Conference to Celebrate 60 Years of the Indian Society of International Law

6 -7 December 2019

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 6 December 2019

Registration: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Inaugural Function: 10:00 am- 11:00 am

(i) Welcome Address: Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Vice President, ISIL & Director, ILI;
(ii) Address: Mr. Yahia Alibi, Head of Regional Delegation, ICRC, New Delhi
(iii) Address: Dr. Milind P. Wakdikar, Member, Legal & Tech Commission, ISBA
(iv) Address: Prof. James Nedumpara, Director, Centre for Trade and Investment Law
(v) Presidential Address: Shri Pravin H. Parekh, President, ISIL
(vi) Inaugural Address: Prof. Yogesh Tyagi, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University.
(vii) Vote of Thanks: Prof. D. Sridhar Patnaik, Treasurer, ISIL

Tea/Coffee break: 11:00 am-11:15 am

SESSION I: Round Table on the 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions

11:15 am -3:00 pm

Chair: Prof. R. Venkata Rao, Chairperson, VIPS, New Delhi

Opening Remarks: Ms. Kirsty Welch, Regional Legal Advisor, ICRC;

Panelists: Dr. Srinivas Burra, SAU, New Delhi; Dr. U. C. Jha, Former Wing Commander; Dr.
Ch. Benarji, Alliance University, Bangalore, Dr. Anupam Jha, Delhi University, Delhi; Prof.
Brijmohan Dimri, Ex-JAG, Indian Navy; Dr. Mukul Saxena, Retired from Indian Army; Dr.
Ratnabali, Delhi University, Delhi; Prof. Monica Chawla, Panjabi University, Patiala; Dr.
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Delhi University, Delhi; Shri Gaurav, AMU, Aligarh; Ms. Bhavya
Gupta, VIPS, New Delhi; Dr. Vikesh Tripathi, Delhi University, Delhi; Ms. Gunjan Chawla,
NLU, Dwarka; Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India; Shri
Ajay Kumar, Mahrishi University, Greater Noida; Shri Prakash Sharma, VIPS, New Delhi;
Aaditya V. Sharma, VIPS, New Delhi; Shri Pulkit Tare, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court
of India; Ms. Aakriti Malhotra, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Shri Gyan Pandey, Public
Prosecutor, Saket Court; Ms. Aakansha Choudhary, Lex Consilium Foundation; Harsheeta
Harjai, Lex Consilium Foundation)

Lunch Break: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Session will continue after 2.00 pm till 3.00 pm

 SESSION II: Round Table on the Legal and Scientific Aspects of the ISBA and BBNJ

3:00 pm – 5:15 pm (with 15 minutes break at 4.15pm)

Co-Chairs: Prof. Narinder Singh, former Addl. Secretary & Legal Adviser, MEA, Govt of
India & Dr. V. D. Sharma, Former Addl. Secretary, MEA, Govt of India

Presenters: Dr. Sudharkar, Director, CMLRE & Govt representative to the ISBA and BBNJ
negotiations; and Dr. Ramadass, Director, NIOT, Deep Seabed Mining Tech, Ministry of
Earth Sciences will initiate discussion on ISBA and BBNJ.

Discussants: Dr. Milind P. Wakdikar, Member, Legal & Technical Commission, ISBA,
MoEA; Dr T. R. P. Singh, Consultant, M/o Earth Science; Commander Anand Kumar,
National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi; Prof. Brij Mohan Dimri, former Judge Advocate
General, Indian Navy; Dr. Anwar Sadat, ISIL and Others.

Saturday, 7th December 2019

SESSION IV: TRADE and INVESTMENT LAW

10:30 – 10:35: Introductory Remarks by Dr. James J. Nedumpara, Head and

Professor, Centre for Trade and Investment Law

10:35 – 10:45: Keynote Address by Mr. Sudhanshu Pandey, Additional Secretary,

Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Panel 1
DISCUSSION ON THE UNSETTLING FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADING SYSTEM

10:45 am – 11:45am
Chair: Dr. James J. Nedumpara, Head and Professor, Centre for Trade and Investment
Law, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Discussants:
 Dr VS Seshadri, Former Ambassador of India to Myanmar (TBC)
 Mr. Rajeev Kher, Former Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry &
Distinguished Fellow at RIS (TBC)
 Prof. Abhijit Das, Head and Professor, Centre for WTO Studies
 Prof. Ram Upendra Das, Head and Professor, Centre for Regional Trade.
 Ms. RV Anuradha, Partner, Clarus Law Associates.
 Ms. Shiny Pradeep, Assistant Professor, Centre for Trade and Investment Law.
 11:45 – 12:00 Tea/Coffee Break

Panel 2
DISCUSSION ON INDIA’S INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: RECENT
CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD.

12:00 pm – 13:30pm
Chair: Mr. M.K. Rao, Secretary General at ISIL and Former Counsellor & Legal
Advisor at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations.

Discussants:
 Dr. R.J.R. Kasibhatla, Legal Adviser, Dept of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law
and Justice (TBC)
 Ms. Fereshte Sethna, Senior Partner, DMD Advocates.
 Mr. Daniel Mathew, Assistant Professor, National Law University, Delhi
 Mr. George Pothan, Advocate on International Investment Law matters,
Ministry of External Affairs.
 Mr. Satwik Shekhar, Consultant, Centre for Trade and Investment Law.

Vote of Thanks by Ms. Apeksha Chauhan, Research Fellow, Centre for Trade and
Investment Law
Lunch 1.30pm – 2.30pm
SESSION V: 60 Years of the ISIL
2.30 pm -4:00 pm
Chairman: Prof. Narinder Singh, former Addl. Secretary, Legal & Treaties Division,
MEA, Govt of India
Panelists: Dr. R. K. Dixit, former Addl. Secretary, Legal and Treaties Division, MEA,
Govt of India;
Prof. V. G. Hegde, Centre for International Legal Studies, JNU, New Delhi;
Shri Shikhar Ranjan, Legal Advisor, MCI;
Dr. Ch. Benarji, Associate Professor, Alliance University, Bangalore;
Dr. Monica Chawala, Punjabi University, Patiala.

VALEDICTORY: 4 PM-4.30 PM