Press Clippings

2008

2007

There's money to be made in carbon credits
Sunday Hindustan Times, June 10, 2007

'India should learn to earn carbon credits'
Times of India, 11 June 2007

Madhav Mehra, Chief of World Environment Foundation, suggested that India must collaborate with Chicago and Europe to ensure it gets good price for carbom emissions reductions.

2006

Going Green, Grassroots Up
Q&A/ Madhav Mehra, 2006

Q&A/ Madhav Mehra, Governments and businesses are now understand the need for working out synergy between business and environment for sustainable deveopment. The World Congres on Environment Management and Enviromart'99 with the Asia-Europe Round Table on Cooperation for a Cleaner Environment is being held in the Capital this week. Dr Madhav Mehra, President World Environment Foundation (WEF) and Chairman, World Quality Council talks to Narayani Ganesh of the need for greater undestanding and a closer relationship between business and environment.

2005

Professionals have't made world better
New Delhi, 29 September, 2005

‘Indian professionals are worse than their international counterparts so far as ethical standards are concerned, says Madhav Mehra, President of the London-based World Council for Corporate Governance.

2004

Keep 'em separated
Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Tuesday, Apil 13, 2004

Should corporate governance ratings be banned
Business Standard, Wednesday 14 April 2004

More corporate governance practices must be adopted
The Hindu Business Line, 16 April 2004

2003

Sebi to look anew at multiple directorships
Business Standard, 7 January 2003

Sebi to re-examine noms on company directorships
The Hindu Tuesday, January 7, 2003

JPC has missed the opportunity of cleansing the system
Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Monday January 20, 2003

Madhav Mehra: 'Transparency hallmark of corporate governance'
Decan Herald, 19 February 2003

Companies told to be transparent
The Hindu, 20 Febuary2003

The president of the World Council for Corporate Govenrnance, Madhav Mehra, said on Tuesday that transparency should be hallmark of corporate governance in an economy driven by new models.

Greening Industry
The Times of India, Mumbai 14 July 2003

He is a prosperous NRI Londoner whose heart still beats for Palampur, his ancestral hometown in Himachal Pradesh. Having spent more than three decades as hard-nosed business, Madhav Mehra is now devoted to environmental protection and cleaning up of industrial practices. The Chairman of the World Environment Foundation (WEF) tells Narayani Ganesh that the only way to resolve man-environment face-off is to go back to our tradition, which emphasises a holistic approach to almost everything.

Environment Conscious
Business India, July 21- August ,3 2003

It's not every day that one finds a successful bureaucrat becoming a successful envornment activist. But Madhav Mehra, a former Director in the Ministry of Railways, appears to have made a transition effortlessly.

Finding quality time
The Economic Times, 8 September 2003

Quaterly results format faces flak
Business Standard, Friday, November 7, 2003


Wide Gap Between Staff, CEO remuneration: Study

Asian Age [The Business Age], 15-16 November 2003

Corporate leadership has a role to play
The Pioneer, New Delhi [ Tuesday, December 30th, 2003]

Dr Madhav Mehra is one of those individuals who has a strong passion of projecting and promoting India's brand overseas. He is also a founder of the India's Institute of Directors and is the current chairman of the World Quality Council and the President of the World Council for Corporate Governance.

2002

The governance of globalisation
Governance March 2002 Issue no 10

World Council for Corporate Governance, established last year, wants to see globalisation benefit the many, not the few. Issues of globalisation, governance, trade, poverty and sustainability are inseparable, says Council's President Dr Mahdav Mehra.

Good governance must think of long-term benefit
The Hindu, Business Line, Bangalore, Jan. 3, 2002

Corp governance training necessary
Business Standard, Delhi, Monday 22 April 2002

2001

'Banking on environment makes sound economic sense'
The Indian Express, April 2001

Corporates should be accountable to all
Bangalore, 28 January 2001

Engines of National Transformation
The Hindu, Bangalore, Friday, August 17, 2001

TOP RUNG: Madhav Mehra, the first Asian to be elected Chairman, World Quality Council in conversation with Radhika Sachdev
Hindustan Times, December 2001

2000

Industry fails to draw benefits of ISO standards: WQC chief
Calcutta 20 October 2000

"Quality Guru" lays stress on ISO 14000
Indian Express, 5 February 2000

'Greatest business opportunities lie in environment, not IT
The Hindustan Times, Friday June 2, 2000

'We aim to build a synergy between business and environment'
Terra Firma, August 21, 2000

As Chairman of the World Quaity Council and President World Environment Foundation, Madhav Mehra knows what he is talking about when he says that the industry in the 21st century will be driven by the need to produce products that not only meet quality standards set by the markets but are also eco-friendly.

Flawed corporate governance norms worry quality gurus
Calcutta 15 November 2000

1999

Quality Street
Mumbai Unlimited, Thursday, March 18, 1999

Going Green, Grassroots Up
4 June 1999

Q&A/ Madhav Mehra, Governments and businesses are now understand the need for working out synergy between business and environment for sustainable deveopment. The World Congres on Environment Management and Enviromart'99 with the Asia-Europe Round Table on Cooperation for a Cleaner Environment is being held in the Capital this week. Dr Madhav Mehra, President World Environment Foundation (WEF) and Chairman, World Quality Council talks to Narayani Ganesh of the need for greater undestanding and a closer relationship between business and environment.

'You can be imperfect, but be the first'
Business Standard, Wednesday August 11, 1999

Findng quality times
Dr Madhav Mehra believes Indians abroad are the most innovative race

Dr Mehra combined the best of the two worlds in more than one way.

1998

Quality means producing something
14 February 1998

It is regrettable that the Indian industry does not take the issues of quality of products seriously, laments Dr Madhav Mehra.

Governments should be more transparent
The Hindu, March 11, 1998

The 'anti-incumbancy' factor will not matter so much, if governments are transparent in their functioning, Dr Madhav Mehra, sociologist and Chairman, World Quality Council (WQC), has said.

Work drives me further
Asian Age, 5 April 1998

Quality control is the magic mantra which keeps Dr Madhav Mehra constantly on his feet. Divya Sreedharan meets the Chairman of the World Quality Council.

The Quality Circle
Business World, 22 April 1998

The customer has become high quality conscious
Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Wednesday, October 14, 1998

Customer is King
I would like to see that quality standardisation codes be introduced for components in Construction, says Dr Madhav Mehra

1997

Dr Mehra 'People our greatest asset to achieve World Class'
MEPZA, Mauritius, December 1997

It is always quality that matters most
Business Times, 8 February 1997

Mehra takes on the world
Quality World, August 1997

"Quality norms to be stricter in future"
Statesman, 12 August 1997

"Companies which adapt to change will succeed"
The Hindu Business Line, Saturday, August 16, 1997

WQC urges govt to step up quality standards drive
Business Standard, 15 November 1997

Respond innovatively to changes for success
Business Express, November 18, 1997

1996

Quality Man
Business World, 21 February - 5 March 1996

Guru of Substance
The Economic Times, 19-25 January, 1996

‘India’s first International quality guru’, Madhav Mehra has a full agenda – encouraging the quality movement in the country while ensuring it does not degenerate into meaningless claims.

'India lags behind in quality standardization'
The Statesman, 30 January 1996

"Quality can coexist with quantity"
Financial Express, 10 February, 1996

Long terms gains
Business India, February 26 - March 10, 1996

Never mind the width feel the quality
Business Eye, July 1996, Issue 23

Quality Guru Dr Madhav Mehra, president of India's Institute of Directors, and chairman-elect of the World Quality Council, says India is undergoing a revolution in its quality standards, with Britain in a strong position to help

1995

"Total Quality is the way of managing"
Guardian Investor, January30 - February 5,1995

Quality King
The Economic Times, Tuesday, 9 February 1995

NQA Quality gets Dutch council accreditation
Business Standard, Saturday, September 9, 1995

Low-cost certification plan for small-scale firms
The Weekend Observer, New Delhi September 16, 1995

Quality begins at the top
Datal Street Jounal, August 21-Septembe 3, 1995

1994

"Total Quality is key to prosperit, harmony"
The Hindu,New Delhi, 8 January 1994

1993

Quality wave heats state as firms get ISO 9000
The Economic Times, New Delhi, Tuesday, 16 Novembe 1993

1991

An open-door policy
The Telegaph, 13 March 1990

1990

Training more vital than tech
Business World 19 June- 2 July 1991

Computer no match to human brain
Tribune, 19 June 1990


"Moolha and not morals driving corporate agenda"
says Dr. Mehra
 

"The malaise in the governance of corporations is far deeper than what appears on the surface.... Corporates still use moral language but they do not believe that it has any objective foundation". This was stated by Dr Madhav Mehra at the recently concluded 3rd International Conference on Corporate Governance in Delhi.... read more


Press cuttings: "Unleashing the Power of Corporate Board" seminar conducted by Dr Madhav Mehra, Bangalore, 18 February 2003

Times of India, 19 February 2003
Decan Herald,19 February 2003