User:Sudheendhra

Sudheendhra Putty, born at Secunderabad. Had schooling at St. John's Church High School, Secunderabad. A graduate in commerce and law from Osmania University, he also holds a post graduate degree in Public Personnel Management from Osmania University. He is a topper in the Business English Examination of the University of Cambridge. Sudheendhra is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and is presently employed as Company Secretary of a leading software and engineering services company, based out of Hyderabad. He led a team that won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance in 2012 and the ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance in 2014.

Sudheendhra Putty has been a journalist and began his career writing for the Deccan Chronicle in 1992. He has contributed several write ups to the TV Guide when it was launched, was an avid film critic and has written numerous film reviews. He was associated with the newspaper until August 1998 having written on a wide range of subjects. From April 2000 till October 2003, he was closely associated with The Hindu - Metro Plus edition in Hyderabad. He has written hundreds of articles on such varied matters as films, books, art, culture, religion to fashion and current affairs. While writing for The Hindu, he moved to features and has done several interviews with people like Harsha Bhogle, Sri Satyatma Teertha (Pontiff of the Uttaradhi Mutt), Swami Sukhabodanda to name a few.

Sudheendhra is a prolific writer on corporate laws, management, corporate governance and secretarial practice. He writes in Chartered Secretary, the journal of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Taxmann's SEBI and Corporate Laws and Corporate Professionals Today. He is a regular speaker at seminars and conventions on corporate laws and governance. He has spoken and circulated papers on company law and securities laws in the National Convention of Company Secretaries since 2002, seminars and workshops organised by chambers of commerce (FAPCCI, CII, etc) and professional institutes like the ICWAI and ICAI. Some of his writings have been prescribed as further reading for students of corporate law at the University of Ulster, UK.

Sudheendhra Putty has been closely associated with the profession of Company Secretaries from his student days and was on the Newsletter Committee of the Hyderabad Chapter in the late 1990s. He was a member of the Management Committee of Hyderabad Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India between 2007 - 2014. He was Chairman of the Research Committee, Professional Development Committee and News Letter Committee. He was a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Chartered Secretary magazine and was a member of the Secretarial Standards Board of the ICSI.

A voracious reader, a thorough Anglophile, a great fan of Guru Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman and Rekha, Sudheendhra lives in Secunderabad. He loves poetry and reading. Travel is a passion for him and he indulges in it often....having covered large parts of the beloved motherland - the cold, ecstatic climes of Nara-Narayana at Badrinath to the waves of the ocean washing the feet of Bharat Mata at Kanyakumari; from the sandy dunes of Jaipur to the enchanting Dakshineshwar at Calcutta...he has seen them. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/16/stories/2002041600430200.htm http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/08/stories/2002070800290200.htm http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/30/stories/2002123001610300.htm http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/27/stories/2002052701110200.htm http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/09/stories/2002040900420100.htm http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/24/stories/2002062400670100.htm http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/24/stories/2002072400240100.htm http://hindujobs.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/11/stories/2002111101720100.htm http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/04/07/stories/2003040700630200.htm

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