Will Rajat Gupta impact the image of Indian professionals?

The decision to indict Rajat Gupta on five counts of fraud and one of conspiracy has taken many by surprise. What impact will it have on the image of Indian professionals? As Gupta worries about his future, we try and answer that question.

Joining Karan Thapar on this episode of India Tonight is the former head of Boston Consultancy and now a member of the Planning Commission Arun Maira, the chairman of Shell India Vikram Mehta and the chief of bureau of Wall Street Journal Paul Beckett. Below is an edited transcript of the interview. Q: Are you a bit shaken that a man who rose to become the first non-American managing director of McKinsey and a director of Goldman Sachs should be charged with fraud? Maira: Yes of course I am shaken. I had a great respect for Rajat and the work he had been doing in India in particular, as many Indians also had. To find such a person that we respected to be charged with things we didn