Seminar on
Rubric of the New Competition Law Regime in India

Challenges and the Path Forward


5th April, 2008

Lotus Room, Lower Lobby,
Hilton
Towers, Mumbai

 
   
AGENDA
 
9:30 am - 10:00 am Registration
10:00 am - 10:30 am INAUGURAL SESSION

Shri M.N. Gilani
Principal Secretary
Law and Judiciary Department,
Government of Maharashtra


Dr S. Chakravarthy

Former member MRTP,
Advisor on Competition Policy

  • Inaugural Address





  • Keynote Address
10:30 am - 11.45 am FIRST SESSION

CHAIRPERSON
Bijesh Thakker
Thakker & Thakker, Mumbai

Suhail Nathani
Economic Laws Practice, Mumbai

Archana Rajaraman
Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai





  • Competition Law: An Overview

  • Comparison of salient features of the Competition Act, 2002 vis-à-vis International Jurisdiction
11.45 am - 12.00 pm Tea Break
12.00 pm - 1.15 pm SECOND SESSION

CHAIRPERSON
Nishith Desai
Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai


Gautam Bhatt

Thakker & Thakker, Mumbai

Shiju PV
Hariani & Co, Mumbai






  • Merger Regulation


  • Abuse of Dominance
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm- 3:15 pm THIRD SESSION

CHAIRPERSON
Dr S. Chakravarthy

Former member MRTP,
Advisor on Competition Policy


Kartik Ganapathy

Nishith Desai Associates, Bangalore

Manas Chaudhuri
J. Sagar Associates, Delhi


Jaishree Jaisinghani Vyavaharkar
Associate, Baker & McKenzie, London






  • Anti-competitive Agreements



  • Competition Law and Regulation: An Interface


  • Cartels and Leniency: Lessons to be Learned from the European Experience
3:15 pm- 3:30 pm Tea Break
3:30 pm- 4.30 pm FOURTH SESSION
CHAIRPERSON
Kartik Ganapathy
Nishith Desai Associates, Bangalore


R. Muralidharan
Krishna & Saurastri, Bangalore


Shuva Mandal

AZB partners, Mumbai





  • IPR and Competition Laws:
    The Conflicts, Challenges and Necessity of Reconciliation
  • Competition Law vis-à-vis Telecom Sector


 
     
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