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Indrajit Dube

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur, West Midnapur, India, Pin 721302

Ph+Fax: +91 3222 281732 Mobile: +91 9933020056

id@iitkgp.ac.in/indrajitdube@gmail.com

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR – RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW - PROFESSOR Taught (company law) – undergraduate; (corporate insolvency, legal research methodology) - graduate/postgraduate 4th July 2018 till now INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR – RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Taught (company law, competition law, corporate governance, corporate law moot court) – undergraduate; (anatomy of corporate law, capital market and money market regulatory issues, merger acquisition and split up laws, infrastructure regulatory issues, corporate insolvency) - graduate/postgraduate 5th August 2013 to 3rd July 2018 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR – RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – OFFICIATING DEAN & HEAD OF SCHOOL 28th April 2010 to 16th February 2012 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR – RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – VISITING FACULTY AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

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2nd June 2006 to 12th April 2007 (visiting faculty); 13th April 2007 to 4th August 2013 (Assistant Professor) Taught (company law, special contract, environment law, competition law, corporate governance, banking law, corporate law moot court) – undergraduate; (infrastructure and regulatory issues, business law for managers) - graduate/postgraduate NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR - ASSISTANT LECTURER AND LECTURER 1st July 2002 to 8th May 2005 (assistant lecturer); 9th May 2005 to 2nd June 2006 (lecturer) Taught (company law, law of contracts, merger and competition laws, banking laws corporate insolvency, moot courts) – undergraduate; (corporate governance, applied contract) - graduate/postgraduate CALCUTTA HIGH COURT, KOLKATA, INDIA March 2001 to June 2002 (advocate) SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY - ISMAILSAHEB MULLA LAW COLLEGE, SATARA, MAHARASTRA 1st December 2000 to 28th February 2001 (lecturer) Taught (company law, environmental laws) – undergraduate PUNE UNIVERSITY - A. K. KHAN LAW COLLEGE, PUNE, INDIA 1st August 2000 to 30th November 2000 (lecturer) Taught (company law, laws of contract) – undergraduate

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (LAW) Department of Law, University of Calcutta 2002 - 2007 MASTER OF LAWS Department of Law, University of Pune (Corporate Laws) 1998 - 2000 BACHELOR OF LAWS (5 years)

JCC College of Law, University of Calcutta (English, Economics, Sociology, Political science, Law Subjects)

1992 - 1997

ACADEMIC RECORD

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Delivered lecture through Video Conferencing “Private Ordering in Multi-National Corporation’s Corporate Governance”, at Department of Law, National Chung Housing University, Taiwan, 9th May 2019 Awarded Atax 2018 Research Fellowship at School of Taxation and Business Law, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, June 2018 Delivered lecture through Video Conferencing “Corporate Governance Reforms in India: Issues and Challenges”, at Department of Law, National Chung Housing University, Taiwan, 21st Feb, 2018 Invited to deliver prestigious Kirby Seminar ‘Statutory Corporate Social Responsibility - Outcome of Decolonised Corporate Law’, at School of Law, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 4th to 5th Feb 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor in Law School, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada for December 2011 Invited as Visiting Professor in Law School, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada for January Term 2010 Invited as Resource Person & Rapporteur at Expert Consultation in Support of Special Representative by Prof. John G. Ruggie on Corporate Law and Human Rights at Osgoode Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada, 5th to 6th November 2009 Received P. H. Kothadia Gold Medal for outstanding performance in Master of Laws, University of Pune 2000

(a) Peer Reviewed Journal Publications Private Ordering in Transnational Corporate Governance, International Company and Commercial Law Review, London 2020 (with reviewer) Plugging the Gap - Balancing the Interest of Stakeholders under India’s new Insolvency Law, Australian Journal of Corporate Law, Sydney 2019 (with Anil Hargovan) (forthcoming) Development of Corporate Governance Disclosure in India – A Review, Social Responsibility Journal, London 2019 (with Shakti Deb) (forthcoming)

ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

PUBLICATIONS

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Indianised Corporate Governance – what Kotak committee intended, Australian Journal of Corporate Law, Sydney 2019 (with reviewer) (with Anil Hargovan) Corporate Ownership Vis-à-vis Disclosure: Evidence from India, Journal of Corporate governance and innovative economic development of the North, Issue 3, pp. 45-55 (2019) (with Shakti Deb) Corporate Law Reforms and Transformation of Corporate Ownership : Evidence from India, International Company and Commercial Law Review, Vol. 30, Issue 6, pp. 339-355 (2019) (with Shakti Deb) Corporate Risk Disclosure: A Review, US-China Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 632-670 (2017) (with Achintya Nath Saxena, C S Mishra) Corporate Governance Disclosure for Complex Ownership Structure in India, Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 143-175 (2017) (with Shakti Deb) Corporate social responsibility disclosure: regulatory issues in India, The Company Lawyer, Vol. 38 Issue 4, pp. 122-127 (2017) (with Shakti Deb) Corporate Governance in the Energy Sector, Jindal Global Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 143-178 (2015) (with Neha Jaiswal) Role of Independent Director in Corporate Governance-Reference to India, Journal of Corporate Board: Role, Duties & Composition Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 50-70 (2013) (with Aparup Pakhira) Is Corporate Succession Plan Important? Reading from India, Journal on Governance, Vol. 1, No.7, pp. 817-877 (2013) (with Sunil Phatak) Evolution of Corporate Board and Independent Director in India, IIJJS Vol. 1 Issue 2, pp. 23-50 (2012) (with Aparup Pakhira) Women in BPO sector in India, Asian Social Science Journal, Vol. 8 No.7, pp. 157-183 (2012) (with Dipa Dube, Bhagwan Gawali and Subbchhya Haldar) Corporate Governance Norms for SME, Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 77-123 (2011) (with Dipa Dube and Pulak Mishra) Is Corporate Governance the answer to Corporate Structural failure, US-China Law Review, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 413-430 (2011) Principles of Environmental Jurisprudence and Indian Experience, Journal of Human Right Global Focus, Vol. 2, pp. 58-60 (2005) (with Dipa Dube)

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(b) Other Law Review Publications Note on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, Mats University Law Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 326-331 (2016) Pollution of River Ganga in West Bengal – Problems & Policy Initiatives, GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Polities, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 1-20 (2015) (with Rajrupa Sinha Roy and Dipa Dube) Protection of River Ganga- Issues & Concern and Need for Legislation, 3-e IJLSR, pp. 228-256 (2014) (with Rajrupa Sinha Roy) Legal Protection to Online Privacy vis-à-vis Growth of E-commerce: An empirical study, Journal of Telecommunication and Broadcasting Law, Vol. 2 (2013) (with Gargi Rajvanshi and T. K. Bandyopadhyay) E-commerce: Opportunity and Challenges for Consumers, CACCT Vol. 1, pp. 174-180 (2012) Corporate Governance and Corporate Valuation - A Perspective Study, Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol. 4, pp. 67-72 (2005) (with Sameer Sah) Role and Contribution of the Indian Judiciary in development of the doctrine of promissory estoppel-A perspective study, AIR Journal 57, pp. 293-310 (2003) (with Dipa Dube) Social Justice and Social Engineering through law in the field of bonded labour, Cal L T Journal 3 No. 1, pp. 1-9 (2002) (with Dipa Dube) Role of Women in Policing-A critical analysis with special reference to West Bengal, Cal L T Journal 3 No. 5, pp. 5-11 (2002) (with Dipa Dube) (c) Books Corporate Insolvency, Oxford Universe Press, New Delhi (Working, Expected 2020) (forthcoming) Corporate Governance, by Indrajit Dube, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, (1st Ed.) 2009, ISBN 978-818038-568-1 Environmental Jurisprudence: Polluter’s Liability, by Indrajit Dube, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, (1st Ed.) 2007, ISBN 978-818038-152-2 (d) Edited Volume Convergence of Corporate Governance Norms, edited by Indrajit Dube, NFCG [National Foundation for Corporate Governance], (1st Ed.), 2009, ISBN 819077-412-3

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(e) Book Chapters Corporate Board in India, Corporate Board and Company Performance: an international Outlook, Edited by Alexander N. Kostyuk (ed.), 1st eds. Virtus Interpress, (forthcoming) Reporting by the Companies: Development and Challenges, Enhancing Board Effectiveness Edited by Franklin Ngwu et al., 1st eds., Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 202-216 (2019) ISBN: 978-1-13-804832-4 (with Mia Rahim) National Report for India, Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law, Edited by Jason Chuah and Eugenio Vaccari, 1st eds., Edward Elgar, London, pp. 633-647 (2019) ISBN: 978-1-788115513 Transnational Corporations’ Social License to Operate – The Third facet of Corporate Governance, Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations - Challenges and Opportunities, Edited by Mia Rahim, 1st eds., Springer, Switzerland, pp. 111 - 130 (2019), eBook ISBN 978-3-030-10816-8 and Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-10815-1 Corporate Governance in India, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance, Jean Jacques du Plessis et al., 4th eds., Cambridge University Press, Australia, pp. 298 – 309 (2018), ISBN 978-1-108-41302-2 Merger, acquisitions, competitiveness and competition: a study of the Indian cement sector, Law and Economics Market, Non-market and Network Transactions, Edited by Panta Murali Prasad and Ranita Nagar, 1st eds., Vernon Press, Delaware USA, pp. 35 -65 (2018), ISBN 978-1-62273-425-8 (with Neha Jaiswal and Pulak Mishra) Note on Independence of Independent Director, Corporate Governance Perspective and Sustainability Challenges, Edited by J. S. Ahluwalia, Institute of Directors, London, pp. 46-54 (2012), ISBN 978-81-906329-9-2 Company Bill 2009, JPC Report and International Perspective of Corporate Governance, 360 Transformations, Edited by Madhav Mehra, Institute of Directors, New Delhi, pp. 91-107 (2011), ISBN 978-81-906329-8-1 Legality and Skill in Environmental Report writing for Project Clearance, Guidance for solving Environmental Challenges of Mining, Construction, Processing and Oiled and Field Projects, Edited by Jayanta Bhattacharya, Wide, pp. 343-352 (2009), ISBN 81-909043-0-2 (f) Book Review Book review of ‘Company Law Eds. 14 by Avtar Singh’, Scholasticus Vol. 2, pp. 161-162 (2004) (e) Publications in Professional Journals (reviewed) Hybrid Financial Instrument, Chartered Secretary, Vol 47 No. 08, pp. 43-46 (2017) (with Rohit Jain)

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Statutory Corporate Social Responsibility – A Philosophical Shift in Decolonized Company Law, Chartered Secretary, Vol 46 No. 12, pp. 28-32 (2016) Independent Director-Some thoughts in Indian context, Journal of Institute of Director, XIX No. 04, pp. 33-37 (2014) (with Aparup Pakhira) Note on Independence of Independent Director, Journal of Institute of Director, XVII No. 12, pp. 13-17 (2012) Environmental Governance - Future Directions, Chartered Secretary, (Spl. Ed.), pp. 1381-1384 (2010)

Designing the continuing legal education system in India for Advocates (July 2015 to June 2017), Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Justice, Govt. of India, Co-Principal Investigator, Jointly with Dr Dipa Dube [Rs. 23,86,250] Revisiting the Corporate Governance Norms for SMEs, (Jan 2015 to Dec 2015), National Foundation for Corporate Governance, New Delhi, Principal Investigator, [Rs. 3,00,000] Policy Planning, Legal Assessment and Governance of Smart City, (May 2014 to May 2018), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Principal Investigator, Jointly with Dr Dipa Dube and Prof Uttam Banerjee, [Rs. 22,62,000] Corporate Governance in Energy Sector in India, (December 2012 to April 2014), National Foundation for Corporate Governance, Principal Investigator, [Rs. 4,00,000] Optimum Utilization of Land Resources, (October 2012 to July 2013), GreenInfra Creation Pvt. Ltd., Co-Principal Investigator, Jointly with Prof Uttam Banerjee, [Rs. 2,50,000] Study on violence against women among urban slum residents in India, (October 2011 to April 2012), National Commission for Women, New Delhi, Co-Principal Investigator, Jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 3,20,250] Creation of multi-media base courseware for E&IT student, (March 2011 to September 2014), Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, Principal Investigative, Jointly with Prof Gautam Saha, [Rs. 1,15,00,000] Policy, law and governance framework for Ganga River Basin Management Plan, (November 2010 to March 2014), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube and Dr Uday Shankar, [Rs. 30,00,000]

Grants/Funded Research

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Evaluation Study of Beedi Workers Welfare Hospital (Central Hospital) Dhuliyan, West Bengal, India, (October 2010 to March 2011), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, Co-Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 2,10,450] Protection of Intellectual Property through the instrument of Criminal Law-Current situation and prospects in India, (May 2009 to April 2011), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Co-Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 8,56,800] Disability and Victimization - A study of vulnerability of disabled women and socio-legal protection strategies, (February 2009 to February 2010), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, Co-Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 8,04,000] Traditional Handicraft in West Bengal – A study of intellectual property strategy and implementation, (January 2009 to January 2011), Ministry of Textile, Government of India, Co-Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 9,04,800] Women in BPO sector: A status report on service condition, benefit and hazards of working women in West Bengal & Karnataka, (January 2008 to January 2009), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, Co-Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, [Rs. 3,03,600] Developing Corporate Governance norms for SME, (October 2008 to August 2009), National Foundation for Corporate Governance, Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube and Dr Pluak Mishra, [Rs. 6,50,000] Correlation between competition policy & law and intellectual property law - A study, (February 2008 to July 2009), World Bank and DFID, Principal Investigator, jointly with Dr Dipa Dube, Dr Pulak Mishra and Dr T. K. Bandyopadhyay, [Rs. 6,30,200] Determine role and functions of school and centre of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, (October 2007 to October 2012), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Principal Investigator, jointly with Prof K. K. Guin, [Rs. 4,70,000] Reviewing and finalising the governance structure of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Principal Investigator, [Rs. 2,50,000] Developing Knowledge Management Centre of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, (October 2007 to October 2012), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Principal Investigator, jointly with Prof K. K. Guin, [Rs. 15,00,000] Indian Institute of Corporate Affair-Research Hub, (October 2007 to October 2012), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Principal Investigator, [Rs. 40,00,000]

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(a) Invited Lectures Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, National Mission for Clean Ganga,

“Water Finance Forum for Integrated Water Management’, Resource Person, 6th & 7th December 2019 at Fourth India Water Impact Summit, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India (5th to 7th December 2019)

West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal

“Teaching and Research in Law”, Resource Person, 3rd & 4th December 2019 at Faculty Development Programme, West Bengal National Unversity of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India (3rd to 4th December 2019)

Stockholm School of Economics Riga, Latvia “Why Are Fewer Companies Going Public?” Discussant, ECGI Roundtable hosted by Stockholm School of Economics, Riga, Latvia (10th June 2019)

UNSW School of Taxation & Business Law, Australia

“Governance Challenges Arising from Promotor Led Companies in India” Atax Fellowship Seminar at UNSW School of Taxation & Business Law, Australia (18th June 2018)

Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, National Mission for Clean Ganga,

“Tapping into Global Capital Markets for Long Term Project Finance’, panellist, 6th December 2018 at Third India Water Impact Summit, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India (5th to 7th December 2018)

UPES School of Law Dehradun

“The Governance Challenge Arising from Promoter Led reference to TATA Group” Keynote Speaker, 2nd November 2018 at International Seminar on Latest Developments in Corporate Legal Affairs, UPES School of Law, Dehradun, India (1st to 2nd November 2018)

Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, National Mission for Clean Ganga

Debate on “Policy, Law and Governance of Ganga River Basin’, Sessions Moderator on 4th December 2017 at Second India Water Impact Summit, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India (4th to 7th December 2017)

The Indus Foundation

“Disruptive Change in International Academic Collaboration”, Speaker, at Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2017, Kolkata, India (26th July 2017)

The Indian Institute of Company Secretaries of India

PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

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“Corporate Governance Harbinger’s for Robust Capital Markets - some thoughts”, Speaker at Capital Market of New India: The Reform Agenda for Inclusive Growth, Mumbai, India (22th July 2017)

The Indian Institute of Company Secretaries of India

“Corporate Governance: Fostering Posterity & Prosperity”, Speaker, at Global Congruence to promulgate International Corporate Governance Day, Hyderabad, India (8th to 9th December 2016)

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

“Legal Compliance for Start-Up”, Speaker, (9th April 2016) School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

“Corporate Governance” (20th to 22nd March 2015) National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam, Guwahati, India

“Mergers and Acquisition and Anti-trust Laws” (22nd to 24th February 2015) Indian Chamber of Commerce, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

“Changing Role of Corporate Counsel from the perspective of Corporate reporting” (21st February 2015)

Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India

“Writing Research Proposal for Minor & Major Projects”, at Faculty Development and Participatory Learning Workshop (7th to 9th May 2014)

Gujrat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India

“Model of Corporate Law & Governance” at GNLU International Conference on Modern Corporate Laws: Understanding the Dynamism-within & beyond the Legal Boundaries, (5th to 6th October 2013)

Save Ganga and save Himalayas Meeting-cum-Panel Discussion at Save Ganga Movement, Mumbai, India

“Comprehensive Legislation on Ganga River Basin Management” (2nd October 2013) National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India

“Competition Law in India and its Future” & “The Companies Act 2013: assessment in International Perspective”, at National Seminar on Role of Regulatory Agencies in Developing Business Laws in India (7th to 8th September 2013)

Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark

“Ownership Responsibility” at Workshop on Responsibility and Accountability of Corporate Ownership (9th to 10th May 2013)

ECO Build India, Mumbai, India

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“Sustainable Development through an inclusive approach – a myth or fallacy?” at Beyond the Build Environment Achieving Indian Sustainable Future (16th to 18th April 2013)

WaterEx World Conference 2013, India

“Managing Ganga and other Water Bodies” at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai (17th -18th January 2013)

Indian Institute of Directors, India

“Independent Director- relevance to India” at London Global Convention 2012 & 12th International Conference on Corporate Governance’ at Institute of Directors, London, United Kingdom (10th to 13th October 2012)

University of Parma, Parma, Italy

“Higher Learning in Law in India” at Advanced Seminar on Development in European Law Research Collaboration, Parma, Italy (19th to 20th June 2011)

Indian Institute of Directors, India

“Assessment of Company Law Bill 2009” at 21st World Congress on Leading 360o Transformation, Mumbai (28th to 30th January 2011)

Institute of Company Secretary of India, India

“Corporate Governance Norms for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise” at 38th National Convention of Company Secretaries, Kolkata (2nd to 4th September 2010)

JCC College of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

“Regulatory Issues in E-Governance” at National Conference on the Challenges of formulating Legal Remedies against emerging growth of Cyber Crime, Kolkata (16th January 2008)

Vidya Pratisthan’s Law College, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India

“Environmental Law regime in India” (24th November 2000) (b) Workshop Resource Person at Teachers Training Workshop on Contemporary Developments in Corporate Law, School of Legal Studies Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India, 26th December 2019 Resource Person at Workshop on Combating Trafficking through Technology: Modem Methods of Crime Detection, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India, 16th December 2019 Presented on ‘Legal Issues of River in Basin Management’ in the Workshop, held by Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, at IIT Kanpur Extension Centre, Noida, India 16 to 17 June 2016

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Presented on ‘Legal Issues of River Basin Management’ at an Inaugural meet of the project on Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India 17th April 2016 Presented on ‘Corporate Governance Reporting’ at International Roundtable on Corporate Governance organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India at Vigyan Bhawan Annex, New Delhi, India 15th April 2016 Moderator on the theme of ‘Comprehensive legislation on River Basin’ at Indian Water Impact Summit 2012, New Delhi, India 3rd to 5th December 2012 Member of Panel Discussion at Diamond Jubilee International Conference on Frontiers of Infrastructure Finance (ICFIF) 2011 at Vinod Gupta School of Management and Ranbir Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 29th to 30th December 2011 Resource Person at Workshop on Competition Policy governing the Information and Technology at Indian Development Foundation, New Delhi, India, 20th March 2009 Resource Person at Workshop on Issues of Competition Law 2002 at Khaitan & Co. (Law Firm), Kolkata, 15th February 2009 Resource Person at Workshop to Review Progress of Research Study on Competition Law at Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, India, 19th to 20th June 2008

Resource Person at Workshop on Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Protection of Consumer Rights & Redress the Public Grievances in the Telecom Sector at Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur, India, 3rd September 2005 Member of Panel Discussion at Impact of WTO & GATT in India at CIRC Educational Telefilm, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, 25th July 2003 Member of Panel Discussion at Law relating to Right of Child at Akash Vani Kolkata Radio, Kolkata, 22nd March 2002 (c) Conference Presentation “Balancing the Interests of Stakeholders : Indian Insolvency Law at the Crossroads” at Research Conference on “Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Corporate Financial” at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on 8th to 9th August, 2019 (with Anil Hargovan) “Plugging the Gap – Balancing the Interest of Creditors under India’s Insolvency Law”, at Comparative Corporate Governance Conference at Singapore on 23rd to 25th January 2019 (with Anil Hargovan)

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“Private Ordering in Transnational Corporate Governance”, at Annual Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 11th to 13th February 2018 “Corporate Governance Reforms in India – issues and challenges”, at Annual Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 11th to 13th February 2018 (with Anil Hargovan) ‘Promoter v Independent Director – tale of Corporate Governance at Cross Road’, International Conference on Recent Financial reforms in Indian Banking and Business Laws: an unfinished agenda, National Law University Delhi, Delhi, India, 24th to 25th November 2017 “Social License to Operate – the Third facet of Governance for Global Corporations”, at Annual Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, 5th to 7th February 2017 “Corporate Social Responsibility in India – Origins & Prospects”, at Annual Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1st to 3rd February 2016 (with Anil Hargovan) “Corporate Governance Reporting Style”, at Annual Corporate Law Teacher’s Conference at Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1st to 3rd February 2015 “National River Ganga Basin Management Bill-issues and perspective” at International Conference on International Environmental Law, Trade Law, Information Technology and Legal Education’ at Faculty of Law, Benaras Hindu University, Benaras, India 2nd to 3rd March 2013 “Environment Governance - a tool for sustainable business within larger canvas of Corporate Governance” at International Conference on Good Governance, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice in SAARC Region at Department of Law, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India 1st to 2nd December 2012 “Corporate Structural Failure” at Annual Corporate Law Teacher’s Conference at Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 6th to 8th February 2011 “Corporate Governance for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise” at National Policy Conference of Learning from Recession, Saving and Economy: Towards an MSME Agenda, at Institute of Small Enterprises and Development & International Network, Cochin, India, 4th June 2009 “Indian Corporate Insolvency Law: Efficiency from a Cross-Border Perspective” at Annual Corporate Law Teacher’s Conference at School of Taxation & Business Law, University of New South Wales, 3rd to 5th February 2008

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“Application of Criminal Law in Regulatory Administration” at National Seminar on Democracy, Development & Social Change at All India Law Teacher Congress, National Law University Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India, 29th to 30th January 2006 “Corporate Governance and Corporate Valuation” at International Conference on Emerging Securities Market-challenges and perspectives’ at Security Exchange Board of India and ICFAI University, Mumbai, 10th to 12th January 2005 “Corporate Governance in India” at Training Program on Teaching of Securities Laws at National Law School of India University, Security Exchange Board of India and United States Agency for International Development, Bangalore, 15th to 27th, 2003

Organized: Coordinator, National Colloquium on Legal Research & Methodology at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (1st to 2nd November 2014), 26 participants Organized: Coordinator, National Consultative Workshop on Ganga River Basin Management Plan at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (15th to 16th October 2011), 40 participants Organized: Organizational Secretary, ‘International Conference on Convergence of Corporate Governance Norms’ at Hotel Hyatt Residency, Kolkata, funded by National Foundation for Corporate Governance, (5th to 6th September 2009), 85 participant

(a) Course is taken in Other School/Departments/Institutes/Universities “Use of Information Technology in Legal Research” and “How to seek fund for your research?” at The West Bengal University of Juridical Science, Kolkata, India (22nd January 2019) “How to conceptualise of Legal Research?” at The West Bengal University of Juridical Science, Kolkata, India (23rd Feb. 2019) ‘Infrastructure Regulatory Issues’ at Ranbir Chitra Gupta School of Management and Design, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (Spring, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) ‘Business Law for Managers’ at Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India (Autumn, 2006, 2007, 2008) ‘Laws for Business’ at Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur, India (Autumn, 2003, 2004, 2005)

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANISED

TEACHING

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‘Company law’ at South Calcutta Law College, Kolkata, India (August 2001 to May 2002) ‘Intellectual Property Law’ at Department of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (August 2001 to May 2002) ‘Laws for Business’ at Poona College of Management Science and Entrepreneurship, Pune, India (August to November 2000) (b) Course is taken in Short Term Program/ Management Development Program ‘Contract Administration and Supervisor of Ethical Practices at Work’ in Short Term Course on Ethical & Legal outsourcing practices for India, at Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (5th January 2019) ‘Corporate Governance Specific to composition of Indian Corporate Board and its Impact on Corporate Performance’ at Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India (29th Sept. to 2nd Oct. 18) Organized and lectured in “Corporate Governance towards Corporate Social Responsibility” at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India with Dr Mia Rahim, School of Law, University of South Australia (27th Nov to 2nd Dec 2017) ‘Joint Venture, due diligence and special purpose vehicles’ in Management Development Program on Technology Transfer: Management and Legal Perspectives for Senior Officials of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (25th to 29th April 2016) ‘Joint Venture, due diligence and special purpose vehicles’ in Management Development Program on Technology Transfer: Management and Legal Perspectives for Senior Officials of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (2nd to 7th November 2015) ‘Joint Venture, due diligence and special purpose vehicles’ in Management Development Program on Technology Transfer: Management and Legal Perspectives for Board Members of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), at Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India (5th to 6th September 2015) ‘Human Recourse, Due Diligence during Merger’ in AICT Sponsor Short Term Course on Industrial Relation and Make in India, at RG School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (11th to 17th July 2015) Organized and lectured on “International Summer & Winter Term (ISWT) in Corporate Governance” at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India with A/Prof. Anil Hargovan, School of Taxation and Business Law, University of New South Wales (29th June to 12th July 2015)

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“Corporate Insolvency in Indian Perspective” at Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India (20th to 22nd February 2013) ‘Merger and Acquisition’ at Hidyatullah National Law University, Raipur, India (3rd to 7th October 2006) (c) Course took on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) “Technology Transfer Through Joint Ventures” delivered on NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning) platform, weblink: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer (14th March to 11th April 2016) “Legal Compliance for Incorporating Startup” delivered on NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning) platform, weblink: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer (14th March to 11th April 2016) (d) Doctoral Supervisions Degree Awarded Neha Jaiswal, “Mergers, Acquisitions and Competition Law: A Study of Indian Manufacturing Sector” (2019) Shakti Deb, “Corporate, Ownership vis-à-vis Disclosure: An Indian perspective” (2018) Rajrupa Sinharoy, “Law and Policy framework on pollution of river Ganga in West Bengal” (2017) Gargi Rajvanshi, “Privacy and Data Protection in E-Commerce” (2014) Aparup Pakhira, “Role of Independent Director in Corporate Governance with reference to India” (2013) In Progress Achintya Nath Saxena, “Corporate Risk Reporting in reference to India.” Divya Prakash Pathak, research theme, “Corporate and Technology Transfer”. Tanaya Thakur, research area “Multinational Corporate Regime” (e) Doctoral Committees (member) Degree Awarded Himanshu Sekhar Nayak, “Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) of Industries in Paradip, Odisha” (2014)

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Ankhi Banerjee, “An assessment of Housing Affordability inclusive of variations in infrastructure development within a Metropolis: Case of Kolkata” (2014) Bele Samadhan Khashaba Chhaya, “Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic growth in G-20 Countries” (2014) Ravikant Bhardwaj, “Relationship between Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights in India: A Case Study of Pharmaceutical Sectors” (2014) Manju Jayakumar, “Banking Competition, bank financial stability and economic growth in European single market economy” (2018). In Progress Manisha Chakraborty, “Use of DNA Technology in Administration of Criminal Justice in India: Problems and Perspectives”. Doctoral Referee Submitted to: The West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata Thesis Title: Corporate Social Responsibility in Post – Liberalized era with Special Reference to Labour rights in India Year: 2018 Submitted to: Faculty of Law Thesis Title: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development: A Critical Analysis from the Sri Lankan Legal Perspective Year: 2019 (f) LL.M./PGDIPL/M.Tech (infrastructure Management) Thesis Supervisions LL.M. Priyadarshini Singh, “Personality as Trade Mark : An Emerging Paradigm” (2018) Pritam Dey, “Corporate bond market in India Structural and Regulatory deficiencies” (2016) Shreyas Santra, “The evolution of legislative and institutional model regarding Corporate Insolvency in India” (2016) M.Tech (Infrastructure Management) Atal Suyash Sudesh, “Formation of performance index for Transport Infrastructure in India” (2015) Adhar Kashyap, “Decision model to prioritise and select urban Infrastructure Projects” (2013)

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PGDIPL Anshuman Yenigalla, “Cybersquatting: A critical view of the unresolved and inevitable issues” (2007) Deepesh Pareta, “Quantitative patent analysis of Nanotechnology & its patentability issues” (2007) G. R. Srikkanth, “Measure of damages in case of copyright infringement” (2007) (g) LL.M. Thesis External Examiner Debkumar Acharya, “Liability of Bankers under Consumer Protection Act” (Department of Law, University of Calcutta) (2007) Shila Ghosh, “Disinvestment in Banking Sector: Problem and Prospect in India” (Department of Law, University of Calcutta) (2007) Anindita Guha Mallick, “Remedies against violation of Patent Rights – Problem and Prospects” (Department of Law, University of Calcutta) (2008) (i) LL.B. Thesis Supervisions Mitisha Gaur, “Technology and Its Effect on Corporate Governance” (2019) K. Ravishankara Bhat, “Investor Protection in Initial Coin Offerings” (2019) Hemekari Ravi Shankar, “Litmus Test of IBC in the context of Corporate Rescue” (2019) Rajesh S, “Comparative Analysis of Business Method Patents in US, Europe and India” (2019) Varsha Valsaraj, “Mergers, Acquisitions and Their Effects on Competition” (2019) Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, “Legal Framework of Technology Transfer and Investment in Defense Sector in India” (2017) Avanish Singh, “Corporate Governance and Key Performance Indicator” (2017) Vinamra Shukla, “Family Firm in India and Corporate Governance” (2017) Sachin Bhakar, “Due diligence of Technology Assessment and Financial issues for Mergers and Acquisitions” (2016) Vikash Kumar, “Financing the Technology Acquisition” (2016) Monali Ghosh, “Intellectual Property valuation during Corporate Restructuring” (2016) Amol Meshram, “Conglomerates and it’s challenges in Corporate Governance” (April 2015)

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Debarshi Mukherjee, “Technology Transfer and Competition Issues” (2015) Sonal Mishra, “Impact of Primary Market Players on Secondary Market: A Sectoral Study” (2015) Vennela Madabhushi, “Analysis of Director’s Liability” (2015) Sukrit Mukherjee, “Indian Corporate Law: A Perspective Analysis” (2015) Rohit Jain, “Designing of Hybrid Financial Instruments” (2014) Caroline Nitisha Pinto, “Dynamics of Corporate fraud – Introspection of fraud cases through the prism of new Companies Act 2013” (2014) Sunil Bhalchandra Phatak, “Top management succession and Corporate Governance” (2013) Rajeev Gupta, “Joint Venture and Competition Law in India: A critical legal Study” (2013) Abir Chattoraj, “Corporate Governance and Economic Development at Crossroads: A cross Jurisdictional analysis” (2013) Honey Pamnani, “Corporate Strategy used in M & A transaction to build IP Portfolio” (2012) Biplab Kumar Lenin, “Independent Director, is a failure lesson in Corporate Governance model in India” (2012) Nikesh Gupta, “Role of Competition Policy in boosting SME Sector” (2011) Gaurav Choudhary, “Small-scale offering for Small Medium Enterprises” (2011) Neha Dangi, “Differential voting rights: A set back to Corporate democracy in India” (2010) Paruchuri Shravanth, “Reassessing the Independent Director’s role in Corporate Governance: Indian Perspective” (2009) Shuvajit Mitra, “Corporate Insolvency – A relook of the Indian system” (2009) Arindam Roy Chowdhury, “Securitization of Intellectual Property” (2009) Ananthram Ganesh, “Merger control in light of US & EU Merger Control” (2009) Shivnath Tripathi, “Structure of the board under regulatory framework: A Comparative Study (2009)”

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

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Academic Member, INSOL, London (2019) Academic Member, European Institute of Corporate Governance, London (Since 2009) Member, Corporate Law Teachers Association, Australia (Since 2008) Member, Bar Council of West Bengal, India (Since 2000)

Member of Editorial Board of Journal Journal of Governance & Innovative Economic Development of the North (Russia) (2019 to till date) Indian Journal of Law and Justice (2019 to till date) KIIT Journal of Law and Society (ISSN No.2231-5144) (2019 to till date)

Amity Journal of Corporate Governance (2015 to till date)

Indian International Journal of Juridical Science (2009 to till date) Journal Referee Heliyon [Corporate Governance Stream] (2019 to date) Public Administration Research (2011 to till date) Asian Social Science (2014) Books Reviewer Transnational Governance of Companies, Springer, Netherland (2018 to till date) Comparative Corporate Governance, Taylor and Frances (2018 to till date)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Member, Academy Committee (2014 - 2015)

Member, Administrative Committee (2014 - 2015)

Member, Admission Committee (2006 – 2016)

Chairman & Member, Departmental Purchase Committee (2008-2009) & (2014-2019)

Chairman and Member of School Web Committee (2008-2012)

Research Coordinator (Doctoral) (2010-2015, 2017-2018)

LL.M. Faculty Advisor (2015 – 2017)

LL.B. Faculty Advisor (2006 - 2009)

Chairman, Student Placement & Internship Committee (2006 to 2010)

In Charge of Information Infrastructure of School (2006 - 2014)

Departmental Representative of Vision 2020 Committee (2010 – 2012)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Department/School/University/Institute Service

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Member, Core Committee, Ranbir Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure and Management,

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2009 – 2013)

National Law University Jodhpur

Warden, Halls of Residence (2003 - 2005)

Chairman, Infotech Committee (2003 – 2006)

Member of Student Placement Committee (2003 -2006)

Member of Distance Education Committee (2004 – 2006)

Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies, (Federal Government Think Tank on

River Ganga)

Member of Scientific Committee (2017 – till date)

Webel Venture Capital Ltd.

Member of Venture Capital Assessment Fund (2011 – 2013)

Date of Birth: 12th June 1973 Marital Status: Married Nationality: Indian

General Secretary Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur’s Teachers Associations: April 2016 to till now Residential Conclave President: July 2008 to June 2009 Residential Conclave Secretary: July 2007 to June 2008 Legal Advice and Legal Aid Clinic: 2000 to till date

Other Professional Service

Biography

Community Service