This book on “Corporate Social Responsibility In India—Cases And Developments After The Legal Mandate” comes at an excellent time in the socio-economic journey of India. The country is at a moment of transition in many ways as it comes to terms with its place in the world as a vibrant young nation with the potential to chart its own path. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the bridge between economic and social progress, and the recent developments in the sector mark the coming of age of India. The sector has grown in terms of both impact and range as part of corporate engagement in social development and that is a part of the journey described in this book. The recent legislation on CSR in India brings a sense of order and organisation to corporate investments in social good while enabling a lever that could direct these efforts towards national imperatives, or, towards scale, and certainly towards greater efficiency and impact. This transition to a systemic approach to corporate social responsibility is documented in this excellent book. It uses the new legal mandate as a peg to mark the transition and showcases a multi-stakeholder approach to bring out the effects of the mandate on the holistic environment. I congratulate the editors, Mrs. Nayan Mitra and Dr. Rene´ Schmidpeter, for doing a fabulous job on this book. They have succeeded in bringing together policymakers, consultants, corporates, and academicians who not only come from different perspectives and experiences but also have distinct roles in shaping the future of CSR going forward. The book seamlessly integrates their views and insights into understanding the legal mandate, its requirements, challenges and the way forward in an eclectic mix of analytical chapters and case studies. The authors collectively build a picture that reflects the complex spaces to be negotiated in CSR that will determine both the scope and impact of the corporate world in social progress. This is by no means certain and certainly not predicated by the legislation alone. The chapters in the book reflect the stakeholders and forces at play in this arena.