National Seminar On “Emerging Areas of Competition Law In a Global Economy: Challenges And Opportunities” is being organized on 23rd August 2014 by Rajiv Gandhi National University Of Law, Punjab, in association with Competition Commission Of India, New Delhi, Supported by SCC Online Web Edition.
THEME
The seminar will focus on objectives of Competition Law as an instrument for accelerating growth through innovation and economic efficiencies thus maximizing consumer welfare by offering better products at lower prices. Competition is irrefutably beneficial for every market participant. Competitive markets give consumers wider choice and lower prices. It gives sellers stronger incentives to minimize their costs through innovation and other productivity enhancing techniques. This enables firms to pass on cost savings to the customers and offer better products and greater choice at lower prices.
There is a need to achieve the objectives of Competition Act, 2002 by prohibiting anti-competition agreements and practices that harm free trade and competition; preventing abuse of dominant position and anti- competitive practices that lead to such a dominant position and; regulating mergers and acquisitions.
SUB-THEMES
- Competition Law and Consumer Welfare
- Mergers and Acquisitions and Competition Law
- Intellectual Property and Competition Law
- Competition Law and International Trade
- Cross Border Competition Issues
- Competition Policy in Agriculture
- Abuse of Dominant Position & Competition Law
- Competition Policy in Services
- Competition Policy in New Economic Areas
- Impact Assessment of Competition Law
Seminar papers are invited from the academicians, practitioners, researchers, scholars and students on the issues related to above themes. It is also proposed that the selected papers by the Committee will be published in a special volume on the seminar in the form of an edited book with ISBN No. Author of selected papers would be given an opportunity to present their paper as per requirement of the theme during sessions on the day of the seminar.
GUIDELINES
- An abstract should contain 300 – 350 words accompanied by a brief profile of the author indicating his email ID, contact number and official address.
- Paper should not be of more than 6000 words.
- It must be typed in Times New Roman Font Size 12 on A4 size paper with 1” margin on all sides with 1.5 line spacing using MS Word.
- The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed.) must be strictly adhered to while submitting the abstracts and full paper.
The last date to submit abstracts is July 20.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration fees by demand draft in the name of “Registrar, RGNUL, Punjab” payable at Patiala must reach on or before 12th August 2014 on the address mentioned below along with the single side printed hard copy of the Article.
ADDRESS
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
Bhadson Road, Sidhuwal, Patiala, 147001
Ph. 0175 –2391600, 601, 602, 603
www.rgnul.ac.in
REGISTRATION FEES
Students : Rs. 700/-
Teachers : Rs. 1000/-
Co-author* : Rs. 1500/-
*Co Authors shall not be more than two for an article
CONTACT
Ms. Geetika Walia- 9646023882
Ms. Gurmanpreet- 9501034463
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