Organized by
RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB
In association with
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
Supported by
SCC Online Web Edition
THEME OF THE SEMINAR
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
CALL FOR PAPERS
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 FOR SEMINAR PAPER
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.
WEB CONFERENCE
The seminar will have parallel web conference session available to selected presenters on the prior payment of the Registration Fee. The slots for web conference and the Seminar Programme would be updated on the University website – http://www.rgnul.ac.in
IMPORTANT DATES
Last Date of Submission of Abstract 20th July 2014
Intimation of Acceptance of Abstract 22rd July 2014
Full Paper Submission (Soft Copy) 5th August 2014
Full Paper Submission (Hard Copy) & Registration Fees 12th August 2014
All the abstracts and full length papers shall be sent on email id: seminar@rgnul.ac.in
ACCOMMODATION
The accommodation will be provided as per availability on payment basis.
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.
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