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LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA
REFRESHER PROGRAMME
Duration: November 19-December 10, 2012

PROJECT
ON
“LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA”

By Atul Gupta Assistant Professor Hindu College, University Of Delhi, Delhi

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of
UGC SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSE

CENTRE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Delhi
Delhi-110007

“Legal Framework of Corporate Governance in India”

Atul Gupta Assistant Professor
Hindu College, University Of Delhi, Delhi Email ID: ag2894@yahoo.com

All Correspondence to:

Atul Gupta
Assistant Professor
Hindu College,
University Of Delhi,
Delhi-110007
Email ID: ag2894@yahoo.com
Mobile: +91-9871853120

Keywords: Company Act, SEBI, Corporate Governance, Stakeholders, Investors
JEL classification: G1, G3, G32, G38, G39, K22

Acknowledgement
I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to course coordinator Prof. K. V. Bhanu Murty for his exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this Report. The blessing, help and guidance given by him time to time shall carry me a long way in the journey of life on which I am about to embark.
I also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to Dr. Ajay Kr. Singh and Dr. Vanita Tripathi for their cordial support, valuable information and guidance, which helped me in completing this task through various stages.
I am obliged to Dr. Vijaya Laxmi Singh, Deputy Director of CPDHE and staff members of CPDHE, for the valuable information provided by them in their respective fields. I am grateful for their cooperation during the period of my assignment.
Lastly, I thank almighty, my parents, brother, sisters and friends for their constant encouragement without which this assignment would not be possible.

Atul Gupta



References: Gupta, Arindam and Parua, Anupam(2006), An Enquiry into Compliance of Corporate Governance Codes By the Private Sector Indian Companies . Tenth Indian Institute of Capital Markets Conference Paper. Available at Khanna, Tarun and Krishna G Varma, Jayanth Rama, (1997), “Corporate Governance in India: Disciplining the Dominant Shareholder”, IIMB Management Review, December 1997, 9(4), 5-18

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