🚨 #JustLaunched | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦? From access to critical inputs and open-source models to business adoption, switching, consumer choice and trust, our latest survey-based research study examines how competition is taking shape across the AI value chain. Last week, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞launched 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘈𝘐 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮: 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵in New Delhi, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers and experts to discuss the competitive dynamics shaping India’s AI ecosystem. Drawing on insights from 𝟑𝟎𝟎+ 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, the survey-based study offers an empirical assessment of competition across India’s evolving AI landscape. The report is further enriched by special forewords from 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐏 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐏 𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐮and 𝐌𝐬. 𝐊𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐘, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦? 📖 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, or 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: shorturl.at/jOIsR #artificialintelligence #competitionpolicy #aigovernance #indiaai #innovation #emergingtechnology #digitalpolicy @kazimriz | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @kritisingh29

🎤 #MeetOurSpeakers | 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 As digital platforms reshape how businesses reach customers, access markets and scale operations, an important question emerges: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? We are delighted to welcome 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢, Partner and Co-founder, Axiom5, to The Dialogue’s 4th Annual International Conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Rahul will bring his perspective on competition law and market dynamics to the discussion on 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. As digital technologies transform how MSMEs advertise, receive payments, manage logistics and participate in domestic and international markets, the conversation will examine how platforms can 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, while navigating concerns around visibility, data access, commercial terms and bargaining power. At the heart of this discussion lies a critical policy challenge: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬? Join us as we bring together perspectives from industry, academia and the policy ecosystem to examine the future of competition, innovation and growth in India’s digital economy. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #msmes #innovation #marketaccess @kazimriz|@rahul_rai121| @kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw|@coreaicoalition

🎤 #1WeekToGo | 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 As digital markets evolve and economic priorities shift, how can competition policy safeguard open markets without constraining the innovation and investment that drive growth? We are delighted to welcome 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜, Assistant Professor of Law at IE University, Spain, to The Dialogue’s 4th Annual International Conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Bringing an international perspective on competition law and digital markets, Dr. Radic will contribute to discussions examining the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. At a time when technological interdependence, supply chain resilience and shifting geopolitical priorities are reshaping markets, the conference will explore how 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 can support competitive and innovative economies. As India navigates these global shifts, an important question emerges: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬? Join us for a day of evidence-led, cross-border conversations bringing together perspectives from industry, academia and the policy ecosystem. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #globaltrade #investment @kazimriz| @laz_radic | @ielawschool | @kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw|@coreaicoalition

🎤 #MeetOurSpeakers | 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are delighted to welcome 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢, Special Advisor and Former Chairperson, Japan Fair Trade Commission, to The Dialogue’s upcoming 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, taking place on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢. This year’s conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, will bring together leading voices from India and across the world to examine the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 and 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Drawing on her extensive experience in competition policy and regulation, Prof. Aoki will bring an important 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to conversations on market contestability, emerging technologies and the regulatory choices shaping digital economies. Across three thematic panels, the conference will explore 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, and the intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Join us for a day of 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 and 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on the future of competition, innovation and growth. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐈𝐒𝐓) 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #ai #msmes @kazimriz | @kritisingh29 | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw | @coreaicoalition

🤝 #HappeningNextWeek | 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are delighted to welcome the 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 (𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈) as a 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 for our upcoming international conference on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢! 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐑𝐄-𝐀𝐈 Established in July 2024 and hosted by The Dialogue, CoRE-AI is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 to advance the responsible and ethical development of AI. The coalition fosters collaboration to address emerging risks, maximise societal benefits and help shape an inclusive, responsible AI ecosystem in India. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Themed 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, our fourth edition will convene leading policymakers, regulators, industry representatives, economists and academics from India and across the world to examine the evolving relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. We are also pleased to acknowledge our existing conference partners, the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐂𝐂𝐋𝐄), 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 and the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄), whose collaboration strengthens the international and multidisciplinary perspectives informing this year's discussions. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲? Be part of the conversation. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 as we bring together diverse perspectives to explore the policy choices shaping India's digital future. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶! #competitionpolicy #competitionlaw #coreai #responsibleai #artificialintelligence #digitaleconomy #innovation #digitalmarkets #msmes @kazimriz|@kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (@coreaicoalition)

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 | 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? Reports of more than 200 content takedown orders ahead of the October 10 protest in New Delhi have brought renewed attention to the legal thresholds, transparency and accountability surrounding online content restrictions. In conversation with 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐲 of 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, draws attention to an important distinction in interpreting the scale of such restrictions: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. The wider debate raises consequential questions about 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 and 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 in decisions affecting online expression. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐓𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: economictimes.indiatimes.com… #freespeech #freedomofexpression #digitalrights #contentmoderation #platformregulation #internetgovernance #techpolicy #india #studentprotest #jantarmantar @kazimriz | @ETtech | @TanyaPandey_ET | @kritisingh29

🚨 #TASI2026 | #HappeningTomorrow | 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬? As India’s digital ecosystem evolves, so does the regulatory landscape governing online safety. But does an expanding web of rules and compliance requirements necessarily translate into a safer internet? At the 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 & 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 (𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈) 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 will convene a roundtable discussion titled: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭? Bringing together perspectives from 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, the roundtable will look beyond the volume of regulation to examine how 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘴shape 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 📅 14 October 2026 🕓 16:00–17:00 Hrs (IST) 📍 India International Centre, New Delhi 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞. #tasi2026 #trustandsafety #digitalgovernance #onlinesafety #platformregulation @kazimriz | @CSR_India | @gsaxena03 |

🎤 #2WeeksToGo | 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 We are proud to announce our stellar lineup of speakers for our upcoming 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, happening on 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 in 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢. This year’s conference, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, will bring together experts from India and across the world to examine some of the most consequential questions shaping the future of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. Across three panels, the conversations will move from 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, to 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, and finally to the increasingly important intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: * 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐯𝐢, Founding Director, The Dialogue * 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐀𝐨𝐤𝐢, Special Advisor and Former Chairperson, Japan Fair Trade Commission * 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐢, Partner & Co-founder, Axiom5 * 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨, Founder & Director, SCOPE Global Exchange * 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐲, Co-founder & Practice Head (Competition Law), Sarvada Legal * 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞, Former CEO, Data Security Council of India * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜, Assistant Professor of Law, IE University, Spain * 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦, President & Chairman of the Board, Competere Foundation * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐚, Director (Policy and Research), Indian School of Business * 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞𝐞, Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations From the opportunities created by digital markets to the competitive dynamics of AI and a rapidly changing global economic environment, we look forward to a day of 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 and 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on what comes next for competition, innovation and growth. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI #MSMEs @kazimriz | Reiko Aoki | @RahulRai | Axiom5 Law Chambers LLP | @ShankerASingham | @Competere Group | @SCOPE_GE | @Chadha4Nishant | @ISBedu | @roy_sarvada | @SarvadaLegal | @profarpita1 | @ICRIER | @ccle | @LawEconCenter | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @Jini_1708

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 | 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝘐𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? As debate intensifies around India's proposed 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥, questions surrounding ex-ante regulation, market-specific evidence and institutional readiness are coming into sharper focus. Speaking to 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, emphasises that any regulatory intervention must be 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 and informed by recent amendments to the Competition Act. He also draws attention to an equally consequential dimension of the debate: 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, from strengthening the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and its newly established Digital Markets Division to improving the capacity and efficiency of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). But as India considers the next phase of digital competition regulation, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: moneycontrol.com/news/busine… #digitalcompetition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitalmarkets #regulation #techpolicy #india @pantswani | moneycontrol.com | @kazimriz | @kritisingh29

📰 #MediaFeature | 𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 | 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑&𝐃 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴? India spends approximately 𝟎.𝟔𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐃𝐏 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, with private industry contributing roughly 36% of national R&D expenditure. But the challenge goes beyond how much Indian companies invest. It also concerns 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯. Speaking to 𝐒𝐦𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐤 of 𝐄𝐓 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚, 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 – 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, examines the structural and commercial pressures that keep corporate research focused on short-term returns, incremental improvements and technology adoption rather than 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. She also reflects on the government's 𝐑𝐬 𝟏 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐃𝐈) 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝, and the deeper institutional changes required for public financing to translate into globally competitive Indian technologies. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙&𝘋 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: entrepreneur.economictimes.i… #researchanddevelopment #artificialintelligence #innovation #deeptech #intellectualproperty #aipolicy #techpolicy @EconomicTimes | @JameelaSahiba | @kazimriz |

⌛ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 | #IMC2026 As Asia’s largest digital technology forum marks its 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, India Mobile Congress 2026 brings together government, industry, startups and the technology ecosystem under the theme 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. And 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Our Founding Director, 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝘇𝘃𝗶, will moderate 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 5𝘎 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 5𝘎 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, a discussion on how the next phase of 5G can move from coverage-led deployment towards monetisation, differentiated connectivity and real-world applications. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 🔹 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀, Director-Corporate Affairs & Group Chief Regulatory Officer, Bharti Airtel 🔹 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿, Group Government Affairs Director, Vodafone 🔹 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻, Head of Digital Infrastructure Policy & Regulation, GSMA 🔹 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, Director General, Broadband India Forum (BIF) 🔹 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗵𝘄𝗮, Founder, MediaNama Together, they will unpack a critical question for India’s next phase of 5G: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀? 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 📅 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ⏰ 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 📍 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗩𝗔𝗔𝗗 (𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮), 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗔𝘁 #IMC2026? 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #5g #networkslicing #telecom #digitalindia #imcbeyond10 #scalewithoutboundaries @kazimriz | @exploreIMC | @airtelnews | Ben Wreschner | @VodafoneGroup | Dr. Mani Manimohan | GSMA | @ConnectBIF | @nixxin | @medianama | @kritisingh29

🚨#ConferenceThemes | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲? At The Dialogue’s 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, we will bring together policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, economists, academics and practitioners around three conversations at the heart of India’s evolving digital economy: 01 | 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 02 | 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 03 | 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 Across these discussions, we will examine a common question: how can India preserve competitive and contestable markets while enabling businesses to grow, innovators to scale and the digital economy to remain open to investment and opportunity? 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI #MSMEs @kazimriz|@kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter|@centrecomplaw

📢 #CourseAlert | 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 & 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 What does it take to understand the policy and regulatory choices shaping India’s rapidly evolving digital financial ecosystem? Bringing perspectives from 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘭𝘢𝘸 and 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, we are pleased to introduce the speakers and researchers joining the programme: 🔹 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐲 | Lead (Innovation Strategy), Jio Financial Services 🔹 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 | Cybersecurity Expert 🔹 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮 | Executive Director, Easebuzz 🔹 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐨 | Associate, The Asia Group 🔹 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐞 | Organizational Partner, Fintech & Sustainable Finance, The Dialogue 🔹 𝐀𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐢 | Assistant Professor of Law, Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Mumbai 🔹 𝐑𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐪 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 | Senior Research Associate, The Dialogue Across 𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 and 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, participants will engage with the regulatory frameworks, practical questions and policy trade-offs emerging across payments, digital lending, AI in finance, digital assets, DPI and global fintech governance. The programme is organised by 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐌𝐍𝐋𝐔), 𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐢 and the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰 (𝐂𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐋), in collaboration with the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥 and in association with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞. 📅 𝟐𝟕–𝟐𝟗 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 📍 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: shorturl.at/FFJc5 💳 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: shorturl.at/MLUKZ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧. #fintech #fintechpolicy #financialregulation #digitalfinance #technologylaw #publicpolicy #digitalpayments #aigovernance #digitalpublicinfrastructure Esteemed Speakers: Ashutosh Dubey | @JioFinancial | Anthony Vinose | Parimal Kumar Shivendu | @Easebuzz | Arun Regi Chacko | @TheAsiaGroup | Ranjeet Rane | Aastha Tiwari | Raunaq Sharma @kazimriz|@mnlumumbai|@Cictl_Mnlum|@OldWonk|@kritisingh29

🚨#PartnershipAlert | 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 | 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 As we prepare for The Dialogue’s 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, we are pleased to welcome the 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐂𝐂𝐋𝐄), 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 and the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄) as our Conference Partners for the 2026 edition. 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 🔹 𝐂𝐂𝐋𝐄 is an India-based law and policy research organisation working across competition law, AI, AdTech and data protection, with a focus on research, stakeholder engagement and capacity building. 🔹𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 is an independent advisory, regulatory intelligence and strategic convening organisation working across competition and antitrust, technology and AI governance, and cross-border regulatory developments. 🔹𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 is a global, non-profit and non-partisan research and policy centre advancing economically grounded, evidence-based approaches to competition, innovation and regulation. Together, these partnerships bring 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 to a conversation centred on 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI #MSMEs @kazimriz|@kritisingh29|@Bhoomika106|@pantswani|@SCOPE_GE|@LawEconCenter | @centrecomplaw

🚨 #𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 As India’s digital economy continues to expand, the relationship between 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 is becoming increasingly consequential to its economic and technological trajectory. The Dialogue is pleased to announce its 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Building on three previous editions, the conference will convene 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 for a considered exchange on the evolving priorities of competition policy in India’s digital economy. The discussions will engage with 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, and the intersection of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. We are pleased to have 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 and the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 as 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 for this year’s edition. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2026 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #ai #msmes @kazimriz | @kritisingh29 | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @SCOPE_GE | @LawEconCenter

📢 #EventHighlights | 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠? The 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 “𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧”, organised by 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐡𝐚 in partnership with the 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 (𝐃𝐂𝐏𝐂𝐑), brought together stakeholders from government, law enforcement, academia, technology and civil society to examine rapidly evolving online harms affecting children. During Session III, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮, 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐚, Programme Manager at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, joined the discussion on whether existing laws and institutions are equipped to respond to tomorrow’s online harms. Garima highlighted how 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜, cutting across technologies, institutions and social environments. She emphasised the need to move beyond 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 towards 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The wider consultation examined emerging risks including 𝘈𝘐-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘚𝘈𝘔, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 and 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. A key focus was the proposed 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 (𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐂𝐂), envisioned as a common, child-centred framework for stronger reporting, research, coordination and future reform. The session was moderated by 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 (Ahaan Foundation – Responsible Netism), with panellists 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐞 (CASCA, RGNUL), 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐣 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 (Delhi Police Cyber Crime), 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 (Bal Raksha Bharat), 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐧 (PTI) and 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐚 (The Dialogue). 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. #childonlinesafety #onlinesafety #childrights #digitalrights #trustandsafety #onlineharms #techpolicy @Matri_Sudha | @DCPCR | @ithoughtindia | MVN university | @CRYINDIA | @Cyber Chakravyuh | Casca | @dmenoida62 | @kazimriz | @gsaxena03 | @kritisingh29 |

📰 #Opinion | 𝐂𝐍𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐕𝟏𝟖 | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝? When we talk about keeping children safe online, the instinct is often to ask: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨? But perhaps there is another question we are not asking enough: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠? In her latest opinion piece for 𝐂𝐍𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐕𝟏𝟖, 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐚, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 – 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 & 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, makes the case for a larger imagination of child safety, one that recognises children not only through their vulnerability to harm, but also as developing rights-holders. Drawing on the 𝐔𝐍 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, and moving through questions of 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 and 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, she asks what may be lost when protection becomes synonymous primarily with 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. Because a childhood protected from every conceivable risk is not necessarily 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥-𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵? ➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐍𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐕𝟏𝟖 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: cnbctv18.com/india/what-are-… #childsafety #onlinesafety #childrensrights #digitalsafety #platformregulation #digitalrights #techpolicy #childrenonline @kazimriz | @CNBCTV18Live| @gsaxena03 | @kritisingh29

🚨 𝐀𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. On 16 September, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 convened a roundtable on ‘𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦’, bringing together stakeholders to examine pathways towards a comprehensive national framework for this increasingly strategic infrastructure. The convening also marked the launch of our new research report, 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: 𝐀 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, developed with support from 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The report evaluates the current landscape and sets out policy, geographical, power and sustainability considerations to support the planned large-scale data centre build-out. The report argues that the pathway towards a 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 data centre ecosystem must be built on three dimensions of heterogeneity: 𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. We are privileged to feature an esteemed foreword by Phani Nagarjuna, Sovereign AI Strategist, Founding Global CEO of Aikam, Silicon Valley Executive & Entrepreneur. The deliberations explored the 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, the need for heterogeneous compute and a flexible national approach, while embedding sustainability and resource efficiency into data centre planning. Participants also discussed geographic diversification, local economic benefits and regional power and water constraints. 𝐒𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐉𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐩 and 𝐀𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚, Senior Research Associates at The Dialogue and co-authors of the report, presented its key findings and recommendations. Data centres are becoming increasingly central to AI, cloud, Digital Public Infrastructure and the wider digital economy. In this context, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 🔗 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: shorturl.at/YzSxo Here are some glimpses from the launch and deliberations. 📷 #datacentres #digitalinfrastructure #ai #computing #technology #publicpolicy #digitalindia The Dialogue team: @kazimriz | @kameshsshekar | @kritisingh29 Intel Corporation team: @IntelIndia | JatinUpadhyay | Sarah Kemp | Gopalkrishna Bhat | Dipakshi Mehandru

📢 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? As India builds its AI capabilities, the conversation is moving beyond models and data. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 will all play a critical role in shaping India’s AI ecosystem. On 16 September, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 convened 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 for a roundtable on 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. The discussion focused on some important questions: 🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞? 🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? 🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬? 🔹 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩? 🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭? A key insight emerged: 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. As AI workloads evolve from training at scale to 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬, the choices India makes today on compute, energy, hardware and infrastructure will shape not just its AI ecosystem, but its broader technological competitiveness. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. #datacentres #digitalinfrastructure #ai #computing #technology #publicpolicy #digitalindia @kazimriz | @kameshsshekar | @kritisingh29 | @JameelaSahiba |

🚨 #𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 | 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. In 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, we started a conversation on the future of 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. In 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, we broadened the perspectives. In 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the conversation grew deeper and more global, bringing together voices from across 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. The Dialogue is pleased to announce the 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, centred on 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. The 2026 edition will bring together perspectives on some of the questions shaping India’s digital economy, from 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 and 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 📅 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔. 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧: shorturl.at/O49xl #competition #competitionlaw #competitionpolicy #digitaleconomy #digitalmarkets #innovation #AI @kazimriz | @Bhoomika106 | @pantswani | @kritisingh29 |