NATIONAL SEMINAR ON CHALLENGES IN CONTRACTS & ARBITRATION

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1 NATIONAL SEMINAR ON CHALLENGES IN CONTRACTS & ARBITRATION 21 st & 22 nd September, 2015 Organized by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises VENUE: SCOPE Convention Centre SCOPE Complex, 7 - Lodhi Road New Delhi

2 SEMINAR PROSPECTIVE Standing conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) is an apex professional body representing the Central Government Public Enterprises in India & abroad. It,s present membership is about 246 public enterprises. It has some State Public Enterprises, Banks, and other Institutions also as its members. SCOPE is the major interface between public enterprises and government of India. It provide the opportunities to the member enterprises to regularly deliberate on various policy issues and concerns, which are addressed by interacting with concerned government authorities to enhance the efficiency, performance and profitability of public enterprises. Its Vision is to enable member enterprises to be globally competitive in a market driven environment. SCOPE also organizes interactions/discussion meetings with eminent personalities of various ministries, institutions and interest group to evolve a consensus and suggest new policy initiatives to the concerned ministry. It also organizes numerous seminars, workshops, training programs, and conferences with an objective to bring under sharp focused economic and management issues along with training the managers of the enterprises to compete them in increasingly competitive environment. BACKGROUND With the growth of CPSE s in India, the number of domestic and International contracts as well as the arbitration cases are increasing. However, the settlement of arbitration cases are taking longer time and involving huge amount of money. Most of the CPSEs are entering into commercial contracts with private & international associates as well as following international practices in the procurements. SCOPE felt to provide the platform for deliberations on issues & concerns of CPSEs while executing commercial contracts & dispute resolutions through arbitration and addressing of the same for the benefits of members. Further to assist the CPSE s by faster settlement of arbitration cases SCOPE has created a Forum i.e. SCOPE Forum of Conciliation and Arbitration (SFCA), which provide arbitration services through its empanelled conciliators/arbitrators as well as providing platform for sharing the latest development in the area of Arbitration, Conciliation, and issues relating to domestic and foreign arbitration, procurements related issues etc. through interactive sessions. During the seminar the participants shall discuss the practical issues emerged during the course of arbitration, national & international procurement, formation of cross boarder joint venture, and related case studies by eminent professional & experienced speakers. In the context two days Seminar has been organized by SCOPE on 21 st & 22 nd September, 2015 at SCOPE Convention Centre, SCOPE Complex, Lodhi Raod, New Delhi. OBJECTIVE The objective of the seminar is to provide indepth knowledge on various facets and developments which have accrued in the field of Contracts Act, Arbitration Law and Conciliation Act, International contracts management etc. To provide platform for sharing the issues & concerns in the area of Arbitration, Conciliation, issues related to domestic & international contracts etc. and taking away the solutions for the same & knowledge on the subject. 2

3 BROAD COVERAGE Root cause for dispute arising in commercial contracts. Commercial Courts- a case study Overview of Adhoc, International & PMA Arbitration Sharing of experiences & procedures of arbitration Issues & concerns related to Global Tendering & Award procedure in CPSEs. Legal aspects of cross boarder Agreements Key issues in formation International Joint Ventures in CPSEs and recent trends. Implementation of Domestic & International arbitration award. METHODOLOGY The seminar will include genesis, deliberations & sharing of important provisions of the Contracts & Arbitration Acts. Case Studies based on important arbitration & Courts decisions, Panel discussions and presentations. The eminent speakers have been invited from Government, senior advocates, experienced academician and professionals with rich knowledge on the subject. In addition, some of the leading CPSEs shall also share their experience related to Contracts, joint ventures & implementation of arbitration awards of their respective organizations, followed by an interaction with the participants and speakers. During the program, good practices being followed by the CPSEs in effective implementation shall also be shared for the overall benefits of the participants and their organizations. LEAD RESOURCE PERSONS The panel of speaker consist of eminent present & Former Justice of India, senior avocations professional with rich experience in the area of arbitration law, International contract law from CPSEs & other organization, following have been invited. Dr. E.M.S. Natichiappan, Chairman, Parlaimentary Standing Committee of Law & Justice Mr. P.K. Malhotra, (ILS) Secretary, Deptt. Of Legal Affair Justice Deepak Verma (Retd.) Mr. Arun Chatterjee, Executive Director (CC&M), NTPC Mr. S. K. Dholakia, Sr. Advocate Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. A. K. Ganguly, Sr. Advocate Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Advocate Mr. Naveen Chawla, Advocate Mr. Gaurav Banerjee, Sr. Advocate Mr. Ajay Thomas, LCIA Mr. K.K. Rai, Sr. Advocate Mr. Ashok Sharma, Dir. CIAbr (India Branch) Mr. Ratan K. Singh, Advocate Mr. Arun Saxena, CA Mr. Amit Mohaan Meharia, Solicitor & Advocate Mr. Jyoti Sagar, Advocate CEO/CMD/Directors of CPSEs 3

4 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Dr. U. D. Choubey, DG, SCOPE Mr. Jagmohan Sharma, ED (Law), SAIL Mr. Deepak Dhawan, ED (Legal & CA), IOCL Mr. J. K. Bodha, ED (Law), ONGC Mr. Sunil Bathija, GGM (Legal), EPI Mr. S. B. Mitra, GM (Law), GAIL Mr. M. K. Shukla, AGM (Law), NTPC Mr. V. P. Singh, Advisor(Legal), SCOPE Mr. Ashok Sharma, Former CGM, MMTC Mr. Amit Meharia, Advocate (Note) Mr. S. A. Khan, General Manager (HR&CA), SCOPE Mr. O. P. Khorwal, Consultant, SCOPE Chairman Secretary Coordinator WHO SHOULD ATTEND It has been designed for the executives & Sr. officers of legal departments, company secretaries, contracts & material department and the officers of various departments representing during the arbitration cases such as technical, project managers, finance & taxation etc. PROGRAMME Venue : SCOPE Convention Centre, SCOPE SCOPE Complex, 7 - Lodhi Road, New Delhi Date : 21 st & 22 nd September 2015 Fee A/C Name Bank Name : Rs. 8500/- per participant + 14 % service tax (Non residential) DD/Cheque in favour of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises Or through NEFT as per details given below: : Standing Conference of Public Enterprises : Dena Bank Branch Address : SCOPE Complex Branch, 7 - Lodhi Road, New Delhi (Saving Bank Account No , IFSC Code - BKDN ) Reporting Time : 9.15 A.M. on 21 st September, 2015 REGISTRATION: Nominations may please be forwarded ( ed or faxed) latest by 15 th September 2015 to: Mrs. Anita Kapoor, Manager, Standing Conference of Public Enterprises, Core - 8, First floor, SCOPE Complex, 7- Lodhi Road, New Delhi Ph.: (D) / Extn. 2016, Mob , Fax: , sfcascope@rediffmail.com Seminar Coordinator: Shri O P Khorwal, Consultant SCOPE Mobile Phone: , okhorwal@yahoo.com 4

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