BSE fines 530 companies for delay in appointing women directors

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 10:18

Ahead of SEBI`s April 1 deadline, thousands of companies rushed to recruit women directors, with many installing the wives and mother-in-laws of their top executives.

Vanitha Narayanan is first woman Chairperson of AMCHAM India

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 15:45

She has been responsible for taking up multiple challenging assignments for India and several other countries.

Govt asks CPSEs to comply with woman director norms

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 16:13

Central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) have been asked to appoint independent women directors on their boards to comply with norms, government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

HP's Meg Whitman tech sector's wealthiest woman: Wealth-X

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 14:45

Hewlett-Packard's chief executive Meg Whitman is the wealthiest women in the technology sector with a fortune of USD 1.3 billion followed by Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Alibaba's Lucy Peng, according to a Wealth-X estimate.

Naresh Goyal brings wife Anita on Jet Airways board

Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 13:53

Jet did so to comply with the Sebi's norm for listed companies to have at least one woman director on board.

SBI wants more women directors on its board

Last Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2015, 21:21

Pitching for greater gender diversity on its board, state-run banking giant SBI's Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Thursday said the bank wants some more women directors and has already suggested a few names to the government.

Listed companies need to have at least independent woman director: IiAS

Last Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2015, 19:28

To ensure gender diversity in boardrooms, capital market watchdog Sebi should look at having at least one independent woman director in listed companies over a period of time, according to proxy advisory firm IiAS.

Factory girl turned touchscreen supplier is China's richest

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 16:31

Zhou Qunfei, the chairwoman of a Chinese touchscreen glass supplier firm that has clients like Apple and Samsung, has been crowned China's richest woman, with a fortune of nearly USD 8 billion.

Sebi firm on woman director deadline; GIFT IFSC norms by April 1

Last Updated: Friday, March 20, 2015, 13:34

Seeking to broaden access to capital markets, regulator Sebi will come out with new guidelines for start-ups to raise funds through IPOs while a fresh set of norms will be soon put in place for setting up the country's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).

Sebi asks listed firms to appoint women directors by month-end

Last Updated: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 15:19

With just a fortnight left to meet the deadline, Sebi has also proactively written to more than 160 such companies to ensure compliance.

Sebi wants strict compliance to mandatory woman director norms

Last Updated: Sunday, February 22, 2015, 16:40

The companies have time till next month to ensure compliance with this requirement and those failing to adhere would have to face strict penal action.

One woman director must for certain public companies: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014, 17:06

It is mandatory for certain class of public companies to appoint at least one woman director on their boards under the companies law, government said on Friday.