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Prasanta Mahapatra takes charge as SEBI executive director
Prasanta Mahapatra has taken charge as executive director at the Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai. He will oversee SEBI’s Corporation Finance Investigation Department and Recovery and Refund Department.
The Story in Brief
Prasanta Mahapatra has taken charge as executive director at the Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai. He will oversee SEBI’s Corporation Finance Investigation Department and Recovery and Refund Department.
Mahapatra joined SEBI in April 1999 and was previously a chief general manager. He has worked in market regulation, investigations, enquiries and adjudication, market intermediaries regulation and supervision, corporation finance and investment management. He has also served at SEBI’s Eastern Regional Office in Kolkata and on domestic policy and advisory committees involving cooperation with international regulators, ETLegalWorld reports.
The Indian Opinion
This appointment does not, by itself, prove that SEBI is changing its enforcement approach, nor does a long internal career guarantee tougher recovery. The useful test is practical: whether pending investigations move faster and refunds reach investors more reliably under Mahapatra’s departments. SEBI’s disclosures on case disposal and recovered funds will offer a clearer measure than celebratory profiles.
Source: legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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