IGIDR Conference on Bankruptcy laws and outcomes in India


5th March, 2016
Seanza Conference Hall, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:30 Registration, Coffee and Tea
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome address and opening remarks
Mahendra Dev, Director, IGIDR
T. K. Viswanathan, Chairman, Bankruptcy Legislative Re- forms Committee (BLRC)
9:40 – 9:50 The Problem
Susan Thomas, IGIDR and Member, BLRC
9:50 – 10:15 Rationale for Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) [presentation]
Rajeswari Sengupta, IGIDR
10:15 – 10:40 The present state of insolvency resolution in India [presentation]
Anjali Sharma, Finance Research Group, IGIDR
10:40 – 10:55 Break
10:55 – 11:55 Resolution Processes in IBC
Chairperson: Susan Thomas, IGIDR
Shreya Garg, Vidhi Legal Policy [presentation]
Richa Roy, AZB & Partners [presentation]
Renuka Sane, ISI, Delhi
11:55 – 12:55 Institutions in IBC
Chairperson: Susan Thomas, IGIDR
Ashika Dabholkar, AZB & Partners [presentation]
Pratik Dutta, NIPFP [presentation]
Anirudh Burman, NIPFP [presentation]
Shivangi Tyagi, NIPFP [presentation]
12:55 – 13:55 Lunch
13:55 – 14:55 Discussion: “Credit stress in firms and banks”
Shyamala Gopinath, HDFC Bank (Moderator)
Harsh Vardhan, Bain & Co
Josh Felman, IMF
Nikhil Shah, Alvarez & Marsal
Suneet Weling, Kotak Bank
14:55 – 15:10 Break
15:10 – 15:40 Secured creditors’ rights and IBC [presentation]
Leena Chacko & Dhananjay Kumar, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
15:40 – 16:10 IBC, IFC and financial firm resolution: A bird’s eye view [presentation]
Bhargavi Zaveri, NIPFP
16:10 – 16:25 Break
16:25 – 17:25 Discussion: “Bankruptcy reform: From ideas to action”
Ajay Shah, NIPFP (Moderator)
K P Krishnan, Dept. of Land Resources
Bahram Vakil, AZB & Partners
17:25 – 17:30 Closing remarks