The 1st Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee Conference


31st July - 1st August, 2015
Conference Hall No. 2,
India International Centre, Delhi

Agenda

31st July 2015

8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION, COFFEE AND TEA
9:00 - 9:30 INAUGURAL
Opening remarks T. K. Viswanathan, Chairman, BLRC
Welcome address Ajay Tyagi, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
9:30 – 11:00 PROCESS FOR LEGAL ENTITIES, I: RESOLVING INSOLVENCY
Presentation Susan Thomas, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Discussion
Badri Narayan, Third Eye Capital
Ajay Shah, NIPFP

11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 13:00 PROCESS FOR LEGAL ENTITIES, II: LIQUIDATION
Presentation Susan Thomas, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Discussion
Maneesha Dhir, Dhir Associates
Sharad Bhatia, Axis Bank
Debanshu Mukherjee, Vidhi Center for Legal Policy

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS
Presentation Renuka Sane, ISI Delhi
Discussion
S. Ramann, CAG
Saurabh Jaywant, IFMR Capital
K. P. Krishnan, Dept. of Land Resources

15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:30 EXPERIENCES WITH RESOLVING BANKRUPTCY
Presentations
Clive Barnard and Kevin Pullen, Herbert Smith Freehills [presentation]
Sankar Krishnan and Nikhil Shah, Alvarez & Marshal India [presentation]
Harsh Vardhan, Bain Consulting
Aparna Ravi, Center for Law and Policy Research [presentation]

17:30 - 18:30 OPEN FLOOR AND WINDING DOWN
Coordinator Ajay Shah, NIPFP
19:00 - 21:00 DINNER

1st August 2015

8:30 – 9:30 TEA, COFFEE
9:30 – 10:30 THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY REGULATOR
Presentation Anjali Sharma, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
Discussion
C. K. G. Nair, Dept. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Suyash Rai, NIPFP Macro/Finance [presentation]
M. R. Umarji, Indian Banks Association

10:30 – 11:30 THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY ADJUDICATOR
Presentation Pratik Datta, NIPFP Macro/Finance
Discussion
Maneesha Dhir, Dhir Associates
Aparna Ravi, Center for Law and Policy Research
Shubho Roy, NIPFP Macro/Finance Group
Arghya Sengupta, Vidhi Center for Legal Policy

11:30 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY INFORMATION UTILITITES
Presentation Ajay Shah, NIPFP
Discussion
Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Madalasa Venkataraman, IIM, Bangalore [presentation]
A. K. Ralhan, Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) [presentation]

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 THE INDUSTRY OF INSOLVENCY PROFESSIONALS
Presentation Rajeswari Sengupta, IGIDR
Discussion
Anirudh Burman, NIPFP Macro/Finance
P. Raviprasad, Tempus Law Associates
M. S. Sahoo, Competition Commission of India
Bahram Vakil , AZB & Partners

15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:30 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Presentation Ajay Shah, NIPFP
Discussion
Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Shashank Saxena, Dept. of Financial Services
K. P. Krishnan, Dept. of Land Resources

16:30 - 18:00 OPEN FLOOR AND WINDING DOWN
Coordinator Ajay Shah, NIPFP