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Local Committee
The agenda is planned by the local planning committee with input from both in-house and private practice lawyers with knowledge of current events and initiatives in India. The local planning committee includes:
Conference Chairs
Nikhil Narendran, Trilegal:
Bangalore, India, Co-Chair
Rohan George, Samvad Partners:
Chennai, India, Co-Chair
He is currently a partner in Samvad Partners, a national corporate and commercial law firm. Prior to becoming a partner at Samvad Partners, Rohan operated an independent legal practice specialising in technology law issues and worked with the law firm Ali Associates as an intellectual property litigator. He has also written for the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on internet policy in India and for the Centre for Trade and Development (CENTAD) on intellectual property and technology transfer, and has worked with the law firm Amarchand Mangaldas in their intellectual property practice, their transactional practice and their competition policy practice. He is a graduate of NALSAR, Hyderabad and holds an LLM as a Lawrence A. Wien Fellow from Columbia University, New York.
Azmul Haque, Collyer Lawyers:
Singapore, Vice-Chair
Local Planning Committee
Naqeeb Ahmed, Kochar & Co.:
Bangalore, India, Social Media
Sharda Balaji, NovoJuris:
Bangalore, India, Marketing
Anand Bhushan, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas:
Chennai, India, Marketing
Mathew Chacko, Spice Route Legal:
Bangalore, India, Social Media
Aditi Chopra, Microsoft:
Bangalore, India, In-House Counsel
Probir Chowdhury, J Sagar Associates:
Bangalore, India, Networking
Roopa Doraswamy, Doraswamy Law Chambers:
Bangalore, India, I-WIN
Samuel Mani, MCM Law
Bangalore, India, Marketing
He focuses on providing clients with the most contextually appropriate advice for their questions, drawing heavily on his many years of experience as a business leader. Samuel has extensive experience in running complex high stakes matters but is equally comfortable assisting an entrepreneur in putting a business together.
Arun Prabhu, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas:
Bangalore, India, Programming
Anirudh Rastogi, Ikigai Law:
New Delhi, India, Programming
Kshama Ravikumar, Avigna Law Advocates:
Bangalore, India, Media
Jaideep Reddy, Nishith Desai Associates:
Bangalore, India, CyberSpaceCamp®
Dhruv Suri, PSA:
New Delhi, India, Sponsorship
Committee oversight and guidance is provided by:
- Christian Frank, Taylor Wessing, ITechLaw President 2018-2019
- Ira Schwartz, Parker Schwartz, PLLC, Program Chair
- Claire Bernier, ADSTO, Program Vice-Chair