The second International Research Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy was organised by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), jointly with the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), at the IIMB campus at Bangalore from 23rd February, 2023 – 25th February, 2023. The three-days conference was attended by over 200 participants through physical presence. The conference was inaugurated by Hon’ble Mr. Ramalingam Sudhakar, President NCLT. Hon’ble Justice Kannan Ramesh, Judge, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Singapore and Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court; Mr. Chandru K. Iyer, Hon’ble British Deputy High Commissioner; Mr. Ravi Mital, Chairperson, IBBI delivered the special addresses during the inaugural session of the conference. Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore delivered the welcome address at the start and Mr. Jayanti Prasad, Whole-time member, IBBI delivered a Vote of thanks at the end of the inaugural session. Mr. Jayadev M, Professor, IIM Bangalore introduced the session on ‘Political Economy of Rulemaking’; Prof. Vikrant Vig, Henry D. Bullock Chaired Professor of Finance Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University delivered the keynote address in the session and Whole-time member Mr. Sudhaker Shukla expressed his special remarks at the end of the session. The three-day research conference was supported by the Centre for Capital Market and Risk Management, IIMB and co-sponsored by British High Commission, New Delhi, National E-Governance Services Limited, Small Industries Development Bank of India, Union Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra and co-supported by Insolvency Law Academy. During the conference, knowledge products in the insolvency domain were presented by over 40 scholars of economics, law, finance, banking and management. International experience in insolvency was shared and discussed by international scholars from countries like Australia and England, as part of the conference. The conference offered a unique opportunity to listen to thought leaders and policy makers in three panel discussions planned in addition to around 40 research paper presentations. A valedictory lecture and keynote address on ‘Reinventing insolvency law in emerging markets’ was delivered by Mr. Aurelio Gurrea Martinez, Associate Professor, Singapore Management University with special remarks by Mr. Ramasubramanian S, Executive Director, Union bank of India. The conference also included a workshop on data driven insolvency research aiming to provide participants useful insights in the areas of research, extensive exposure to data currently available for such research and future developments. The conference concluded with the announcement of Best paper award by Dr. Jayadev M, IIMB and concluding remarks by Mr. Sudhaker Shukla, WTM, IBBI.
Inaugural session - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4mnAMj0Kg
Keynote lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZw29xkwYUs
Panel Discussion on 'Insolvency Resolutions: A special case for SMEs' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--gAr6_s9YU
Panel Discussion on 'Next Generation Reforms in Insolvency' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-0jXlAqIo
Panel Discussion on 'IBC: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders' - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WgSa-_pKSw
Workshop on data driven insolvency research -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-JP7pNYclA
Valedictory lecture, Award Ceremony and Concluding remarks -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92-mIZh7GqY
Research paper presentation sessions -
https://youtu.be/8RGm917JDS4
https://youtu.be/QLWcwH959So
https://youtu.be/pZGU3ycbDe4
https://youtu.be/glrAW--Fejk