The Centre for Corporate Laws, National Law University Odisha is organizing its 1st National Conference on Emerging Trends of Corporate Law.
Themes
The main theme of the conference is “Emerging Trends of Corporate Law”. We invite papers in the followings Sub-themes:
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Corporate Engagement
[Importance and implication of due diligence, Effect of decline in venture capital funding, Effect of government scheme: Start India Action Plan & MUDRA Scheme, Corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.]
- Effect of Global Policy change
[eg. Brexit, rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, etc., Alternative Investment Funds in India: (Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture Capital Funds, PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) Funds, Debt Funds, Infrastructure Equity Fund, SME Fund, GREX, etc.]
- Corporate Crime and Capital Market
[NSEL Fraud, Panama Paper (shadow companies), Satyam Computer, etc.]
- Schemes of Mergers & Acquisitions
[Corporate Restructuring: Mergers, Amalgamation, Demergers, Acquisition, Joint Ventures, Divestment, Strategic Alliance, Franchisee, Takeovers; Effect of Anti-trust rules and regulations on Schemes of Mergers & Acquisitions, etc.]
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
[Comment on ICSI’s Global Corporate Governance Code, Importance of Implementation of CSR projects at the grass-root level, Impact of New Bankruptcy Code on Corporate Governance, etc.]
- Issues related to Securities Market
[Securities Transaction Tax (in Shares, bonds, debentures, debenture stock or other marketable securities, etc.), Insider Trading, FIIs, Offences related to Intermediaries, etc.]
- Banking and Project Financing
[Role of international financial institutions (IFIs) in project financing, Relation of project financing to the financing structure of PPP Projects, BREXIT:Implication on project financing, etc.]
- Recent changes to the FDI Policy and effect on Domestic Capital
Note: The above mentioned sub-themes are merely illustrative and not exhaustive and hence any other submission pertinent to the theme shall be accorded consideration.
Call for Papers
We call upon the Scholars, academicians in the field of law and students pursuing LL.B (Hons.) (3 years or 5 years) and LL.M. course from any recognized University to be eligible to participate in the competition.
Submission Procedure
All submissions shall be made online to corplawsem@nluo.ac.in
Note: In all matters relating to the acceptance of the abstracts and the research papers, the decision of the Organizers shall be final and conclusive.
Important Dates
| Submission of Abstract | 20th August, 2016 |
| Declaration of Abstract Selection | 27th August, 2016 |
| Paper Submission | 20th September, 2016 |
| Declaration of Paper Selection | 30th September, 2016 |
| Deadline for Registration and Submission of Demand Draft (Soft Copy) | 5th October, 2016 |
| Deadline for Registration and Submission of Demand Draft (Hard Copy) | 10th October, 2016 |
| Conference Dates | 21st–22nd October, 2016 |
Registration
- Single authorship- INR 1000/-
- Co-authorship- INR 2000/-
The registration will cover food, accommodation and conference materials on the day of conference.
Awards
- For Articles
Winner- Cash Prize of 7,500 + certificate & other gifts
Runners Up- Cash Prize of 5,000 + certificate & other gifts
- For Essays
Winner- Cash Prize of 7,500+certificate & other gifts
Runners Up- Cash Prize of 5,000 +certificate & other gifts
Contact Details
For any further information or clarifications,please contact us on the following addresses or contact numbers:
- Meghmala Mukherjee (Convenor)- [email protected]; contact- +91 9437504985
- NitinJeswani (Secretary)- [email protected]; contact- +91 8895532153
On behalf of Centre for Corporate Law of NationalLaw University, Odisha, we welcome you to this conference.
For Submission details click HERE
For Brochure click HERE