Introduction: The New Reality of Board Diversity Something significant is happening in boardrooms across the world. Over the past decade, board diversity and inclusion has moved from being a governance aspiration to a strategic necessity. Companies have made measurable progress in bringing more women, professionals from varied backgrounds, and diverse experiences into their boardrooms. However, recent years have also witnessed a growing debate around DEI initiatives. A global

The appointment of Dr. Srinivasa Venu Uppuluri as an Independent Director of DEK & Mavericks Green Energy Limited, effective May 26, 2026, reflects a wider pattern that is reshaping governance in India’s energy and infrastructure sector — one where professionals with hands-on experience in technology, strategy, and capital deployment are increasingly being invited to take formal oversight roles at the board level. World Development Corporation's Directors' Institute formally

The appointment of Nirakar Pradhan as an Independent Director at Abakkus Investment Managers is the kind of announcement that rewards closer reading. On the surface, it is a board-level appointment at a prominent Indian asset management firm. Looked at more carefully, it is the arrival of a professional whose career represents one of the most comprehensive journeys through institutional finance that the Indian market has produced in a generation. World Development Corporation

A Boardroom Scene That Didn't Exist Three Years Ago Picture a boardroom in Dubai, late 2025. Six directors. Coffee. The agenda used to be three pages. Now it's eleven. Somewhere on page seven, between "Q3 Marketing Spend" and "New Hires," there's a line item nobody loves: Transfer Pricing Documentation Review. Three years ago, this conversation didn't happen here. UAE businesses didn't think about corporate tax because there wasn't any. You ran your numbers, you paid your VAT

SEBI Governance Reforms: Why Market Infrastructure Governance Is Becoming Critical Governance reforms by Securities and Exchange Board of India are not only about stricter regulation. They show how important market infrastructure stability has become for modern capital markets. Market infrastructure organisations are not normal business companies. They work as the operational foundation of financial trading, settlement processing and accurate ownership recording inside the ec

1. Introduction – Governance Challenge in the Digital Age Corporate governance is entering a new phase as business leadership itself is transforming quietly but deeply. For many decades, board responsibility was mainly associated with financial accuracy, compliance supervision and strategic approval of organisational direction. Technology was usually treated as a supporting operational function managed by internal teams, external service providers, or specialised technical de