ISB Partners with IVCA to Announce a Startup Board Member Training Programme; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Centre for Business Innovation at the Indian School of Business(ISB) in partnership with Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association launched a training programme for PE/VC fund managers. 

The two-day training program at ISB is is sponsored by IVCA members – Accel, Ascent, Catamaran, Peak XV Ventures, Ski-Capital, T-Hub and TMF Group. It attempts to strike an optimal balance between theory, practice, and real-world experience, to help participants better understand the economic drivers of business performance and valuation by enhancing strategic thinking and critical analysis.

It would also help participants better understand the economic drivers of business performance and valuation by enhancing strategic thinking and critical analysis. 

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"Private equity and venture capital firms over the past decade have played a significant role in supporting and nurturing innovation in early-stage companies," said Karthik Reddy, co-founder of Blume Ventures and chairperson of IVCA. "Safeguarding against such risky investments is a challenge and it will be the key to determine the progress of the private capital market in India."

Rajendra Srivastava, Novartis Professor of Marketing and Innovation at the Indian School of Business, said the aim is to help develop a robust venture capital investment market to support business innovation and value migration in India.

Sanjeev Bhikhchandani, founder and executive vice-chairman of Info Edge, said this programme will offer a guideline for good governance and the importance of independent directors on a board. He said good governance helps to build an environment of trust, transparency and accountability. This is necessary for fostering long-term investment, financial stability and business integrity. This reflects the health of an organisation. "For India to continuously produce world-class companies and start-ups, the responsibilities of the board will considerably increase," said Bhikhchandani. "This is to ensure the best corporate governance practices for effective decision-making and risk management in the future."

The program is packed with eight impactful classroom hours each day, a total of 16 hours. Each participant will be recognized with a ‘Certificate of participation’, symbolizing their enhanced proficiency in corporate governance.

The programme module will cover – A) Measuring performance: growth, profitability, and value creation; B) Understanding how performance is translated into valuation; C) Corporate governance; D) Collaborating with the auditors; E) Understanding Financials, F) Understanding how performance is translated into valuation; G) Interaction with an Industry Leaders and Equity Analysts H) Interaction with Regulator(s): Balancing Flexibility and Compliance

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