India went through the process of liberalization, privatization, and globalization of its economic policies in 1991, and has undergone vast changes in its legal and economic setting since the early 1990s.

With this opening up of the economy completing 25 years in 2016, the occasion is mature to inspect its impact on India – specifically, on the various laws enacted and amended subsequent to liberalization.

Conference Themes

The Conference was held on July 14th, 15th and 16th, 2016. It focus on ‘Liberalization and Globalization: Changing Legal Paradigm’ with possible sub themes such as:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution: Success and failures
• Changing Role of Government to Regulatory Governance, especially with Privatisation
• Constitutional Response to Economic Liberalisation: Changing dimension of ‘State’
• Business and Human rights: Economic Liberalisation and Impact on Human Rights
• Corporate Governance and Ethical Dimension in Law and Public Policy, especially in Transnational Corporations
• Industry and Environment Concerns in a Globalized world
• Fair Competition and Consumer Welfare
• International Trade and Indian Legal Regime
• WTO, Reforms Agendas and Upcoming Challenges
• Transparency and Accountability in Governance and Public Services


Speakers

Professor Robert Lee, Head of School, Director of Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research, Birmingham Law School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Professor, Dept. of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor (Dr.) P. Ishwara Bhat, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India

Prof. Avinash Govindjee, Professor of Law & Head, Department of Public Law, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Prof. Sudha Setty, Faculty of Law, Western New England School of Law, Massachusetts, USA

Prof Matthew Charity, Professor of Law, Western New England University School of Law, Massachusetts, USA

Prof. Kalyani Robbins, Associate Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law, USA

Professor Sam Halabi, Associate Professor of Law, University of Tulsa College of Law, Oklahoma. USA

Prof. Umakanth Varottil, Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, NUS, Singapore

Mr. Dilan Thampapillai, Lecturer, College of Law, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Professor (Dr.) Sandeep Bhat B , Associate Professor of Law, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India

Dr. T.S. Somashekar, Associate Professor of Law, NLSIU, Bengaluru.

Mr. Siddhartha Raja, Founder Partner at Samvad Partners, Advocates (formerly known as Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja)

Mr. Manas Kumar Chaudhuri Partner, Competition Law Practice at Khaitan & Co

JLN Murthy, Advocate and Regional Centre Incharge & Secretary, ICADR, Hyderabad