CENTRE FOR

CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
& SUSTAINABILITY

IIMB-CCGS
GOVERNANCE and
SUSTAINABILITY
CONFERENCE 2024

12 and 13 January, 2024

Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore

Conference Theme
Changing Landscape of Corporate Governance
and Sustainability: Walking the Talk
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Centre for
Corporate Governance and Sustainability will be hosting an
International Conference on “Changing Landscape of
Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Walking
the Talk” on 12th and 13th January 2024 at the IIM
Bangalore Campus, Bangalore, India. This conference Chief Guest
assumes greater significance as the Centre celebrates
its 20th Year, which is coinciding with the “Golden
Jubilee Year” of IIM Bangalore.

Conference Objectives
• To provide a venue for stimulating discussions and dialogues
centering around the changing landscape of Corporate Governance,
trends and challenges
• To foster research, where academicians, researchers and students
can come together and deliberate their research ideas and
opportunities in the areas of governance and sustainability.
Dr Raghuram Rajan
• To create a high-level platform for CEOs, board members, senior
executives, academicians and policymakers to learn from and Katherine Dusak Miller
engage with each other, focusing on the most pressing topics in Distinguished Service Professor of
corporate governance. Finance.
The University of Chicago Booth
Call for Papers School of Business and Former
Governor, Reserve Bank of India
We invite theoretical, empirical, or applied paper
submissions in the areas of corporate governance
and sustainability. Suggested topics include, but Academic
are not limited to:
• Changing landscape of Corporate Keynote Address
Governance: Trends and Challenges
• Independence of Independent Directors
• Board Diversity
• Governance in Startups and SMEs
• Managing the right balance: Shareholders and Stakeholders
• Role of Auditors and Institutional investors
• Corporate Disclosures and Reporting Practices
• Environment, Social and Governance
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Cyber Security and Governance
• AI, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning: Technology and
Governance
The conference will have a workshop format to allow discussion and Prof Sanjai Bhagat
feedback. In addition to accepted papers, the conference will feature
invited keynote addresses, talks, and panel discussions by academics, Professor of Finance
leaders from industry and government. Leeds School of Business
University of Colorado, USA
Independent Director (various
Paper SubmissionProcedure corporate boards)
Advisor to U.S. and Indian
All submissions and communications regarding paper submissions Government Agencies
should be sent to ccgsconference@iimb.ac.in
Submissions should be original and complete manuscripts in English
and in PDF format. They should begin with a title page that includes the
names, e-mail addresses, and affiliations of all authors as well as a 200-
word abstract and keywords. A blind PDF copy of the paper should also
accompany the submission. All the submitted papers will be reviewed
by a panel of Conference Committee Members.
Important Dates
The final date for submission of papers is
15th September 2023.
Programme Committee
Accept/reject decisions will be sent by
15th October 2023 Conference Chairs
Prof Padmini Srinivasan, and Chairperson, Centre

Programme Outline for Corporate Governance and Sustainability and

Professor-Finance and Accounting, IIM Bangalore
Celebrating the 20th Year of CCGS
Prof Krishnan Dhandapani, Professor of Finance,
The Centre for Corporate Governance and College of Business, Florida International University,
Sustainability (formerly Centre for Corporate USA)
Governance and Citizenship) was established in
2003. The first day of the conference will focus Conference Committee
on its 20th year celebrations with an Inaugural Prof Rejie George
address; Panel discussion; Academic keynotes, Professor of Strategy, IIM Bangalore
and a CEO Fireside Chat.
Prof Srinivasan Rangan
The second day of the conference will feature Professor of Finance and Accounting, IIM Bangalore
paper development workshops and paper Prof Prateek Raj
presentations. Assistant Professor-Strategy, IIM Bangalore
Prof Varun Jindal
Who can Attend Assistant Professor-Finance and Accounting, IIM
Bangalore
• CEOs, board members, senior executives and
Professor Manjul Gupta
practising Managers
Ryder MIS Eminent Scholar Chair, ISBA department,
• Academicians / Students / Researchers / Ph.D FIU Business
Scholars
Professor Arun Upadhyay
• NGOs Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair, Finance
• Government officials and Policy Makers Department, FIU Business
Travel and Accommodation
The selected paper Presenters will have to make their own
arrangements for travel and accommodation. IIMB would help
Venue
in providing details of nearby hotels. For information about the
conference, please write to: cpccgc@iimb.ac.in • The two-day conference will be held at the IIM
Bangalore Campus.

Registration Fee (exclusive of GST) Conference Coordinator

K Ganeshan
Corporate Delegates: Rs.4000/-
Centre For Corporate Governance
and Sustainability
Academic Delegates: Rs.3000/- IIM Bangalore
email: ganeshan.k@iimb.ac.in
Students and Research Scholars: Rs.2000/- Mob: 91 96666 88060

The participation fee will be waived for the Paper

presenters. Contact Details
All queries regarding paper submissions and
related to the conference should be emailed to :
ccgsconference@iimb.ac.in

Organiser
The Centre for Corporate Governance and
Sustainability (CCGS) at IIM Bangalore was
launched in 2003 as a platform for two-way
debate and sharing of ideas between academics
and practitioners. The Centre has engaged with
board and senior executives and helped create
the highest standards of corporate governance,
sustainability and responsible business practices,
in private, public, civil society, and not-for-profit
sectors of business, commercial, civic, and social
activities.

Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru 560 076

Phone: +91-80-26993465
E-mail: ccgsconference@iimb.ac.in /
cpccgc@iimb.ac.in.