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Shalini Pandit Appointed Government Nominee Director on LIC Board

Shalini Pandit Appointed Government Nominee Director on LIC Board

The Government of India has appointed Shalini Pandit, Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). She takes over the role...

15 Board Management Best Practices for 2025

15 Board Management Best Practices for 2025

Successful board management is both a responsibility and a craft. While a board guides the long term direction of an organization the effectiveness of the board itself must also be actively managed. Adopting strong governance practices helps build...

Board meeting preparation: A 10 step checklist

Board meeting preparation: A 10 step checklist

Board meeting preparation has reached a new level of complexity. Board packs today can run into hundreds of pages and many directors admit that locating critical insights within these documents can feel overwhelming. In this environment, strong...

Smart Time Saving Strategies for School Board Secretaries

Smart Time Saving Strategies for School Board Secretaries

School board secretaries play a critical role in effective school governance. Their work often happens quietly in the background which is why many people underestimate how essential these professionals are to smooth district operations. From...

ONGC Chairman Arun Kumar Singh’s Term Extended by One Year

ONGC Chairman Arun Kumar Singh’s Term Extended by One Year

Arun Kumar Singh was first appointed as ONGC Chairman in December 2022. A seasoned leader with nearly 38 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, he previously served as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited...

How to Document Internal Controls in 7 Effective Steps

How to Document Internal Controls in 7 Effective Steps

Internal controls form the bridge between daily business activities and strong governance oversight. These systems help identify risks early, support accurate financial reporting, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. When internal controls are...

Navneet Kumar Sehgal Resigns as Chairman of Prasar Bharati

Navneet Kumar Sehgal Resigns as Chairman of Prasar Bharati

Navneet Kumar Sehgal is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1988 batch (Uttar Pradesh cadre) with more than 35 years of experience in governance, policy reform, and public administration across State and Central Government roles....

The relationship between risk management and corporate governance

The relationship between risk management and corporate governance

Smart risk-taking helps companies innovate and grow. At the same time the risk landscape is evolving fast, which has sparked global interest in how governance practices must adapt to manage risk more effectively. Many organizations are rethinking...

A Global Guide to Modern Slavery Compliance Requirements

A Global Guide to Modern Slavery Compliance Requirements

Understanding and managing modern slavery compliance across international supply chains has become a core responsibility for organisations operating in multiple regions. To build a strong compliance program, the most important step is a detailed...

Dinesh Garg Succeeds J.S. Amitabh as Company Secretary of REC

Dinesh Garg Succeeds J.S. Amitabh as Company Secretary of REC

Dinesh Garg brings over 20 years of rich professional experience across the public and private sectors. Before joining REC, he held key roles including Manager and Company Secretary at HCL Infosystems Ltd., Company Secretary and Manager – Legal at...

Ramakrishnan Chander Redesignated as Managing Director of LIC

Ramakrishnan Chander Redesignated as Managing Director of LIC

Ramakrishnan Chander began his journey with LIC in 1990 as an Assistant Administrative Officer and has built a distinguished 35-year career across marketing, administration and large-scale operational leadership. A graduate and Fellow of the...

A Guide to the Most Influential Governance Frameworks

A Guide to the Most Influential Governance Frameworks

Governance frameworks shape how a board functions and how an organization delivers on its mission. Modern businesses operate in a complex environment filled with regulatory demands, rising expectations and heightened risk. To thrive in this...

IPO Failures: Causes, Consequences and How to Prevent Them

IPO Failures: Causes, Consequences and How to Prevent Them

When enthusiasm for a new business or product falls short of expectations, the excitement around a potential public offering can fade quickly. Even IPOs that begin with strong momentum can lose value on the first day of trading or soon after, which...

Understanding Internal Controls: Definition, Types and Examples

Understanding Internal Controls: Definition, Types and Examples

Internal controls form the foundation of a secure and reliable business environment. These controls guide how an organization safeguards its systems, monitors activity and stays compliant with applicable regulations. While actions such as entering...

Anil Ahuja Joins Adani Energy Solutions as Independent Director

Anil Ahuja Joins Adani Energy Solutions as Independent Director

Ahuja brings nearly four decades of leadership experience in global investments across technology, consumer products, financial services, infrastructure, and real estate. His expertise spans the full investment lifecycle, including early-stage...

Navigating Board Leadership: A Chair’s Perspective

Navigating Board Leadership: A Chair’s Perspective

Leadership at the board level is a complex responsibility that blends experience, strategic thinking and intentional engagement. At a recent gathering of emerging board leaders senior chairs shared practical guidance on what it takes to lead...

Gianluca de Ficchy Named New CFO of Gucci

Gianluca de Ficchy Named New CFO of Gucci

Gucci has appointed Gianluca de Ficchy as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective December 1, 2025, following the departure of longtime finance chief Alberto Valente, who exited in September after nearly 17 years with the luxury fashion...

5 Key Takeaways from the 2025 Proxy Season

5 Key Takeaways from the 2025 Proxy Season

The first half of 2025 reshaped the proxy landscape. Rapid market shifts, new regulatory expectations including updated federal guidance on Schedules 13D and 13G and evolving activist strategies forced boards and investors to rethink how they...

Create agendas that drive meeting efficiency: Tips for clerks

Create agendas that drive meeting efficiency: Tips for clerks

When Olivia stepped into her new role as clerk for her town council she found herself managing a complicated and inefficient agenda process. Her predecessor had relied on long email chains and constant follow-up requests just to prepare and approve...

Dess Excels at ICSAN’s 49th Annual Conference

Dess Excels at ICSAN’s 49th Annual Conference

Dess Digital proudly sponsored the ICSAN 49th Annual Conference held on 18 September 2025 at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. As Nigeria’s premier gathering for governance professionals, the conference brought together chartered secretaries,...

5 steps for getting crisis ready right now

5 steps for getting crisis ready right now

Board members face an exceptional level of uncertainty today. Many leaders believe the overall risk environment for organizations sits at the higher end of the scale, with concerns centered around supply chain disruption, inflation and currency...

Amitabh Kant Joins upGrad Board as Independent Director

Amitabh Kant Joins upGrad Board as Independent Director

Kant is a retired IAS officer from the Kerala cadre (1980 batch) and most recently served as India’s G20 Sherpa. He was the CEO of NITI Aayog from 2016 to 2022 and previously served as Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal...

Former DBS CEO Piyush Gupta Appointed as Chairman of Temasek India

Former DBS CEO Piyush Gupta Appointed as Chairman of Temasek India

Gupta led DBS Group as Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2025, transforming it into one of Asia’s most respected financial institutions. He currently serves as Deputy Chairman of Keppel, Chairman of the Singapore Management University Board of...

Global Compliance Priorities to Watch in 2025

Global Compliance Priorities to Watch in 2025

The past year brought significant shifts in the compliance landscape. Rising geopolitical tension, stricter sustainability expectations and stronger incentives for voluntary disclosure shaped how organisations approached risk and governance. These...

Giridhar Aramane Joins Cyient DLM as Independent Director

Giridhar Aramane Joins Cyient DLM as Independent Director

Aramane is a distinguished Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served as India’s Defence Secretary from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2024. Over his 32-year career, he has held several key roles across the Government of Andhra Pradesh...

Strengthening Public Confidence Through Digital Governance

Strengthening Public Confidence Through Digital Governance

Public trust is the cornerstone of effective local governance. When residents believe in the integrity and reliability of their municipal institutions, decision making becomes smoother and community support grows. Trust that is established during...

Siddhartha Gupta Succeeds Dhruv Shringi as CEO of Yatra Online

Siddhartha Gupta Succeeds Dhruv Shringi as CEO of Yatra Online

Gupta succeeds Dhruv Shringi, who stepped down as CEO due to personal reasons on November 24, 2025. Shringi will continue to serve on the Board as Whole-Time Director. Gupta is a seasoned business leader with over two decades of experience. He...

Building a Strong ESG Foundation for Modern Boards

Building a Strong ESG Foundation for Modern Boards

Environmental, social and governance expectations have become a central theme in today’s investment landscape. As investors lean on sustainability data to balance opportunity with risk, boards must ensure that ESG is more than a collection of...

What is a governance framework

What is a governance framework

A governance framework is the foundation that guides how an organization is directed and controlled. Often called a governance structure, it brings clarity to the systems that shape the relationships between the board, management, shareholders and...

Muker Jeet Sharma Retires as Independent Director of Petronet LNG

Muker Jeet Sharma Retires as Independent Director of Petronet LNG

A retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1985 batch, Sharma previously served in the State Forest Service from 1978 to 1985 and in the Indian Forest Service until 2014, retiring as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. Over...

Kartik Rajendran Appointed as Managing Director of Abbott India

Kartik Rajendran Appointed as Managing Director of Abbott India

Rajendran brings over two decades of management and leadership experience, including more than eight years with Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. He currently serves as Regional Head for Abbott’s Southeast Asia pharmaceuticals business. He has previously...

Using AI for Smarter Entity Management

Using AI for Smarter Entity Management

Entity management has always been essential to good governance yet keeping corporate records updated, filing reports on time and maintaining compliance can feel overwhelming. The work is repetitive and time consuming and it leaves plenty of room...

Board evaluations: Improving board performance in 8 steps

Board evaluations: Improving board performance in 8 steps

Recent studies show that only a small share of executives believe their boards operate at a high level. The most effective way to change this is through a well designed board evaluation process that improves oversight and strengthens decision...

How Technology Streamlines the Council Member Onboarding Journey

How Technology Streamlines the Council Member Onboarding Journey

Newly elected council members often arrive with a wide range of expectations and levels of preparation. Their first days in office can be smooth or confusing depending on how the onboarding process is organized. Recent coverage of different...

Nilesh Bandale Steps Down As CFO Of Kalyani Forge

Nilesh Bandale Steps Down As CFO Of Kalyani Forge

Bandale brings over 15 years of professional experience and has previously held key finance roles at Aberdare Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hirschvogel Components India Pvt. Ltd., and Neosym Industries Ltd. A qualified Chartered Accountant and member of...

Building Smarter GRC Strategies With Big Data and Automation

Building Smarter GRC Strategies With Big Data and Automation

Leadership teams today operate in an environment defined by digital information. Every interaction, process and operational activity generates data that can reveal meaningful insights into organisational performance and external market trends. With...

Bobby Parikh Joins HUL Board As Independent Director

Bobby Parikh Joins HUL Board As Independent Director

Parikh is the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ernst & Young India and currently serves as a strategic advisor to several companies. He sits on the Boards of Infosys, Biocon, and Indostar Capital. Over his career, he has co-founded BMR...

Nageswara Rao Chatradi Joins Dhanlaxmi Bank’s Board As Director

Nageswara Rao Chatradi Joins Dhanlaxmi Bank’s Board As Director

Chatradi brings over 23 years of experience with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and currently serves as General Manager at the Reserve Bank Staff College in Chennai. His career spans key domains of central banking, including currency management,...

Evolving DEI Strategies: Why Boards Must Keep Diverse Perspectives

Evolving DEI Strategies: Why Boards Must Keep Diverse Perspectives

Evolving DEI Strategies: Why Boards Must Keep Diverse Perspectives   Across industries, organizations are reflecting on how they approach variety, equity and inclusion (DEI) as political, regulative and social pressures escalate. What was once a...

Sunflag Iron and Steel Appoints Dev Dyuti Sen as CEO

Sunflag Iron and Steel Appoints Dev Dyuti Sen as CEO

Sunflag Iron & Steel Company Limited has appointed Mr. Dev Dyuti Sen as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Senior Management Personnel effective from November 14, 2025. Mr. Sen brings over 37 years of extensive experience in the steel...

S. Krishnan Appointed As Chairman Of J&K Bank

S. Krishnan Appointed As Chairman Of J&K Bank

Krishnan previously served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Punjab & Sind Bank. Following his superannuation, he was appointed CEO & MD of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank in September 2022 with RBI approval. He...

Chandan Sand Appointed As Executive Director Of SpiceJet

Chandan Sand Appointed As Executive Director Of SpiceJet

Chandan Sand, who has been associated with SpiceJet since June 2001, brings over two decades of experience in the aviation sector. Throughout his tenure, he has contributed to several core strategic functions, with deep expertise in aviation law,...

Dr. Bimal Patel Joins CARE Ratings As Independent Director

Dr. Bimal Patel Joins CARE Ratings As Independent Director

Dr. Bimal Patel currently serves as Chairman and Independent Director of NSE Data & Analytics Ltd., NSE Sustainability Ratings & Analytics Ltd., and NSE Indices Ltd. He is also a Public Interest Director on the Board of CDSL. A...

FDA Appoints Richard Pazdur To Lead Drug Evaluation Centre

FDA Appoints Richard Pazdur To Lead Drug Evaluation Centre

The award recognises Ashish Chauhan’s outstanding contribution to the development and modernisation of India’s financial markets and his influence on the broader global financial ecosystem. Sharing the news on X (formerly Twitter), Chauhan...

Vivek Anand Joins Ather Energy As Director

Vivek Anand Joins Ather Energy As Director

Ather Energy Limited has announced the appointment of Vivek Anand as Non-Executive Director (Additional Director), effective November 10, 2025. Anand is a seasoned finance professional with over 30 years of experience spanning FMCG, telecom,...

Step Into the Future of Meetings at Dess Elevate: Learn

Step Into the Future of Meetings at Dess Elevate: Learn

Step Into the Future of Meetings at Dess Elevate: Learn Are you a business secretary, board administrator or governance expert in public institutions or corporate boards? Are you using Dess Digital Meetings to manage your board procedures? After...

Sheetal Rupesh Sancheti Joins CSB Bank As Non-Independent Director

Sheetal Rupesh Sancheti Joins CSB Bank As Non-Independent Director

Sheetal Rupesh Sancheti has joined CSB Bank Limited as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director (Additional Director), nominated by FIH Mauritius Investments Ltd., the Bank’s promoter, effective November 5, 2025. Sancheti currently serves as Vice...