Going Public: My time at SEBI

by U.K. Sinha

As chief of SEBI, Upendra Kumar Sinha guided the regulatory body through some of its most crucial years. Successive governments appointed him on this crucial post-making him one of the longest-serving heads of the organization. Under his leadership, SEBI successfully fought a long legal battle with Sahara, and led the crackdown on institutions such as PACL, Rose Valley, Saradha and the MPS groups which conducted unauthorized deposit collections.Upendra Kumar Sinha has contributed significantly to shaping India's capital markets in multiple roles, including as chairman of UTI Mutual Fund and head of the Capital Markets division in the Ministry of Finance. He's been the guiding force behind reforms to protect the rights of investors, make stock exchanges more secure, and introduce alternate investment funds (AIFs), real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs). He is credited with the current revival and growth of the mutual funds industry in the country. This candid and historically important memoir reminisces on his journey through India's changing financial landscape.

212 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 5, 2020

Reviews

[Navdeep Pundhir · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is five star for one reason:
Whenever you read a book by a former officer or Chairman or any head of an important officer, you get this feeling that the author is trying to convey that during his time at the helm of affairs, the Sun and the Moon were controlled by him.
This book is different. Mr Sinha makes no such claims and surprisingly, the use of words like I, me or myself is sparse in teh book. Objective, frank and well paraphrased. Well Done, Sir!

[Sethu Krishnan m · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gives a good perspective on the working on India's capital market and the role SEBI, probably the strongest regulator, plays in it. Seems like SEBI, as a regulator, will eclipse RBI in future or at least become as powerful as RBI.

[krishna kishor poddar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A must read book for capital market .

[HS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have liked it to address some of the controversies with a bit more depth. But all in all an insightful read.