Corporate governance and the Indian institutional context: Emerging mechanisms and challenges

This note sets out some of the key internal mechanisms of corporate governance, their institutional context and how corporate boards as a preeminent mechanism of such governance are structured and how they perform their assigned role. Section A broadly charts out the corporate governance landscape. Section B focuses on boards with emphasis on the scenario in India, and Section C presents the authors' interview with Mr. K.V. Kamath, non-executive chairman of the boards of Infosys and ICICI Bank, two of India's top ranking corporations.