Press Releases
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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP HAS A ROLE TO PLAY
The Pioneer, New Delhi [ Tuesday, December 30th, 2003]
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Wide Gap Between Staff, CEO remuneration: Study
Asian Age [The Business Age]
London Saturday- Sunday 15-16 November 2003
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"Moolha and not morals driving corporate agenda" says Dr. Mehra
"The malaise in the governance of corporations is far deeper than what appears on the surface.... Corporates still use moral language but they do not believe that it has any objective foundation". This was stated by Dr Madhav Mehra at the recently concluded 3rd International Conference on Corporate Governance in Delhi.... read more
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Press cuttings: "Unleashing the Power of Corporate Board" seminar conducted by Dr Madhav Mehra, Bangalore, 18 February 2003
Times of India, 19 February 2003
Decan Herald,19 February 2003
Hindu, 20 February 2003
Vijaya Karnataka, 19 February 2003
Vdayavaane, 19 February 2003
Prajavaani
Rajasthan Pathrika
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Box ticking Corporate Governance is a recipe for disaster
Press Release, 10 January 2003
“If there is one lesson to be learned from the high profile corporate failures of Enron, WorldCom, Marconi and the lot, it is that we must move away from the western model of a box ticking approach to corporate governance. Enron had ticked every box. The chairman of its audit committee was a person of irreproachable reputation and no less than the Dean of Standard Business School... full story
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The Governance of Globalisation
Interview with Dr Madhav Mehra
Governance, UK, March 2002
The World Council for Corporate Governance, established last year, wants to see globalisation benefit the many, not the few. Issues of globalisation, governance, trade, poverty and sustainability are inseparable, says the Council’s president Dr. Madhav Mehra...full interview
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(CRC) will meet the February 28 deadline for submitting its report, the chairman of the commission, Mr. M.N. Venkatachalaiah, has said.
The Hindu, Friday, January 4, 2002
BANGALORE, JAN 3, The Constitution Review Commission
"CRC will meet deadline deadline on submission of report"
said Justice Venkatachalaiah at the Seminar on Power of Colloborative organized by the Institute of Directors and the Center of Corporate Governance, New Delhi...full story
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Good governance must think of long-term benefit
The Hindu, Business Line, Bangalore, Jan. 3, 2002
GOOD governance should pre-suppose a long-term and sustained benefit to the society at large through collaborative efforts, rather than focusing on short-term gains of enhanced value to the shareholders and efficient management of entities...full story
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Top Rung.
Madhav Mehra, the first Asian to be elected Chairman, World Quality Council in conversation with Radhuka Sachdev.
December 2001, Times of India
My biggest challenge was to prove that my years in the government sector could be put the Indian Railways in 1988. Earlier, I had to work within certain boundaries. Now there's a complete sense of ownership. I found from the early experience that training is the only way to empower people. full story
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"Corporate governance must go beyond shareholders"
The Hindu, Business Line, Kolkata, December 29, 2001
CAN there be a convergence of corporate and public governance? This question reflects the core of a discussion that is being masterminded by Dr. Madhav Mehra, President of World Council for Corporate Governance, on a national scale...full story
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Engines of National Transformation by Harichandan A. A.
The Hindu, Bangalore, Friday, August 17, 2001
Globally, corporate organisations are being asked to be more accountable, practicise self-policing and make financial transactions transparent and constitutional. They are expected to be partners in the economic and social transformation of nations....full story
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Corporates should be more proactive in checking insider trading
The Financial Express, Tuesday, July 24, 2001
With decision makers in the corporate sector getting embroiled in controversies, fear and scepticism reigns the stock market and business channels. Ensuring transparency and quality of corporate governance, according to Dr Madhav Mehra, international management expert and chairman of World Quality Council, is the only hope to rid the corporate sector of the crisis and regain lost confidence...full story
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“CalPERS Withdrawal from Asian Markets Counter Productive”
February 2002
“CalPERS’ decision to withdraw investment from the emerging markets of South East Asia viz Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines is counter productive and not in the interest of its own shareholders.” says Dr Madhav Mehra, President World Council for Corporate Governance...full story
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"Quality is not perfection of the same but being different", says Dr. Mehra
"With the cambrian explosion in customer expectations, quality has been commoditised. The internet has brought forth a profound change in the competitive environment. In the warpspeed economy of today the value is added not by perfecting the same but by being different, profoundly different. Using our best people simply to cut costs through industrial age techniques such as Kaizen, Benchmarking, TPM and Six Sigma can be a gigantic waste of human capital". full story
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"Corruption - a stumbling block in good governance" Says Dr P C Alexander, Governor, Maharashtra
In a stirring address to 400 industry leaders and policy makers from 20 countries attending the recently concluded 2nd International Conference on Corporate Governance in Mumbai's Taj Hotel, Dr P C Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra stated that the "corruption in India was the biggest stumbling block to good governance". Quoting Mehbubul Haque, the distinguished economist, Dr Alexander stated "corruption in India is not down stream but upstream; it travels on wings to bank accounts in Switzerland; it promotes instead of imprisons the corrupts and perpetuates poverty. It is the greatest sin against humanity and calls for a crusade by everyone". full story
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Never Mind the Width Feel the Quality
Business Eye, June 1996
Quality Guru Dr Madhav Mehra, president of India's Institute of Directors, and chairman-elect of the World Quality Council, says India is undergoing a revolution in its quality standards, with Britain in a strong position to help... full story
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Guru of substance
June, 1996
"India's first international quality guru', Madhav Mehra has a full agenda - encouraging the quality movement in the country while ensuring that it does not degenerate into meaningless claims..... full story
