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
For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/2nd-law-economics-policy-conference-2017