Pt 2. Unlocking corporate standards: Insights from Mohandas Pai

In conversation with Shradha Sharma, IT industry veteran TV Mohandas Pai talks about building businesses on ethical principles and how startup failures are magnified.
Key takeaways:
- TV Mohandas Pai believes that corporate governance should be a culture and a way of life for businesses.
- The IT industry veteran is of the view that companies need to adhere to the highest standards of governance and perform their fiduciary duties effectively.
- Mohandas Pai says that founders must lead by example and not use corporate assets for personal enjoyment nor allocate special perks for themselves.
- What matters, according to Pai, is building sustainable businesses and creating value, rather than valuation.
0:00 Intro - Part 2
1:08 The World of Boards and Corporate Governance: Shades of Complexity
10:08 Mohandas Pai Unleashes His Thoughts on Twitter
22:30 Fostering Innovation and Fresh Ideas
25:41 Immersing in the Pulse of Bengaluru City
28:45 Unveiling Most Expensive Purchase!
ABOUT SHRADHA SHARMA:
Shradha Sharma is the Founder & CEO of YourStory. She started YourStory in 2008 to tell stories of entrepreneurs - something that mainstream media was not ready to do in 2008. Since then, Shradha has scaled YourStory to become one of India’s leading digital media platforms covering every aspect of India’s new economy.
She was featured on Fortune’s list of the best 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in India for three years in a row. In 2018, she won the Forbes Power Trailblazers award and was twice featured on LinkedIn’s list of powerful influencers, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Priyanka Chopra.
Follow Shradha on LinkedIn here: / sharmashradha
ABOUT YOURSTORY:
YourStory is India’s biggest and definitive platform for startups and entrepreneurs related stories, resources, research reports, and analyses of the startup eco-system, mobile app developers, and more dedicated to promoting the startup ecosystem
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[@partha005]

Huge respect to you sir.

[@pavan.avasthi]

Always feel good to listening mohan ji

[@Leadskhazana-wt5of]

Exceptional

[@neokarma5736]

Must be the best interview on YourStory.

[@UmaR-xx1fi]

Excellent interview

[@waseemahmad4595]

Excellent job Shardha ji ❤❤

[@bollampallyrakesh3625]

Super Interview..Shradha 👌

[@siddharthans1]

i just noticed this for the first time, what happened to Mohandas Pai's eye bros. One looks different than the other.

[@Fun_and_Knowledge_]

31:45 important

[@rishu0532]

Koo 😢

[@satishkumarkn1164]

Although T V M Pai is a great business brain, he could be wrong about Gandhi, Chaura Chauri.

[@anirudh1645]

special 3rd world city, it's ruined...