Book to trace India's biggest corporate scandal

The Satyam saga is now a book — published by the books division of Business Standard Limited, which publishes Business Standard. The book tells the story of India's biggest corporate scandal to date, and how Satyam Computers, India’s fourth largest information technology compay, was grounded by the scandal and eventually sold.

Senior journalists of Business Standard have traced the roots of the scandal, gone behind the scenes to capture the drama of the action, and provided a comprehensive account of all that transpired. They also spoke to Ramalinga Raju’s family, colleagues, clients and teachers to get the true picture of the man behind the business, the philanthropy and, unfortunately, the scam. The book also has a foreword by Kiran Karnik, who was the chairman of the government-appointed board that oversaw the sale of the company to Tech Mahindra.

This book is not a compilation of Business Standard’s reporting on the scam over months, it unravels the scandal and traces the crisis management scenario. The Satyam Saga also examines the issues of corporate governance, regulatory loopholes and remedies, and the larger repercussions of a dream which threatened to go sour, she added.