Participants are requested to have an innovative approach while selecting a topic, and it should be of contemporary and commercial relevance. The submissions should be analytical in nature and not merely descriptive. The topics should be broadly falling under the following list of suggestive themes:

1. Company Law

2. Laws related to mergers & acquisitions

3. Securities Law & Capital Markets regulations

4. Laws related to banking and finance

5. Investment Law

6. Taxation Law

7. Financial Services & Fintech

8. Law of Contract

9. White-collar crime

10. Alternative Investment Funds & other pooled Investment vehicles

11. Sustainable Finance & ESG

12. Competition Law

13. Public Policy considerations (in relation to finance and corporate laws)

Authors are free to delve into any contemporary issues falling under the above themes. The following sub-themes are merely indicative and suggestive in nature. Authors are suggested to submit their manuscripts on any other relevant topics:

• Need to revisit Airline Insolvency in India: Learnings from the Go Airlines and Jet Airways Saga

• Role of green and blue bonds in financing sustainability projects, focusing on India and IFSC regulations.

• IFSCA Listing Regulations 2024: A gateway for Indian Companies to access capital from global markets?

• Need to overhaul SEBI’s regulatory framework for SME listing

• India’s fiscal measures like carbon taxes and green incentives to drive climate action and renewable energy investments

• Amendments to SEBI’s Delisting Regulations

• Alleviating the Rise and Recovery of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) Regulatory Challenges surrounding Non- Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

Submission Guidelines

Original and analytical research papers on the aforementioned and related themes are invited.

Kindly note that the sub-themes outlined on this page are merely suggestive and not exhaustive.

• Author(s) should indicate the theme on which the paper is based.

• The paper should include a title, an abstract (max. 500 words) and a minimum of 5 keywords. The paper can be submitted here.

• The papers shall be screened by the editorial board. The author(s) of the shortlisted papers shall be intimated accordingly.

• The word limit (excluding footnotes) can range between 3000-5000 words.

• Mode of citation: APA/OSCOLA.

• The font to be used will be Times New Roman, Heading (Bold) Size -14, Body Size -12.

• Uniform margins of 1” shall be kept on all sides.

• Co-authorship up to 2 authors is permissible (separate registration fees shall be payable for both the authors).

• All submissions should be the original work of the author(s) and should not have been submitted for publication/published/ presented elsewhere in any form. Use of any kind of generative Artificial Intelligence is strictly prohibited.

• Certificate of Participation will be given to all the participants.

• Papers with similarity score of up to 10% will be accepted and anything above will be outrightly rejected.

Registration Link

Interested students are required to register themselves through the Google Form by clicking the Registration button below.