Virtual shareholder meetings are here to stay

Virtual meetings have no doubt preserved the form of AGM's but have also provided us with a window to rethink their substance

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Shareholders | Annual General Meetings

Amit Tandon 

Amit Tandon

“Satyug beeta, Kalyug aaya, par aap ka roop badal na paya/ Aap aaj bhi wahi ho, jo dhool mai phool khilade” (Good times give way to difficult days. Yet all through this period of momentous change, you have retained the ability to turn dust to gold) Hearing these verses read aloud, you may believe that you are attending the Jaipur Literary Festival, till this couplet is followed by the demand for a higher dividend payout.

Last year, this would have jolted you back to the meeting venue, this year to your desk at home — since the meeting was virtual. Nothing it seems has ...

First Published: Tue, September 15 2020. 01:25 IST