🚨 #JustLaunched | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦? From access to critical inputs and open-source models to business adoption, switching, consumer choice and trust, our latest survey-based research study examines how competition is taking shape across the AI value chain. Last week, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞launched 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮: 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵in New Delhi, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers and experts to discuss the competitive dynamics shaping India’s AI ecosystem. Drawing on insights from 𝟑𝟎𝟎+ 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, the survey-based study offers an empirical assessment of competition across India’s evolving AI landscape. The report is further enriched by special forewords from 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐏 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐏 𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐮and 𝐌𝐬. 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐘, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦? 📖 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, or 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: shorturl.at/jOIsR #artificialintelligence #competitionpolicy #aigovernance #indiaai #innovation #emergingtechnology #digitalpolicy @kazimriz | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @kritisingh29

🔵 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 From 2023 through 2025, three editions of our flagship conference have shaped critical conversations on competition, innovation and India's digital future. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! Themed 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, the conference brings together policymakers, industry leaders and researchers from India and beyond. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 🔹 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 Market access, innovation and competition. 🔹 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 Investment, scale and market opportunities. 🔹 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 Global trade, investment and India's strategic choices. We are honoured to welcome: 🎙️ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce | 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 🎙️ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫, Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs | 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 🎙️ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐓. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐝, 𝐈𝐏𝐒 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.), Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) | 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 📅 22 October 2026 | 🕛 12 PM onwards (IST)📍 Le Méridien, New Delhi 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦. 𝘈 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥? 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: lnkd.in/gdDz4cNu 📋 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚: lnkd.in/gZENKZPJ #competitionpolicy #digitalcompetition #innovation #digitaleconomy #aigovernance #digitalmarkets #techpolicy #india Esteemed Addresses: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti @TennetiKrshnaMP @kazimriz | @ramavshree | @DSCI_Connect | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @IEuniversity @laz_radic @ShankerASingham @ORFAmerica @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw @ISBedu @ItalyinIndia @Dell | Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI ( @coreaicoalition ) | @MDIGurgaon | @roy_sarvada | @USISPForum | @ShatakratuS | @kritisingh29 | @ramavshree | @DSCI_Connect | @MDIGurgaon | @roy_sarvada | @USISPForum | @ShatakratuS | @rahul_rai121|@jftc|@ICRIER|@SouthAsianUni

💡 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 | 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 What does it take to turn research into policy, and ideas into parliamentary action? At 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, we believe meaningful policy engagement begins with informed perspectives and rigorous research. We are inviting applications for our 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, offering an opportunity to work at the intersection of technology, public policy and parliamentary engagement. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭: 🔹 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: Online training during November 2026. 🔹 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Work with the offices of Members of Parliament, beginning in the second half of November. 🔹 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬-𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: Contribute to policy research, legislative analysis and parliamentary interventions. 🔹 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Until the conclusion of the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. 📩 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: Send your CV to [email protected] 📅 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: October 28, 2026 If you are curious about how technology policy is researched, debated and shaped within India's parliamentary ecosystem, this could be your opportunity to experience the process firsthand. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞? #techpolicy #fellowship2026 #publicpolicy #parliamentaryresearch #digitalindia #policyresearch #internshipopportunity @kazimriz | @kritisingh29 | @JameelaSahiba |

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 | 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? As India's proposed 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 continues to generate debate, the discussion extends beyond the merits of ex-ante regulation to questions of 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 and 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯. Speaking to 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, underscores the importance of grounding regulatory changes in 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, while accounting for recent amendments to the Competition Act. He also highlights the need to strengthen the 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 (𝐂𝐂𝐈), build the newly established 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and improve the capacity and efficiency of the 𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐓. ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: moneycontrol.com/news/busine… 🔹 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰. These very questions will be central to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. Bringing together distinguished perspectives from India and across the world, the conference will examine the intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 through three critical conversations: enabling MSME growth in digital markets, building a competitive AI ecosystem, and navigating competition policy in a changing global economy. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐞 𝐌𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘐𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺? #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitalcompetition #digitalmarkets #platformregulation #techpolicy #india #innovation #digitalindia #CCI moneycontrol.com | @kazimriz | @pantswani | @kritisingh29

⏳ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨! | 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 We are honoured to welcome 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐓. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐝, 𝐈𝐏𝐒 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.), 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐋𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐡𝐚), who will deliver the closing address at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, happening on Thursday, October 22, 2026. A former Indian Police Service officer and seasoned public administrator, Shri Prasad brings extensive experience spanning 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. His experience at the intersection of 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 brings an important perspective to this year's conference theme, Competition, Innovation and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy. We look forward to his closing reflections on the policy priorities and institutional approaches that can strengthen India's digital economy while fostering innovation, competitiveness and inclusive growth. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭? Join policymakers, industry leaders, legal practitioners and researchers for an engaging exchange of perspectives on the future of India's digital markets. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐞 𝐌𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘈𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳? #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #innovation #digitalindia #competitionlaw #digitalgovernance #economicgrowth #digitalinclusion @TennetiKrshnaMP | @kazimriz | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw | Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI ( @coreaicoalition ) | @kritisingh29

⏳ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨! | 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫! We are delighted to welcome 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚, 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, as our keynote speaker at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. With extensive experience spanning 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, Shri Chadha brings a valuable perspective shaped by leadership roles across government and industry. Serving as Joint Secretary since January 2022, he has previously held positions with 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢, 𝐊𝐏𝐌𝐆, 𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐆, 𝐈𝐁𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, working at the intersection of technology, governance, institutional transformation and information security. His experience across the public and private sectors brings an important dimension to this year's conference theme, Competition, Innovation and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy. With just two days remaining, we invite 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 to join us for an afternoon of informed discussions on the future of competition, innovation and India's digital economy. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭? 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞! Secure your participation and be part of the conversations shaping India's digital future. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐞 𝐌𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵? #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #innovation #digitalindia #competitionlaw #fintech #digitalgovernance #economicgrowth @kazimriz | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw | Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (@coreaicoalition ) | @kritisingh29

⏳ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨! | 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟑 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? As we count down to our conference, Competition, Innovation and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy, we are pleased to introduce our third panel: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟑: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 The panel will examine the intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. It will explore how 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 can support innovation, resilience and economic growth. Joining this conversation are: 🎙️ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜, Assistant Professor of Law, IE Law School, and Senior Scholar for Competition Policy, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) 🎙️ 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦, President & Chairman of the Board, Competere Group 🎙️ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚, Director, Policy & Research, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 🎙️ 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚, Independent Consultant, Observer Research Foundation 🎙️ 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨, First Secretary (Economic & Innovation Department), Embassy of Italy, New Delhi 🎙️ 𝐂𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐤𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐢 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.), Director Government Affairs, Dell Technologies Bringing together perspectives from law, industry, academia and international policy, the discussion will examine how 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 can respond to global developments while supporting India's digital economy. 📅 October 22, 2026 | 12 PM (IST) 📍 New Delhi 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦? @kazimriz | @ramavshree | @DSCI_Connect | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @IEuniversity @laz_radic @ShankerASingham @ORFAmerica @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw @ISBedu @ItalyinIndia @Dell | Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI ( @coreaicoalition ) | @MDIGurgaon | @roy_sarvada | @USISPForum | @ShatakratuS | @kritisingh29

⏳ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨! | 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟐 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡? As we count down to Competition, Innovation and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy, we are pleased to introduce our second panel: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟐: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, markets & economic opportunities, India faces a defining question: how can it strengthen domestic AI capabilities while remaining globally competitive? From access to 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 to the evolving dynamics of 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, the conversation will examine how competition policy can foster a diverse & dynamic AI ecosystem without constraining technological progress. Joining this conversation are: 🎙️ 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐧, Founding Director, Centre for Competition Law and Economics (CCLE) 🎙️ 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞, Former Chief Executive Officer, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) 🎙️ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐣, Professor (Information Management), MDI Gurgaon 🎙️ 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨, Founder and Director, SCOPE Global Exchange 🎙️ 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐲, Co-founder and Practice Head, Competition Law, Sarvada Legal 🎙️ 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐮, Associate Director (Technology, Media, & Telecommunications), US-India Strategic Partnership Forum Together, they will explore how 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 can strengthen India's position in the global AI economy. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? #competition #competitionpolicy #artificialintelligence #aigovernance #digitalmarkets #innovation #aiecosystem #digitalindia #responsibleai @kazimriz | @ramavshree | @DSCI_Connect | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI ( @coreaicoalition ) | @MDIGurgaon | @roy_sarvada | @USISPForum | @ShatakratuS | @kritisingh29

⏳ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨! | 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟏 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬? As we count down to Competition, Innovation and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy, we are pleased to introduce our first panel: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟎𝟏: 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 Digital platforms are transforming how smaller businesses reach customers, improve productivity and expand their markets. But how can competition policy address concerns around 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 and 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 without compromising the efficiencies and opportunities these platforms create? Joining this conversation are: 🎙️ 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, Founding Director, The Dialogue 🎙️ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢, Former Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) 🎙️ 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢, Partner and Co-founder, Axiom5 🎙️ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞𝐞, Professor, ICRIER 🎙️ 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚, Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University Together, they will explore how 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 can support innovation, market openness and meaningful opportunities for India's MSMEs. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. #competition #competitionpolicy #competitionlaw #msmes #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #marketaccess @kazimriz | @kritisingh29 | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (@coreaicoalition) | @rahul_rai121| @jftc | @ICRIER | @SouthAsianUni

🎤 #MeetOurSpeakers | 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 As digital platforms reshape how businesses reach customers, access markets and scale operations, an important question emerges: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? We are delighted to welcome 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢, Partner and Co-founder, Axiom5, to The Dialogue’s 4th Annual International Conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Rahul will bring his perspective on competition law and market dynamics to the discussion on 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. As digital technologies transform how MSMEs advertise, receive payments, manage logistics and participate in domestic and international markets, the conversation will examine how platforms can 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, while navigating concerns around visibility, data access, commercial terms and bargaining power. At the heart of this discussion lies a critical policy challenge: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬? Join us as we bring together perspectives from industry, academia and the policy ecosystem to examine the future of competition, innovation and growth in India’s digital economy. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #msmes #innovation #marketaccess @kazimriz|@rahul_rai121| @kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw|@coreaicoalition

🎤 #1WeekToGo | 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 As digital markets evolve and economic priorities shift, how can competition policy safeguard open markets without constraining the innovation and investment that drive growth? We are delighted to welcome 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜, Assistant Professor of Law at IE University, Spain, to The Dialogue’s 4th Annual International Conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Bringing an international perspective on competition law and digital markets, Dr. Radic will contribute to discussions examining the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. At a time when technological interdependence, supply chain resilience and shifting geopolitical priorities are reshaping markets, the conference will explore how 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 can support competitive and innovative economies. As India navigates these global shifts, an important question emerges: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬? Join us for a day of evidence-led, cross-border conversations bringing together perspectives from industry, academia and the policy ecosystem. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #globaltrade #investment @kazimriz| @laz_radic | @ielawschool | @kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw|@coreaicoalition

🎤 #MeetOurSpeakers | 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢, Special Advisor and Former Chairperson, Japan Fair Trade Commission, to The Dialogue’s upcoming 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, taking place on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢. This year’s conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, will bring together leading voices from India and across the world to examine the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 and 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Drawing on her extensive experience in competition policy and regulation, Prof. Aoki will bring an important 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to conversations on market contestability, emerging technologies and the regulatory choices shaping digital economies. Across three thematic panels, the conference will explore 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, and the intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Join us for a day of 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 and 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on the future of competition, innovation and growth. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #ai #msmes @kazimriz | @kritisingh29 | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw | @coreaicoalition

🤝 #HappeningNextWeek | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are delighted to welcome the 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 (𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈) as a 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 for our upcoming international conference on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢! 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈 Established in July 2024 and hosted by The Dialogue, CoRE-AI is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 to advance the responsible and ethical development of AI. The coalition fosters collaboration to address emerging risks, maximise societal benefits and help shape an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem in India. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Themed 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, our fourth edition will convene leading policymakers, regulators, industry representatives, economists and academics from India and across the world to examine the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. We are also pleased to acknowledge our existing conference partners, the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐂𝐂𝐋𝐄), 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 and the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄), whose collaboration strengthens the international and multidisciplinary perspectives informing this year's discussions. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲? Be part of the conversation. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 as we bring together diverse perspectives to explore the policy choices shaping India's digital future. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶! #competitionpolicy #competitionlaw #coreai #responsibleai #artificialintelligence #digitaleconomy #innovation #digitalmarkets #msmes @kazimriz|@kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (@coreaicoalition)

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 | 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? Reports of more than 200 content takedown orders ahead of the October 10 protest in New Delhi have brought renewed attention to the legal thresholds, transparency and accountability surrounding online content restrictions. In conversation with 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐲 of 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, draws attention to an important distinction in interpreting the scale of such restrictions: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. The wider debate raises consequential questions about 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 and 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 in decisions affecting online expression. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: economictimes.indiatimes.com… #freespeech #freedomofexpression #digitalrights #contentmoderation #platformregulation #internetgovernance #techpolicy #india #studentprotest #jantarmantar @kazimriz | @ETtech | @TanyaPandey_ET | @kritisingh29

🚨 #TASI2026 | #HappeningTomorrow | 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬? As India’s digital ecosystem evolves, so does the regulatory landscape governing online safety. But does an expanding web of rules and compliance requirements necessarily translate into a safer internet? At the 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 & 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 (𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈) 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 will convene a roundtable discussion titled: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭? Bringing together perspectives from 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, the roundtable will look beyond the volume of regulation to examine how 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘴shape 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 📅 14 October 2026 🕓 16:00–17:00 Hrs (IST) 📍 India International Centre, New Delhi 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞. #tasi2026 #trustandsafety #digitalgovernance #onlinesafety #platformregulation @kazimriz | @CSR_India | @gsaxena03 |

🎤 #2WeeksToGo | 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are proud to announce our stellar lineup of speakers for our upcoming 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, happening on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢. This year’s conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, will bring together experts from India and across the world to examine some of the most consequential questions shaping the future of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. Across three panels, the conversations will move from 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, to 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, and finally to the increasingly important intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: * 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, Founding Director, The Dialogue * 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢, Special Advisor and Former Chairperson, Japan Fair Trade Commission * 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢, Partner & Co-founder, Axiom5 * 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨, Founder & Director, SCOPE Global Exchange * 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐲, Co-founder & Practice Head (Competition Law), Sarvada Legal * 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞, Former CEO, Data Security Council of India * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜, Assistant Professor of Law, IE University, Spain * 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦, President & Chairman of the Board, Competere Foundation * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚, Director (Policy and Research), Indian School of Business * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞𝐞, Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations From the opportunities created by digital markets to the competitive dynamics of AI and a rapidly changing global economic environment, we look forward to a day of 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 and 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on what comes next for competition, innovation and growth. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI #MSMEs @kazimriz | Reiko Aoki | @RahulRai | Axiom5 Law Chambers LLP | @ShankerASingham | @Competere Group | @SCOPE_GE | @Chadha4Nishant | @ISBedu | @roy_sarvada | @SarvadaLegal | @profarpita1 | @ICRIER | @ccle | @LawEconCenter | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @Jini_1708

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 | 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝘐𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? As debate intensifies around India's proposed 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥, questions surrounding ex-ante regulation, market-specific evidence and institutional readiness are coming into sharper focus. Speaking to 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, emphasises that any regulatory intervention must be 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 and informed by recent amendments to the Competition Act. He also draws attention to an equally consequential dimension of the debate: 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, from strengthening the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and its newly established Digital Markets Division to improving the capacity and efficiency of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). But as India considers the next phase of digital competition regulation, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: moneycontrol.com/news/busine… #digitalcompetition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitalmarkets #regulation #techpolicy #india @pantswani | moneycontrol.com | @kazimriz | @kritisingh29

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 | 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑&𝐃 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴? India spends approximately 𝟎.𝟔𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐃𝐏 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, with private industry contributing roughly 36% of national R&D expenditure. But the challenge goes beyond how much Indian companies invest. It also concerns 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯. Speaking to 𝐒𝐦𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐤 of 𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚, 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 – 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, examines the structural and commercial pressures that keep corporate research focused on short-term returns, incremental improvements and technology adoption rather than 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. She also reflects on the government's 𝐑𝐬 𝟏 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐃𝐈) 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝, and the deeper institutional changes required for public financing to translate into globally competitive Indian technologies. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙&𝘋 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: entrepreneur.economictimes.i… #researchanddevelopment #artificialintelligence #innovation #deeptech #intellectualproperty #aipolicy #techpolicy @EconomicTimes | @JameelaSahiba | @kazimriz |

⌛ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 | #IMC2026 As Asia’s largest digital technology forum marks its 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, India Mobile Congress 2026 brings together government, industry, startups and the technology ecosystem under the theme 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. And 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Our Founding Director, 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝘇𝘃𝗶, will moderate 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 5𝘎 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 5𝘎 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, a discussion on how the next phase of 5G can move from coverage-led deployment towards monetisation, differentiated connectivity and real-world applications. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 🔹 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀, Director-Corporate Affairs & Group Chief Regulatory Officer, Bharti Airtel 🔹 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿, Group Government Affairs Director, Vodafone 🔹 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻, Head of Digital Infrastructure Policy & Regulation, GSMA 🔹 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, Director General, Broadband India Forum (BIF) 🔹 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗵𝘄𝗮, Founder, MediaNama Together, they will unpack a critical question for India’s next phase of 5G: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀? 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 📅 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ⏰ 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 📍 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗩𝗔𝗔𝗗 (𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮), 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗔𝘁 #IMC2026? 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #5g #networkslicing #telecom #digitalindia #imcbeyond10 #scalewithoutboundaries @kazimriz | @exploreIMC | @airtelnews | Ben Wreschner | @VodafoneGroup | Dr. Mani Manimohan | GSMA | @ConnectBIF | @nixxin | @medianama | @kritisingh29

🚨#ConferenceThemes | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲? At The Dialogue’s 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, we will bring together policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, economists, academics and practitioners around three conversations at the heart of India’s evolving digital economy: 01 | 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 02 | 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 03 | 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 Across these discussions, we will examine a common question: how can India preserve competitive and contestable markets while enabling businesses to grow, innovators to scale and the digital economy to remain open to investment and opportunity? 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI #MSMEs @kazimriz|@kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw