2nd Law Economics Policy Conference 2017

The 2nd Law Economics Policy Conference is being organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and Institute for New Economic Thinking, New York from December 4 to 6, 2017 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.
Steering Committee

  • Upma Chawdhry, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
  • Rajeev Kapoor, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
  • K. P. Krishnan, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  • Sunanda Nair Bidkar, Institute for New Economic Thinking
  • Ila Patnaik, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
  • Rathin Roy, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
  • Ajay Shah, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
  • B. N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
  • Somasekhar Sundaresan, Advocate
  • Shardul S. Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

4 December 2017
Juniper Hall (Entry from Gate No. 1 on Lodhi Road)

19:30 - 22:30
Inauguration and Dinner

Inaugural Address Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog

5 December 2017
Juniper Hall (Entry from Gate No. 1 on Lodhi Road)

09:00 - 09:30
Registration and Breakfast

09:30 - 09:45
Opening remarks

09:45 - 11:05
Panel 1: Public Health

Chairperson: C. K. Mishra, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

Regulating the health profession Shefali Malhotra, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Air pollution Shubho Roy, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Health system design thinking Nachiket Mor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panelists

B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Government of Chhattisgarh Yamini Aiyar, Centre for Policy Research Sanjay Arte, True North Managers

11:05 - 11:25
Tea/Coffee

11:25 - 12:45
Panel II: Bankruptcy

Chairperson: Injeti Srinivas, Ministry of Corporate Affairs

The issues Bhargavi Zaveri, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research

Panelists

Shashank Saksena, Ministry of Finance Suharsh Sinha, AZB & Partners Sumant Prashant, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

12:45 - 13:45
Lunch

13:45 - 14:45
Rule of law and regulation Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna, Supreme Court of India

14:45 - 16:05
Panel III: Importance of land market for ease of doing business

Chairperson: Vijay Madan, Ex-Secretary, Department of Land Resources

Stylised facts on Maharashtra RERA data Sahil Gandhi, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Creating an efficient market in land Anirudh Burman, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Panelists

Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Barun Mitra, Liberty Institute S. Chockalingam, Government of Maharashtra

16:05 - 16:25
Tea/Coffee

16:25 - 17:45
Panel IV: Technology Policy

Chairperson: Rajeev Kapoor, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

Current debates in technology policy Smriti Parsheera, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Panelists

Arunabh Choudhary, Juris Corp Parag Kar, Vice President, Qualcomm Sunil Bajpai, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Sunil Abraham, The Centre for Internet and Society S. Ganesh Kumar, Reserve Bank of India

6 December 2017
Juniper Hall (Entry from Gate No. 1 on Lodhi Road)

09:30 - 10:00
Registration and Breakfast

10:00 - 11:30
Panel V: Courts and Tribunals

Chairperson: Shardul S. Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

The issues Prasanth Regy, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

Judicial delay: Informalism as panacea? Anuj Bhuwania, South Asian University

Panelists

Anand Prasad, Advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan, Advocate Ritin Rai, Advocate Sanjay Kumar Medhi, Additional Advocate General, Assam

11:30 - 11:50
Tea/Coffee

11:50 - 13:20
Panel VI: Macroeconomic and financial institution building

Chairperson: Vijay Kelkar, NIPFP

A progress report Ila Patnaik, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Panelists

U. K. Sinha, Ex-Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India Harsh Vardhan, Bain & Company Amit Raje, Goldman Sachs

13:20 - 14:20
Lunch

14:20 - 15:50
Panel VII: Criminal Justice

Chairperson: Prakash Singh, Police Foundation and Institute

The issues Renuka Sane, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Panelists

P.C. Haldar, Police Foundation and Institute B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Government of Chhattisgarh

15:50 - 16:10
Tea/Coffee

16:10 - 17:40
Panel VIII: High performance regulators

The issues Ajay Shah, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

A regulator for private skills providers K.P. Krishnan, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Panelists

Praveen Garg, Ministry of Finance Somasekhar Sundaresan, Advocate Suyash Rai, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

17:40 - 17:50
Summing up Sunanda Nair Bidkar, Institute for New Economic Thinking Ila Patnaik, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

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