IBBI-IGIDR-FICCI Insolvency and bankruptcy reforms workshop


27th - 28th April, 2018
Swan, 11th Floor, Edelweiss House, Kalina, Mumbai

As a precursor to the first IBBI-IGIDR Insolvency and bankruptcy conference to be held on 3rd - 4th August 2018, the Finance Research Group at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, is organising a Pre-conference workshop.


The workshop will be a two day event with seven paper presentations and four panel discussions, structured as follows:


Friday, 27th April

09:30 - 10:00 Registration, Coffee and Tea
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks
Susan Thomas, Finance Research Group, IGIDR, Mumbai
10:15 - 10:45 Keynote Address
M. S. Sahoo, IBBI
10:45 - 11:20 Watching India's insolvency reforms: One year of IBC [presentation]
Surbhi Bhatia, Varun Marwah, Gausia Shaikh and Bhargavi Zaveri, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Discussant: Suharsh Sinha, AZB & Partners
11:20 - 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 - 12:30 Panel 1: Challenges in arriving at a resolution plan
Abizer Diwanji, E Y India
Srikrishna Dwaram, True North Co
Surya Mahadev, Multiples Alternate Asset Management
Harish Chander,Edelweiss
Krishnava Dutt, Argus Partners
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Panel 2: IBC: A Reality Check
Joshua Felman, J. H. Consultants
Suharsh Sinha, ABZ & Partners
K R Saji Kumar, IBBI
Prasanth Regy, IBBI
14:30 - 15:05 The impact of the RBI 12
Joshua Felman, J. H. Consultants, Varun Marwah and Anjali Sharma, Finance Research Group, IGIDR [presentation]
Discussant: Richa Roy, Law and public policy professional
15:05 - 15:15 Tea Break
15:15 - 15:50 Regulating Insolvency Professionals under the IBC - Tracing pathways to regulation based on a study of professional development [presentation]
Anirudh Burman, NIPFP and Rajeswari Sengupta, IGIDR
Discussant: Prasanth Regy, IBBI
15:50 - 16:25 Insolvency and Corporate Governance: Linkages and limitations [presentation]
Richa Roy, Law and public policy professional
Discussant: Joshua Felman, J. H. Consultants

Saturday, 28th April

10:00 - 10:30 Registration, Coffee and Tea
10:30 - 11:05 Consumers as creditors in corporate bankruptcy [presentation]
Gausia Shaikh and Anjali Sharma, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Discussant: Renuka Sane, NIPFP
11:05 - 11:40 Catch and Release: Data in the IBC ecosystem [presentation]
Adam Feibelman, Tulane Law School and Renuka Sane, NIPFP
Discussant: Gausia Shaikh, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
11:40 - 12:00 Break
12:00 - 13:00 Panel 3: Creating a market for stressed assets
Ravi Chachra, Eight Capital
Susan Thomas, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Ajay Shah, NIPFP
Harsh Vardhan, Bain Consulting
Joshua Felman, J. H. Consultants
Badri Narayan, Third Eye Capital
13:00 - 13:10 Closing remarks followed by lunch