 S.C. Sharada is a Company Secretary and Law Graduate with over 30 years of professional corporate experience. Prior to setting up her own firm in 2006, she was the Company Secretary and Legal Counsel of Buhler India Pvt. Ltd., a swiss MNC in Bangalore, handling Legal, Company Secretarial, Indirect Taxes and Banking matters. Currently she is offering professional services to Corporates, Business Incubators, Trusts, Societies, Section 8 companies across various sectors focussing on Companies Act, FEMA, Governance structuring, Startup advisory & mentoring, legal drafting & due diligence, CSR, Secretarial Audit etc.  Sharada is an executive alumnus of IIM, Bangalore and a Distinguished Toastmaster, certified by the Toastmasters International, USA.  In 2013, she successfully completed the ‘Women on Corporate Boards’ mentoring programme of FICCI and is currently serving as an Independent Director on the Boards of public limited companies.  She was the first woman Chairman of the Bangalore chapter of ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India) in 2014, a Member of the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of the ICSI during 2019 and a Member of the Expert Group on Secretarial Standards of ICSI for the years 2020-2022. In the past, she has served as Member of the State Taxes Committee of Bangalore Chamber of Industries & Commerce (BCIC), Corporate Affairs Committee of FKCCI and Jury Member for contests of FKCCI & eMERG.  Sharada has addressed students, professionals and entrepreneurs on various professional topics at colleges, corporates, industry bodies, business incubators, management institutes & ICSI programmes. She loves writing and has been publishing a fortnightly e-newsletter called ‘Samhita’ for the last several years that carries all regulatory updates and her personal musings.  Sharada believes in giving back to the society and is currently supporting a couple of NGOs in education space. She serves as a Trustee of “Mathru Foundation”, an NGO for specially-abled children being run by Arjuna Awardee & Padmashri Dr. Malathi Holla.  Having battled breast cancer successfully in 2013, she is open about it and believes in creating awareness that there is a ‘better life beyond cancer’. She actively leads and mentors a few cancer support groups. She has shared her thoughts on Breast Health as a speaker at various forums – corporates, colleges, Rotary & Toastmasters clubs & TV channel. As a cancer victor, Sharada has many life-lessons to offer and is grateful to the ‘People Power’ that she enjoys