13.45 hours :

Welcome Remarks

Prof. S. Mahendra Dev

Director, IGIDR

13.55 hours:

Brief Introduction to Asia-Link Sandwich Doctoral Program Alumni Workshop

Prof. P.G. Babu, IGIDR

14.00 to 14.45 hours

State Secularism and Religious Establishment

Dr. Vikas Kumar

Azim Premji University, Bangalore

14.45 to 15.30 hours:

Procedural Law, Judicial Efficiency and Debt Finance: Evidence from India

Dr. Francis Xavier Rathinam

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER),  New Delhi

15.30 to 16.15 hours:

Competition or Comparative Advantage: What Drives Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions?

Dr. Poonam Mehra

National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai

16.15 to 17.00 hours:

Demand Response for Indian Electricity Market

Dr. Zakaria Siddiqui

Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata