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#India Inc. 3.0 – Pharma & Lifesciences Track – Hyderabad Special
#India Inc. 3.0 – Pharma & Lifesciences Track – Ahmedabad Special
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Are You A Grand Master?
Join India’s Elite In House Counsel Gathering
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Do You Choose Client Delight Over the Billing Delight? Stand Out.
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Here’s a Wire-frame of the Power-Packed Sessions for the Summit:
#The Smarter GC – Are You in The Race?
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Pharma & Life Sciences Track
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Real Estate & Infra Track
#The Intellectual You – All About IPR & You
#The New India Dispute Resolution Wave – What’s Your Pick?
Organizational Participation
3M India, 9X Media, ABB India, Accel Partners, Accenture, ACCOR, Accuracy Adani Group, Adani Parts And SEZ, Adidas Group, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ADP India, Advaya Legal, AGS Health, Ahuja Group, Air Infotech, Airtel, AkzoNobel India, ALMT Legal, Alpha Partners, Alstom
Hierarchical Participation
Add. Chief Manager – Legal, Additional Manager – Legal, IP Attorney, AGM – Legal AGM Legal & Asst. Co. Sec., APAC Legal Counsel, Assistant Director, Assistant General Counsel Associate, Associate Director – Legal & Compliance, Associate Director Human Resources, Associate Manager – Legal Services, Associate Principal – Quality Programs, Associate V P & Head – IP Cell, Associate Vice President & Head Lega, Asst. Company Secretary, Asst. General Manager – Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Ast Director Legal, Attorney Legal
Partnering with The Grand Masters 2025 Summit Series will enable you to brand and promote your service expertise to a unique and interesting set of senior in house counsel. Summit attendees include senior professionals interested in updating their knowledge and involved in legal and commercial elements of complex business deals. We have a set of standard branding solutions that we can customize based on your specific needs. For more details, contact:
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Neelima Maheshwari | M: 08800841600
CITIES
SPEAKERS
SESSIONS
ATTENDEES
Past Official Messages
Messages from Various Legal Luminaries
Hon’ble Justice Manmohan
Dr. Lalit Bhasin
Bansuri Swaraj
Ms. Veta T. Richardson
Meet The Grand Masters!
Confirmed Speakers
HON’BLE JUSTICE (RETD.) MUKESHKUMAR RASIKBHAI SHAH
Former Judge,
Supreme Court of India
JATIN JALUNDHWALA
General Counsel, Adani Group Summit Chairperson
AJAY KAKAR
Head – Corporate Branding, Adani Group
ANUPAM SHARAN
Vice President - Legal, Lendingkart Group
ARJUN DOSHI
Head - Legal - RMRW Business, Adani
ARZU CHIMNI
Associate Partner, Obhan Mason
C.A. BRIJESH
Partner, Remfry & Sagar
C.A. HARDIK GUPTA
Head - Legal, Reliance Industries
CHANDAN DUBEY
Chief Legal Officer, NSE International Exchange (NSEIX)
DR. SONAL VERMA
Partner & Global Leader (Markets & Strategy), Dhir & Dhir Associates
GARG VYAS
Senior General Manager - IP, Legal, Cummins India
GOPI JATIN TRIVEDI
Senior Partner, Y.J. Trivedi & Co.
KAVAN MANKAD
Associate VP - Privacy & Data Governance, OPL Innovate
KHUSHBOO BUTAIL
Partner - IP, Strategic Growth & International Relations, White & Brief - Advocates & Solicitors
MALAV DELIWALA
Head - Corporate Legal, Adani Group
MANAN SHROFF
Deputy General Manager - Global IP Cell, Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
MILIND TALEGAONKAR
General Manager - Legal, and Secretarial, ERIS Lifesciences
MONARK GAHLOT
Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
MUKUND THAKKAR
Executive Vice President - Legal, Zydus Lifesciences
NAMRATA TRIVEDI
Managing Partner, Raval & Trivedi Associates
NEHA KSSHIRSAGAR
Director Legal- India and Subcontinent & GCC, Medtronic Group
NEHA VERMA
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Puniska Injectables
NIKUNJ VYAS
Company Secretary & Legal Head, Sterling Accuris Diagnostics
NILESH TRIBHUVANN
President, Association of Indian Law Firms
PARIDHI ADANI
Partner (Head - Ahmedabad), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
PROF. (DR.) RISHI RAJ BHARDWAJ
Assistant Professor, Mahindra University School of Law
PURAB JAJOO
General Manager - Global Intellectual Property, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
RIDDIMA SHARMA
Partner, ADP Law Offices
ROOPESH JAIN
Deputy Vice President (Legal & Secretarial Head), Bosch Home Comfort Group
SANGEETA BALDOTA
Head - Legal, L&T Technology Services
SHAMIK BHATT
Partner, Singhi & Co.
SNEHIMA JAUHARI
Associate Partner, Saikrishna & Associates
VINEET BOSE
Head - Legal - Senior Vice President, Ambuja Cements & ACC (Adani Group Cement Business)
Meet The Grand Masters!
Invited & Confirmed Speakers
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The Summit Agenda
REGISTRATION & WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
WELCOME REMARKS BY LEX WITNESS
RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
SPECIAL ADDRESS BY JATIN JALUNDHWALA, GENERAL COUNSEL, ADANI GROUP - SUMMIT CHAIRPERSON
JATIN JALUNDHWALA
General Counsel, Adani Group Summit Chairperson
SPECIAL ADDRESS BY PARIDHI ADANI, PARTNER (HEAD - AHMEDABAD), CYRIL AMARCHAND MANGALDAS
PARIDHI ADANI
Partner (Head - Ahmedabad), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
SPECIAL ADDRESS BY NILESH TRIBHUVANN, PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN LAW FIRMS
NILESH TRIBHUVANN
President, Association of Indian Law Firms
#THE STRATEGIC COUNSEL – ARE YOU FUTURE READY?
ANUPAM SHARAN
Vice President - Legal, Lendingkart Group
JATIN JALUNDHWALA
General Counsel, Adani Group Summit Chairperson
PARIDHI ADANI
Partner (Head - Ahmedabad), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
CHANDAN DUBEY
Chief Legal Officer, NSE International Exchange (NSEIX)
SHAMIK BHATT
Partner, Singhi & Co.
SANGEETA BALDOTA
Head - Legal, L&T Technology Services
ARZU CHIMNI
Associate Partner, Obhan Mason
VINEET BOSE
Head - Legal - Senior Vice President, Ambuja Cements & ACC (Adani Group Cement Business)
- The Counsel as a Strategic Growth Enabler – Shaping business decisions, enabling innovation and driving sustainable growth without compromising oversight.
- GIFT City & Global Finance Readiness – Are legal teams prepared for governance expectations across funds, capital markets, insurance, pensions and global financial services?
- M&A Readiness & Transaction Governance – Navigating diligence depth, regulatory approvals, deal certainty, indemnity exposure, data-room risk, stakeholder consent and post-closing integration in increasingly compressed transaction timelines.
- Boardroom Accountability 2.0 – Navigating heightened scrutiny of directors, senior management and governance practices in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
- IPO Preparedness & Public Market Accountability – Stress-testing disclosures, material contracts, related-party transactions, litigation exposure, governance controls and risk narratives before private companies face public-market scrutiny.
- The New Enforcement Playbook – As regulators become more coordinated and data-driven, are organisations prepared for the next generation of investigations?
- Agentic AI & Legal Accountability – Establishing governance frameworks when autonomous systems influence decisions, actions and outcomes across business functions.
- DPDPA Readiness & Data Governance – Operationalising consent, breach response, vendor accountability and board-level data governance beyond privacy policy updates.
- Labour Code Implementation & Workforce Compliance – Preparing for the shift in employment structures, wage definitions, social security obligations, contractor management and workplace governance under the new labour regime.
- AI Workforce Transformation – Managing bias, accountability, role redesign and human oversight as AI reshapes hiring, productivity, performance management and workplace decision-making.
- Cyber Resilience & Crisis Leadership – Preparing legal teams to respond to cyber incidents, ransomware events and reputational crises under increasing stakeholder scrutiny.
- Beyond the Billable Hour – Are GCs seeking strategic partners, technology-enabled advisors or simply better value from external counsel?
NETWORKING BREAK
RESERVED FOR A FIRESIDE CHAT
AJAY KAKAR
Head – Corporate Branding, Adani Group
C.A. BRIJESH
Partner, Remfry & Sagar
#INDIA INC. 3.0 – PHARMA & LIFESCIENCES TRACK – AHMEDABAD SPECIAL
MUKUND THAKKAR
Executive Vice President - Legal, Zydus Lifesciences
MILIND TALEGAONKAR
General Manager - Legal, and Secretarial, ERIS Lifesciences
NEHA KSSHIRSAGAR
Director Legal- India and Subcontinent & GCC, Medtronic Group
DR. SONAL VERMA
Partner & Global Leader (Markets & Strategy), Dhir & Dhir Associates
NEHA VERMA
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Puniska Injectables
PURAB JAJOO
General Manager - Global Intellectual Property, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
PROF. (DR.) RISHI RAJ BHARDWAJ
Assistant Professor, Mahindra University School of Law
- Utility Models & Incremental Innovations – As minor pharmaceutical modifications often fail to satisfy conventional patentability thresholds, is it time for India to introduce a utility model regime to encourage and protect genuine incremental innovations?
- The Evergreening Conundrum, Section 3 & Patent Challenges – With heightened scrutiny of secondary patents and therapeutic efficacy under Section 3(d), how can innovators secure protection for genuine inventions while ensuring that generic manufacturers have an effective voice in challenging the grant of non-meritorious or evergreening patents?
- Pharma Trademark Dynamics & Brand Protection – As look-alike and sound-alike pharmaceutical brands continue to pose significant patient safety risks, how can legal teams develop robust phonetic, visual, and regulatory branding strategies that effectively safeguard both public health and intellectual property?
- Regulatory Acceleration & Global Filing Discipline – Can faster approvals and export-linked filings coexist with stronger documentation, data integrity and compliance discipline?
- Schedule M, GMP & Inspection Readiness – Are manufacturing and formulation clusters prepared for tighter quality systems, documentation standards and contamination-control scrutiny?
- Clinical Research, BA/BE Studies & Ethics Oversight – How should companies strengthen consent, protocol governance, investigator oversight and cross-border accountability?
- UCPMP 2.0, HCP Engagement & Anti-Bribery Controls – Under sharper scrutiny, is commercial compliance becoming a board-level concern for pharma, healthcare and medtech companies?
- Pricing & Access – Where should the balance lie between pricing nets, affordability, innovation, business viability and regulatory intervention?
- DPDP, ABDM & Patient Data Governance – With digital health records reshaping healthcare, who owns responsibility for consent, secondary use, breach response, interoperability etc.?
- MedTech & Digital Health Convergence – As devices, diagnostics and software enter mainstream healthcare, are compliance expectations beginning to mirror pharma?
NETWORKING LUNCH
FEATURED FOR A FOCUSSED PRESENTATION / FIRESIDE CHAT
#THE INTELLECTUAL YOU – IP IN THE AGE OF AI
KAVAN MANKAD
Associate VP - Privacy & Data Governance, OPL Innovate
NAMRATA TRIVEDI
Managing Partner, Raval & Trivedi Associates
MANAN SHROFF
Deputy General Manager - Global IP Cell, Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
SNEHIMA JAUHARI
Associate Partner, Saikrishna & Associates
NIKUNJ VYAS
Company Secretary & Legal Head, Sterling Accuris Diagnostics
GOPI JATIN TRIVEDI
Senior Partner, Y.J. Trivedi & Co.
GARG VYAS
Senior General Manager - IP, Legal, Cummins India
KHUSHBOO BUTAIL
Partner - IP, Strategic Growth & International Relations, White & Brief - Advocates & Solicitors
- Generative AI, Training Data & Creator Compensation – Can businesses use AI training data and generated content at scale without triggering copyright, licensing and creator-consent risks?
- AI Patentability & CRI Examination – With the revised CRI Guidelines bringing AI, ML, deep learning, cloud, blockchain and quantum technologies into sharper examination focus, how should innovators frame technical contribution under Section 3(k)?
- SEP, FRAND & India’s Licensing Moment – How should businesses approach essential patents, FRAND royalties, portfolio licensing and global enforcement exposure?
- Cross-Border Licensing & Royalty Structures – Are IP licensing models robust enough for tax, competition, export-control, data-use and enforceability scrutiny?
- Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Discipline – Are prosecution timelines, divisional filings, working requirements and portfolio pruning becoming strategic business decisions?
- Copyright, Designs & Industrial Application – After judicial scrutiny of engineering drawings, industrial designs and Section 15 overlap, should businesses rethink protection strategies?
- Deepfakes, Brand Identity & Personality Rights – Are companies ready to protect brands, voices, images and endorsements from AI-enabled impersonation and misuse?
#THE NEW INDIA DISPUTE RESOLUTION WAVE - SMART ENOUGH?
C.A. HARDIK GUPTA
Head - Legal, Reliance Industries
ARJUN DOSHI
Head - Legal - RMRW Business, Adani
RIDDIMA SHARMA
Partner, ADP Law Offices
MALAV DELIWALA
Head - Corporate Legal, Adani Group
MONARK GAHLOT
Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
ROOPESH JAIN
Deputy Vice President (Legal & Secretarial Head), Bosch Home Comfort Group
- Dispute Prevention by Design – Are businesses using stronger contracts, escalation clauses, risk allocation and early warning systems to prevent disputes before they arise?
- Forum Strategy & Interim Relief – Are legal teams choosing the right forum, remedy and timing when injunctions, interim protection and early case strategy can decide outcomes?
- Institutional Arbitration & ADR Discipline – Can businesses move beyond ad-hoc arbitration without compromising speed, neutrality, sector expertise and cost efficiency?
- Arbitrator Independence & Conflict Disclosure – Are legacy arbitration clauses still fit for purpose amid rising scrutiny of neutrality, unilateral appointments and conflict disclosures?
- Award Finality & Enforcement Strategy – Does limited judicial modification of arbitral awards create a more pragmatic regime or fresh post-award uncertainty?
- AI Evidence, ODR & Courtroom Technology – Are counsel prepared for authenticity, disclosure, bias and evidentiary integrity challenges?
- Port Concessions & Terminal Disputes – Are concession agreements, revenue-share models, performance obligations and change-in-law clauses strong enough for disputes between port authorities, terminal operators and private concessionaires?
- Cargo, Demurrage & Logistics Claims – How should ports and operators manage disputes around cargo damage, delay, demurrage, detention, storage charges, force majeure and multimodal logistics failures?
- Vessel Arrest, Security & Urgent Relief – Are commercial ports prepared for vessel arrests, maritime liens, unpaid dues, cargo holds and urgent court or arbitral intervention without disrupting port operations?
- Port Infrastructure & Commercial Risk Allocation – As private ports expand capacity across bulk, container, LNG, liquid cargo and industrial corridors, are contracts allocating operational, environmental, tariff and delay risks clearly enough?
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS BY HON’BLE JUSTICE (RETD.) MUKESHKUMAR RASIKBHAI SHAH, FORMER JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
HON’BLE JUSTICE (RETD.) MUKESHKUMAR RASIKBHAI SHAH
Former Judge,
Supreme Court of India
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