Guide to Company Directors

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Description
Guide to Company Director
(Appointment, Vacation of office and Removal, Remuneration, Loans,
Office or Place of Profit Contracts & Arrangements, Meetings & Proceedings)
"Company Directors" covers the entire gamut of Directors starting with the Appointment of Directors to the Liabilities of Directors under various enactment. The book contains separate chapters on Appointment and Tenure of Office of Directors; Cessation of Directorship; Directors Powers and Rights; Meetings of the Board and Committees; Appointment, Removal, Powers and Liabilities of Managing and Whole-time Directors; Directors' Remuneration; Manager: Position, Appointment and Remuneration; Office or Place of Profit and Loans; Directors' Interests in Contracts or Arrangements and Directors' Shareholdings; Duties and Obligations of Directors; and Liabilities of Directors. The vast coverage of the book will definitely enhance the utility of the book for the busy professionals. The book also contains forms and precedents and model resolutions. The book will be of immense utility to the Professionals, Company Secretaries, Chartered Accountants, Corporate Executives including Directors and Lawyers as well as anyone who wishes to have an insight of the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of a Company Director.
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Contents
Chapter 1    Appointment and Tenure of Office Directors
Chapter 2    Cessation of Directorship
Chapter 3    Directors' Powers and Rights
Chapter 4    Meetings of the Board and Committee
Chapter 5    Managing and Whole-time Director - Appointment, Removal, Powers, Liabilities
Chapter 6    Directors' Remuneration
Chapter 7    Manager : Position, Appointment and Remuneration
Chapter 8    Office or Place of Profit and Loans
Chapter 9    Directors' Interests in Contracts or Arrangements and Directors Share holdings
Chapter 10  Duties and Obligations of Directors
Chapter 11  Directors' Liabilities
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Author Details
Dr. K.R. CHANDRATRE is Practicing Company Secretary. He is a retainer for Reliance Industries Limited and its Group Companies for advice and audit of Corporate Laws Compliance. He is also a retainer for Kirloskar Group of Companies. He has been in the profession of Company Secretary for over 25 years, before which he worked as a Lecturer in Commerce & Accountancy at R.A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai for three years. After serving Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. for 15 years, his last position being Director (Legal, Secretarial & HR) & Company Secretary, Dr Chandratre entered the practice as Company Secretary. Dr Chandratre has an impressive academic background. He holds Master's degree in Commerce, Law degree and Doctorate degree from the University of Pune. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Dr Chandratre has secured several academic and professional distinctions and honours. He was the President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India during 1996 and the Vice-President for two years, 1994 and 1995. He was a member of the Working Group on Redrafting of the Companies Act, 1956 constituted by the Government of India in August 1996, to draft a new Companies Act to be substituted for the Companies Act 1956, which resulted into the Companies Bill, 1997. He also served as the Chairman of the Committee on 'Delisting of Securities' constituted by SEB1 in March 1997, which resulted into a Report submitted to SEBI in December 1997. He was a member of Advisory Committee on Primary Markets of SEBI during 1996. Dr Chandratre was a SEBI nominated Public Representative Director on the Pune Stock Exchange and Chairman of the Board and the President of the Pune Stock Exchange, Pune, India during April 2004 to April 2005. He was a Member of the Expert Group constituted by SEBI in October 2004 under the Chairmanship of Justice Kania to suggest further amendments to the SEBI Act, 1992. Dr Chandratre has copious writings to his credit. He has so far authored over 1000 articles and 24 books on various subjects in the areas of Corporate Laws and Corporate Secretarial Practice. Many of his articles have bagged awards as best articles. He has also written manuscripts for the research publications of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and its Western India Regional Council. He has created the module 'Secretarial Practice Recorder', a Ready-reckoner on Company Law Procedures on magnetic media (CD), for Jurix, the Electronic Law library. Dr Chandratre is an active participant. He has so far addressed more than 300 seminars, workshops, conferences and conventions besides contributing papers at the National & International levels, including the First Rotary Conference on 'Harmonisation of Corporate and Taxation Laws in SAARC Countries'. Dr Chandratre is a plain language activist and is India representative of 'Clarity1, an International Association promoting plain legal language. He has written several articles and book titled 'A Guide to Legal and Business Writing in Plain English', the second edition of which is on the verge of release.
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