Corporate governance and the Indian institutional context: Emerging mechanisms and challenges: In conversation with K.V. Kamath, Chairman, Infosys and ICICI Bank

Abstract

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.