The Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability (formerly Centre for Corporate Governance & Citizenship), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore was inaugurated by Judge Mervyn King, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, in the year 2003 to serve as a platform to bring together academics and practitioners to discuss, debate and share ideas on the current and emerging trends in corporate governance and sustainable practices. The Centre is accredited as the National Centre for Excellence by the National Foundation for Corporate Governance, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. The Centre has contributed significantly to developing board directors and senior executives to create the highest standards of corporate governance, sustainability, and responsible business practices in private, public, and civil society. Members of the Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability (CCGS) also provide advisory support to government, financial institutions, standard setters, and professional and industry bodies on corporate governance and sustainability, regulation, and self-regulation.

The Centre focuses on the five broad areas: Advocacy, Education, Training, Research, and Dissemination.

CCGS has conducted a variety of knowledge enrichment and capability-building programmes in corporate governance, leadership, and management for Chief Executives, Directors, and Board Members from Public and Private sectors, including NGOs, start-ups, and banks. These progammes involve the burning questions today in Corporate Governance as part of the key discussion. Topics covered are Board Roles and Responsibilities, succession planning, corporate transparency, financial control and accounting, the role of audit committee, stakeholder activism, the role of independent directors, Boards & ESG, and cyber resilient strategy and governance, to name a few.

The Centre is guided by a high-level Advisory Committee, comprising external members who are leaders from Industry and experienced Institute faculty from different disciplines such as finance and control, marketing, strategy, economics and organisation behaviour.