11:00 am: Welcome Address by Shri Alok Kumar Chattopadhyay, Dy. Director and Advisor (F&A), Indian Chamber of Commerce

11:15 am: Theme Address: ‘Independent Directors need to be really independent in their discharge of Responsibilities -- CS Anil Kumar Dubey, Chairman, ICSI (ER) Chief Guest of the Program

11:40 pm: ‘Framework for Corporate Governance under Listing Regulations’- CS S. Sudhakar, Vice-President (Corporate Secretarial), (Ex) Reliance Industries Ltd

12:05 pm: ‘An analysis of the Role of Independent Directors in India- Perception and Reality’- CS Rupanjana De, Practicing Company Secretary and Independent Director in many organizations

12:30 pm: Recruitment criterions should be more structured and specific to avoid literary safeguards with due Demurrage clause in case of happening of untoward events- G R Srikkanth, Head Legal, Spencer’s Retail Limited

12:55 pm: Formal Vote of Thanks by ICC