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Law, Economics, and Policy Conference

The LEPC is a flagship initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), New York, designed to bring together leading voices in Law, Economics, and Public Policy to engage with complex, real-world challenges in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner. The Conference, launched in 2016 in New Delhi, is into the seventh year and is guided by a Steering Committee composed of distinguished experts from various fields.


LEPC VII will be held in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka, Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), XKDR Forum, AP & Partners, University of Cambridge, and Vanderbilt Law School. This edition will focus on the Growth Strategy in the States of India.


This conference is led by a Steering Committee: Ajay Shah, K P Krishnan, Ila Patnaik, Akshay Jaitly, Sunanda Nair-Bidkar, Ajit Ranade, Anand Prasad, Krishna Raj, Shailaja Fennell, Arjun Sinha, and Yesha Yadav.

Type
Conference
Date
08 - 10 Dec 2025
Time
11:00 AM
Where
Bengaluru, India
In partnership with:
Inet
Government Of Karnataka
Isec
Fpi
Xkdr Forum
A P & Partners
University Of Cambridge
Agenda
11:00 - 11:10

INET opening remarks

Sunanda Nair-Bidkar, International Strategy & Advancement, INET

11:10 - 11:20

Introduction to LEPC

Ajay Shah, Co-founder, XKDR Forum

11:20 - 11:30

Introduction to inaugural speaker

Krishna Raj, Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change

11:30 - 12:15

Inaugural Address

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman, India Planning Commission

12:15 - 12:30

Q&A

12:30 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 15:45

Panel 1: The path for India’s climate transition

Shailaja Fennell, Professor, University of Cambridge

Ajay Shah, Co-founder, XKDR Forum

Niranjan Reddy, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Krishna Raj, Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change

Pravakar Sahoo, Programme Director (Economics & Finance), NITI Aayog

15:45 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:15

Panel 2: Improving state finance and city finance

Govinda Rao, Former Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Manish Kumar Singh, Professor, IIT Roorkee

Vishal R, Director, Fiscal Policy Institute

L K Atheeq, Chairman, Bengaluru Business Corridor

Sudeshna Mitra, Associate Professor, IIHS

Ram Singh, Director, Delhi School of Economics

17:30 - 18:30

Book Talk: A sixth of humanity

Devesh Kapur, Professor, Johns Hopkins University & co-author

Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics & co-author

KP Krishnan, Former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India

Ajay Shah, Co-founder, XKDR Forum

09:30 - 10:45

Panel 3: New kinds of measurement

Ashwini Deshpande, Professor, Ashoka University

Susan Thomas, Co-founder, XKDR Forum

Amit Basole, Professor, Azim Premji University

Karan Nagpal, India Regional Director, IDInsight

Ashish Kumar SinghFormer Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

Arjun Jayadev, Senior Economist, INET & Professor, Azim Premji University

10:45 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:15

Panel 4: Making cities work better

Gautam Bhan, Associate Dean, School of Human Development, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Ashish Verma, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Sameer Sharma, IAS - Former Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh

Srikanth Viswanathan, CEO, Janaagraha

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:30

Panel 5: State of health

Amrita Agarwal, Independent Advisor

Nachiket Mor, Visiting Scientist, Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health

Satish B. Agnihotri, Professor, IIT Bombay

Ajay Nair, CEO, Swasth Alliance

Moksha Bhat, Managing Partner, AP & Partners

14:30 - 14:45

Break

14:45 - 16:00

Panel 6: The chokepoint of the energy (electricity) sector

Akshay JaitlyCo-founder, Trilegal

Renuka SaneManaging Director, Trustbridge Rule of Law Foundation

R. SrikanthNational Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

V Ranganathan, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

16:00 - 16:15

Break

16:15 - 17:30

Book talk: Trilegal: The Making of a Modern Indian Law Firm

Akshay Jaitly, Co-founder, Trilegal & co-author

Pranay Kothasthane, Deputy Director, Takshashila Institution

17:30 - 17:45

Break

17:45 - 19:00

Panel 7: Transforming the District Courts

Justice AKJ Nambiar, Kerala High Court

Justice Suraj Govindraj, Karnataka High Court

Siddarth Raman, Senior Research Lead, XKDR Forum

Prashant Reddy, Co-author, Tareekh pe Justice

Surya Prakash BS, Fellow and Programme Director, DAKSH

Arjun Sinha, Partner, AP & Partners

19:30

Invite Only Dinner: Taj West End

10:45 - 11:00

Tea/ Coffee

11:00 - 11:45

Talk: Reflections on the Indian bankruptcy reform

Adam Feibelman, Sumter Davis Marks Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School and Tulane’s Murphy Center for Law and the Economy

11:45 - 12:00

Break

12:00 - 13:15

Panel 8: Social Welfare and Development

Mohammed MohsinPrincipal Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Anupama ShettyMission Director, Biocon Foundation

Krishna RajProfessor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru

Santosh MehrotraLead Senior Fellow, Higher School of Economics

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 15:15

Book Talk: Unshackling the Elephant: Transforming Indian Law, Culture and Economy

Anand Prasad, Senior Partner, AP & Partners & author

Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah, Co-founder, The Professeer

Karan Singh, Co-founder, Trustbridge Rule of Law Foundation

15:15 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:45

Valedictory Panel: Economic growth strategy for the states

KP Krishnan, Former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India

Ajit RanadeSenior Fellow, Pune International Centre

Uma MahadevanAdditional Chief Secretary to Government & Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka

Ashish Kumar SinghFormer Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

Sameer SharmaIAS - Former Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh