CORPORATE LAW COMMITTEE EVENT REPORT AS A PART OF THE DECENNIAL CELEBRATION, 2017.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... 3 REPORT ON THE SEMINAR... 3 EVENT DESCRIPTION... 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE SPEAKERS... 6 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS... 7 PROPOSED BUDGET... 12 PHOTOGRAPHS... 14 REPORT ON THE GUEST LECTURE... 15 EVENT DESCRIPTION... 16 DESCRIPTION OF THE SPEAKERS... 16 PROPOSED BUDGET... 17 PHOTOGRAPHS... 19
INTRODUCTION Corporate law Committee organised and hosted two events, A Seminar and a Guest Lecture as a part of the Decennial Celebration with the aim to impart knowledge in the field of Corporate Law and bridge the gap between theoretical and practical field in relation to the same. A detailed report of the same is given below. REPORT ON THE SEMINAR SEMINAR ON REGULATING PUBLIC LISTED COMPANIES-ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, 2017 The Corporate Law Committee, School of Law, Christ University, organised a seminar on the topic Regulating Public Listed Companies in India : Issues and Challenges as a part of its Decennial Celebration. This seminar was conducted on 11 th September 2017, between 12:30pm and 5:30pm at Room No. 911, Central Block, Christ University. This Seminar was organized with the objective to discuss and deliberate the legal regime and the complex legal issues in the regulation of Public Listed Companies in India, with the help of experts in the field of Corporate Law. The seminar received an overwhelming response and was attended by Students, Academicians, Advocates, Company Secretaries, Chartered Accountants, and several other interested persons from across the country. The seminar comprehensively covered the following Sub-Themes: 1) The role of Independent Directors in strengthening corporate governance; 2) Prohibition of Insider Trading: Issues and Challenges; 3) Challenges under SEBI Takeover Regulations, 2011; 4) Regulating Intermediaries: Role of SEBI. Experts in various fields of corporate law comprehensively dealt with each of these subthemes. Mr. Yashasvi Mohan Ram, a Partner at Platinum Partners, deliberated upon the subtheme The role of Independent Directors in strengthening corporate governance. This session involved discussions on the issues involved in achieving the real objective of appointing independent directors for corporate governance in the Companies Act, 2013.
Mr. Pramod S.M., a Senior Partner at BMP & Co., presided over the second and third sessions of the seminar, on the sub-themes Prohibition of Insider Trading: Issues and Challenges and Challenges under SEBI Takeover Regulations, 2011. In the second session, the need for a revamp in the law regulating insider trading, as well as the salient features of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 were discussed. The third session involved deliberation upon the Takeover Regulations, and their role in meeting corporate governance requirements during a takeover in order to ensure equality, fairness in opportunity and transparency. The last session of the seminar was conducted by Mr. CS Harish, a Manager at Bangalore Regional Office, Central Depositories India Ltd., who deliberated upon the sub-theme Regulating Intermediaries: Role of SEBI. Highlighting the importance of several intermediaries in the securities market, including merchant bankers, stock brokers, bankers and registrars to issues, debenture trustees, portfolio managers, share transfer agents, etc., the session focused upon the regulation of the same. Several issues such as the need for investor protection under the existing intermediary regime, lacunae in the law, and the need for unification and codification of intermediary regulations were addressed. The seminar was an enriching experience for all students and other participants. Participants were provided with folders, concept note and stationery. Lunch was provided to all external participants after the first session of the seminar and snacks were provided after the third session to all the participants. The seminar was formally concluded by a Vote of Thanks given by the Convenors of the Corporate Law Committee.
EVENT DESCRIPTION DATE OF THE EVENT 11 th September, 2017 VENUE Central Block, Room no. 911 TIME 12:30-6:00 PM NO. OF RESOURCE PERSONS 3 NAMES OF RESOURCE PERSON 1. Mr. C. S. Harisha 2. Mr. Yashasvi Mohan Ram 3. Mr. Pramod S.M SUBJECT MATTER Regulating Public Listed Companies: Issues and Challenges NUMBER OF SESSIONS 4 DURATION OF EACH SESSION TOPICS FOR THE SESSIONS 1 hr 1. The Role of Independent directors in strengthening corporate governance. 2. Prohibition of Insider Trading: Issues and Challenges. 3. Challenges under SEBI takeover Regulations. 4. Regulating Intermediaries: Role of SEBI. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS 37- External participants ( 32 attended) 96- Internal Participants NATURE OF PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION FEES INVITATION PROCESS THINGS AND FACILITIES PROVIDED TO THE PARTICIPANTS Students 500 per person, (no fees for SLCU Students) Registration through online portal Stationary, Certificate of participation, Lunch, snacks (No accommodation, No Travel)
THINGS AND FACILITIES PROVIDED TO THE GUESTS Honorarium, Stationery, Lunch, snacks, Travel DESCRIPTION OF THE SPEAKERS 1. Mr. Yashasvi Mohan Ram is a partner at Platinum Partners, Bangalore. He graduated from NLSIU Bangalore in 2001 and completed his MBA at Indian School of Business Hyderabad. Until 2008 he had been at Platinum partner s pre-cursor firm Daulet-Singh & Associates in Delhi. He then joined Platinum partners in 2010, after having worked at White and Case s Singapore office for a little more than a year. 2. Mr. Pramod S.M. is a Senior Partner at BMP & Co. and is a specialist in corporate law; mainly corporate compliance and risk management with 17 yrs of experience. Apart from being a bachelor in law he is also a fellow Company Secretary. 3. Mr. C.S. Harisha is the manager at Bangalore Regional Office Central Depositories India Ltd. He is also a law graduate and has worked in the field of capital markets for 18 years and has also served as the head of compliance and operations at Bangalore stock exchange for 9 yrs.
External Participants LIST OF PARTICIPANTS SR. NO. Name College Name Attendance 1. Pragya Sharma R.N.Patel Ipcowana School of law Present 2. Barkavi. P Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Absent 3. Rohitaa Babu Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Absent 4. Komal Sharma Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Present 5. Sowmya A.E Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Present 6. Pooja Pradeep Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Present 7. Thrinayana Sastra University, School of Law, Tamil Nadu Present 8. Vishal Nag Alliance University, Bangalore Present 9. R. Priyanka Sastra Law School, Tanjavur Present 10. Santhosi.E.B. Sastra University, Tamil Nadu Present 11. Gaurav Tripathi UPES, Dehradun Present 12. Gopal Ram Designated Chief Consultant GR Resources, Absent Subhramanyam Bangalore 13. Dhanya Mukund Alliance University, Bangalore Present 14. Akansha Maliya Dr. Harisingh Gaur University, UP Present 15. Aditya Prakhar Dr. Harisingh Gaur University, UP Present Srivastiva 16. Rahmathullah.M School of Legal Studies Cusat Present 17. Aishwariya Ravi School of Legal Studies Cusat Present Kumar 18. Devika Praveen School of Legal Studies Cusat Present 19. Karun Sanjaya School of Legal Studies Cusat Present 20. Shilpa B.P Assistant Prof Jagad Guru Renukachar College of Absent Law 21. Arun Sosalye Principal, Dr Ram Namar Mohiya College Absent 22. Rohan Amol Vidwans VIT University Chennai Present 23. Sadeshwari VIT University, Chennai Present 24. Sowburnika.Y VIT University, Chennai Present
25. Gabriela Micheal VIT University, Chennai Present 26. Hamsimi.S VIT University, Chennai Present 27. Saranya Bai VIT University, Chennai Present 28. Kabilan Ilangovn VIT University, Chennai Present 29. Ritula Mizam VIT University, Chennai Present 30. Chandra Priya VIT University, Chennai Present 31. Arvind J VIT University, Chennai Present 32. Chavi Shukla SLS Pune Present 33. Gautam Krishna Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies Present 34. Shamli Patgiri Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies Present 35. Ashni Das Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies Present 36. Ipshita Mukhrjee Advocate Present 37. Sonia S. Chandran Alliance University Present Internal Participants Sr no. Name Registration Number and Class 1) Sai Muralidhar K 1750127 BA LLB A 2) Aiswarya Hormis 1750241 BA LLB B 3) Divyanshu Modi 1750113 BA LLB A 4) Kushal Prasad 1750254 BA LLB B 5) Elizabeth Vinod 1650456 BBA LLB A 6) Nikunj Mehta 1650318 BA LLB C 7) Amrita S Nair 1650339 BA LLB C 8) Chandan BR Reddy 1650108 BA LLB A 9) Twinkle 1650170 BA LLB A 10) Saloni mittal 1650567 BBA LLB B 11) Vartika rungta 1650574 BBA LLB B 12) Anusha G Rao 1650444 BBA LLB A 13) Aditya.G 1650102 BA LLB A 14) Anurag A Rao 1650411 BBA LLB A 15) Carol Elsa Zachariah 1650244 BA LLB B
16) Kyle D souza 1650210 BA LLB B 17) Arya Kuttan 1650445 BBA LLB A 18) Aishani Rai 1650337 BA LLB C 19) Deepa Padmar 1650345 BA LLB C 20) Sanah Javed 1650361 BA LLB C 21) Shefali G 1650364 BA LLB C 22) Shrutika Lakhotia 1650366 BA LLB C 23) Ajay Noronha 1650174 BBA LLB A 24) Gowwtham Thelak V 1650420 BBA LLB A 25) Bodhi Satwa Som 1650307 26) Karan r Punjabi 1650423 27) Abhirami B 1650442 28) Somya Singh 1650571 29) Mehul Seth 1650528 30) Anushka Ambli 1650543 31) Manish Reddy 1650527 32) Pushkar Mankar 1650122 33) Mahaveer Jain 1650216 34) Rohan Jacob 1550539 BBA LLB B 35) H S Suhas 1550225 BA LLB B 36) Dewansh vashishth 1550121 BA LLB A 37) Aditya Choudhari 1550405 BBA LLB A 38) Amber kumrawat 1550403 BBA LLB A 39) Shikhar Gupta 1550376 BA LLB C 40) Dhanushwali R R 1550321 BA LLB C 41) Abhinaya Sridharan 1550502 BBA LLB B 42) Kruthika Venkatesh 1550530 BBA LLB B 43) Aswin Seshadri 1550421 BBA LLB A 44) Adith Victor 1550404 BBA LLB A 45) Aman Varma 1550107 BA LLB A 46) Shirisha B Reddy 1550360 BA LLB C 47) Harsh 1550125 BA LLB A
48) Aditye arora 1550406 BBA LLB A 49) Karann Damani 1550423 BBA LLB A 50) Kashika Gera 1550424 BBA LLB A 51) Shreyasee Mukherjee 1550262 BA LLB B 52) Shivam Bhargav 1550163 BA LLB A 53) Eshita Pallavi 1550122 BA LLB A 54) K.Mythiraye 1550422 BBA LLB A 55) Vikram V 1550373 BA LLB C 56) ANIRUDH A. KULKARNI 1650104 BA LLB A 57) Kritanjali Sarda 1550333 BA LLB C 58) Yeshwanth M C 1550572 BBA LLB B 59) Prateek Virmani 1550465 BBA LLB A 60) C.K.Anisha 1550510 BBA LLB B 61) Sanketh HK 1550447 BBA LLB A 62) Meghna Menda 1550137 BA LLB A 63) Sanjana Reddy 1550258 BA LLB B 64) Shubhika Saluja 1550551 BBA LLB B 65) Vyshak Manikanta S 1550276 BA LLB B 66) Bharat S 1550414 67) Niranjan E.V 1550343 68) Adithya V.J 1550305 69) Ankita Horo 1550310 70) Shyam Harindra 1550264 71) Ritika S 1550351 72) Aarthi S 1416059 4 BA LLB A 73) Aakash Raman Sinha 1416404 BBA LLB B 74) Akshay Agrawal 1416466 BBA LLB B 75) Nirupama Valluru 1416454 BBA LLB B 76) Eldho Jacob Philip 1416034 BA LLB A 77) Abhinav Benjamin 1416014 BA LLB A 78) Romario V 1416027 BA LLB A 79) Arjun Nair 1416435 BBA LLB B
80) Sajal Awasthi 1416263 BA LLB C 81) Harsha Srinivas Kuna 1416415 BBA LLB B 82) Kunal Jain 1416403 BBA LLB B 83) Rohini Gupta 1416455 BBA LLB B 84) Naman Arora 1416208 BA LLB C 85) Arindam Baruah 1416006 BA LLB A 86) Shivani Shetty 1416029 BA LLB A 87) Ayusshi Agarwal 1416458 BBA LLB B 88) Siddharth Nunes 1416406 BBA LLB B 89) Mohit BM 1416223 BA LLB C 90) Arlin Koshny 1416017 BA LLB A 91) Mayuri Menon 1416037 BA LLB A 92) Abhinandan jain 1316202 BA LLB C 93) Mythili 1316425 BBA LLB B 94) C.Ramya 1316407 BBA LLB B 95) Krutika Khare 1316125 BA LLB B 96) Debjyoti Saha 1316410 BBA LLB B
1. TRAVEL EXPENSES PROPOSED BUDGET Details Break-up Total Taxi Fare For Four Speakers Pick-up & Drop Rs. 1000 x 4 4000/- Total Rs. 4000 2. HONORARIUM Details Break-up Total Honorarium For Honorarium + 18% Rs. 3540 x 4 14160/- Four Speakers GST (3000+540) x 4 Total: Rs. 14160 3. HOSPITALITY (FOR FOUR SPEAKERS) Particulars Break-up Amount Total Lunch For Four Speakers Rs. 100 x 4 400 + 12% GST (400+48) Tea and Snacks For Four Speakers Rs. 50 x 4 200 + 12% GST (200+24) Bouquet Rs. 150 x 4 600 + 12% GST (600+72) 448/- 224/- 672/- Total: Rs. 1344/-
4. FOR PARTICIPANTS Particulars Break-up Total Tea & Snacks For 150 Participants Rs. 30 x 150 4500 + 12% GST (4500 +540) 5040/- Folder Only 50 Participants Outside The College Rs. 55 x 50 2750 + 12% GST (2750 +330) 3080/- Certificates 200 Participants Rs. 10 x 200 2000 + 12% GST (2000 +240) 2240/- Lunch - Only 50 Participants Outside The College Rs. 100 x 50 5000 + 12% GST (5000 +600) 5600/- Total Rs. 15960/- 5. MISCELLANEOUS: Petrol, Phone Bill, Photo Copy, etc 500/- TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR SEMINAR Rs (4000+14160+1344+15960+500) = Rs 35964
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REPORT ON THE GUEST LECTURE The Corporate Law Committee, School of Law, Christ University, organised a guest lecture on the topic Corporate Insolvency Process under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 as a part of its Decennial Celebration. This guest lecture was conducted on 12 th September 2017, between 9:30 am and 12:30pm at Room No. 911, Central Block, Christ University. The Guest Lecture was organized with the objective to provide a platform for deliberations and discussions on the reforms brought out as well as the issues and concerns arising out of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 with the help of experts in the field of corporate law. The lecture was attended by all students of the 4 th Year from School of Law, Christ University. Experts in the field comprehensively dealt with all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy law in India. Mr. Vasanth Kumar, current Chairmen at the Bangalore Chapter of Institute of Companies Secretaries of India (ICSI) and a qualified Insolvency Professional deliberated upon the position of law regarding insolvency and bankruptcy prior to the introduction of the Code. The need for the Code as well as its salient features were also highlighted in this session. Mr. Hari Babu Thota,an Insolvency Professional, and Ex-Chairmen at the Bangalore Chapter of Institute of Companies Secretaries of India (ICSI) was the speaker for the second session of the guest lecture. In this session, all aspects of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 were covered in detail and several important details of the code were also discussed. The final session of the guest lecture was covered by Mr. Dushyanta Kumar, an Insolvency Professional and currently the Company Liquidator of the United Breweries Ltd. & the Kingfisher Ltd. He deliberated upon important judicial decisions regarding insolvency and bankruptcy, as well as the road ahead for the implementation of the Code. The guest lecture was an stirring and enlightening experience for all student participants, and was concluded by a formal Vote of Thanks given by the Convenors of the Corporate Law Committee.
EVENT DESCRIPTION DATE OF THE EVENT 12 th September, 2017 VENUE TIME Central Block, Room no.911 9:30 AM- 1 PM NO. OF RESOURCE PERSONS 3 PROPOSED NAMES OF RESOURCE PERSONS TOPIC PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION FEES INVITATION PROCESS Mr. Vasantha Kumar, Mr. Dushyanta Kumar, Mr. Hari babu Thota, Mr. V.N Dubey. Insolvency and Bankruptcy code Compulsory for All 4 th Year Students of School of Law, Christ University Nil Registration through online portal DESCRIPTION OF THE SPEAKERS 1. Mr. Vasantha Kumar: Mr. Vasanth Kumar is currently the Chairmen at the Bangalore Chapter of Institute of Companies Secretaries of India (ICSI). He has also been appointed as an Insolvency Professional under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016. 2. Mr. Hari babu Thota: He is currently an Insolvency Professional, and has also been the Chairmen at the Bangalore Chapter of Institute of Companies Secretaries of India (ICSI). 3. Mr. Dushyanta Kumar- Mr. Dushyanta Kumar is currently the Company Liquidator of the United Breweries Ltd. & the Kingfisher Ltd., he has also been appointed as the Insolvency Professional.
PROPOSED BUDGET 1. TRAVEL EXPENSES Details Break-up Total Taxi Fare For Three Speakers Pick-up & Drop Rs. 1000 x 3 3000/- Total Rs. 3000 1. HONORARIUM Details Break-up Total Honorarium For Honorarium + 18% Rs. 3540 x 3 10620/- Three Speakers GST (3000+540) x 3 Total: Rs. 10620 2. HOSPITALITY (FOR THREE SPEAKERS) Particulars Break-up Amount Total Lunch For Three Speakers Rs. 100 x 3 300 + 12% GST (300 +36) 336/- Tea and Snacks For Three Speakers Rs. 50 x 3 150 + 12% GST (150 +18) 168/- Bouquet For Three Speakers Rs. 150 x 3 450 + 12% GST (450 +54) 504/-
Total: Rs. 1008/- 3. MISCELLANEOUS: Petrol, Phone Bill, Photo Copy, etc 500/- TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR GUEST LECTURE Rs (3000+10620+1008+500) = Rs 15128
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