the excesses of pre-Lehman in infra, power and more recently in new age tech stocks. https://www.3pim.in/prashantjain.htmlPrashant Jain was Chief Investment Officer at HDFC Mutual Fund, a leading Mutual Fund of India from 2004 to 2022.
Professor Sundar Venkatesh is Dean, School of Management and Entrepreneurship at Shiv Nadar Instuon of Eminence. In a career spanning 30 years he has worked in audit, manufacturing, consulng and academics across different geographies. A Chartered Accountant by training, he holds degrees in physics and law.
He completed his doctoral studies in the Indian Instute of Management Ahmedabad. An acclaimed teacher, Professor Venkatesh has won awards for teaching excellence in different instuons including one from the Indian Instute of Management Bangalore. His teaching, as evaluated by his many students, is marked by simplicity, relevance and user friendliness. A prolific writer, he has authored five books and published numerous arcles in internaonal journals in various domains. His most recent domain of research work targets women and migraon, in which he and his co-authors highlight, among other things, the lack of financial literacy as a source of exploitaon of women migrang from less developed countries to developed countries for work. He enjoys running, traveling, trying new cuisines and spending me with his family.
This one year program begins with a 3-day intensive, in-person component that is designed to inform, inspire, and help you navigate the intricacies of the board room and excel as a director.
The WEB Bridge is a platform that will guide you on any professional dilemma or questions that you may face while discharging duties as a director. The platform will have updated content on regulations impacting directors' responsibilities and duties. All your questions will be dealt always maintaining highest levels of confidentiality.
I was initially apprehensive as to how much learning can actually take place in a matter of 3 days on making people Board ready, particularly since I was already a Board member and had hence a fair idea of what was required of such members.
The program coverage ranged from company law, the SEBI LODR, auditing and finance to several other current topics such as AI, ESG, & Cyber Security. All these topics were contextualized and covered at length. Each session was designed and delivered by professionals with considerable thought and intensity.
Stalwarts such as Kaushik Datta, Atul Dhawan and his associates from Deloitte as well as the excellent faculty from Shiv Nadar University including Professor Ananya Mukherjee, Vice Chancellor, ensured that the lectures were of a very high standard. Further, bringing in Ms. Renuka Ramnath of Multiples PE as one of the faculty members, was a coup of sorts as she is at the forefront of women achievers in India and leads by example.
An extremely important aspect of the program was the presence of Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra herself, who was present at all the sessions and also was good enough to interact extensively with the participants, particularly with regard to her personal journey in the Board leading up to her present position as Chairperson of HCL Technologies and HCL Corporation.
As is now well known, legislation has now made it mandatory for Boards in India to induct women members. However, the number of women who are making it to corporate Boards is still relatively small and nowhere near what is required both by law as well as from a gender diversity standpoint. This program is a response to this need. A very well thought through program to ensure that more women are ready to come on to Boards-Kudos to the University and all the faculty. It was an absolute privilege to interact, learn and get inspired by the Women Excel on Boards program.
A well thought program, intensive 3 days in person session but helped in building up our expectations of what to expect in the role we are looking forward too. Good efforts by the organizing team and faculty.
WEB Bridge – Each and every session, activity in the WEB bridge program is helping me take back practical knowledge for board discussions around key eval metrics. The knowledge I am gaining I don’t think I could find anywhere else and couldn’t get from academic literature I have either.
Thank the entire faculty and organizing team for being a stakeholder in my journey. I will be writing my Independent Director exam soon and the program will surely help me in gradually shaping my profile for fitting Independent Director roles.
This is a portal that will guide you on any professional dilemma or questions that you may face while discharging duties as a director. The portal contains a library of materials relevant to Board practices and applicable laws and relevant preparatory tools for qualifying for the Independent Director’s examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). You will be able to learn at your own pace. A test preparedness quiz is provided with which you can test yourself to align your preparation strategy appropriately.
The Ask the Expert feature allows you to pose questions to our experts which they will answer through the portal. All your questions will be dealt with while always maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.
Over the course of the calendar year, different learning opportunities will be offered. These include:
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