Dr. Ayushee Agarwal Email & Phone Number

Greater Noida

Research Interests:Company Law, Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Governance, Disclosures & Reporting Standards, Environmental Social & Governance standards & metrics (ESG), Securities Laws, Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Greater Boston Area

-Organized events for community-building and improving sustainability practices across Harvard schools- Led initiatives to establish a safe, conducive, culturally and intellectually stimulating environment for the Harvard students, researchers & visiting scholars and their families.

• Social venture, (Nature Buddy) shortlisted from a pool of more than 400 startups across Harvard for Spring Venture Competition 2019 and incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab
• Partnered with State Rural Livelihood Missions in India for training and capacity building of women Self Help Groups and create community assets impacting 10,000+rural households (Project Budget $300mn)
• Partnered for CSR projects with Veolia Environnement, Andritz, Up2Green, ($5 mn project funding)
• Supervised a team of 10+ people – handled business development, operations and marketing
• Devised awareness & educational campaigns for urban communities in Delhi against pollution menace to influence behavioural change and establish a deeper connect with Nature
• Developed a consumer base of 10,000+ urban households and 15+ institutions: Schools (garden-based learning), Corporates (employee engagement/wellness), and Residential societies (urban farms)

Basel Area, Switzerland

Worked on a project related to sustainability reporting practices of Indian companies in pharma and auto industry viv-a- vis UNGC principles.

New Delhi

• Managed the legal and secretarial operations at Groupon India (www.groupon.co.in), a subsidiary of GROUPON Inc - a US based MNC, listed on NASDAQ.
• Led and set-up the legal and secretarial department of the India office
• Key liaison for India office with global legal team of Groupon Inc based in US and European markets
• Led transition from Groupon Inc to Groupon India and advised management on complex legal issues
• Compliances across all functions, including Annual Filing of Financial Statements, Returns, Reports
• Led contracts worth $50 mn with 100+ partners; supervised drafting and vetting of contracts for strategic partnerships. Major partnerships –Samsung, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Dominos, UNICEF, WWF, PayU, Café Coffee Day.

Delhi

Responsible for managing the secretarial compliances and handling the legal operations ranging from drafting of Agreements, Contract management, Coordinating &liasioning with deputed counsels, compliance management, due diligence, etc.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability

Dissertation titled “Significance of Disclosure Requirements for a healthy corporate governance system (An empirical study with reference.

Education record

In-campus coursework on ‘Corporate Governance from International Comparative Perspective’ taught by Prof Reinier Kraakman

Education record

In-campus Coursework on ‘Impact Investing and its Siblings: Private Capital for Public Purposes ’, taught by Prof David Wood ‘Corporate.

A Highly Competitive Professional Qualification In Corporate Governance And Business Law., Business & Corporate Law, Securities And Financial Regulation, Taxation, Corporate Governance, Secured All India Ranks (In All Stages), Air 20 (June 2010)

Activities and Societies: Adjudged as the "Best Presenter" in the TOP program conducted by NIRC-ICSI.

Ll.B

B.Com (Hons), Commerce & Accounts, 75% With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Active participation in debates, essay-writing and dramatics.Among the top 1% in the class.

Certificate In Cyber Laws, Cyber Law

12Th, Commerce