tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17126543147907221482024-03-14T21:39:52.519+05:30Macro/Finance Group, NIPFPAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-88570054849401649612015-01-08T16:10:00.001+05:302015-01-08T16:10:54.436+05:30Indian Economic Policy Strategy Conference<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#IEPS201501">program</a> is up.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-14379374085691957222014-09-15T12:32:00.001+05:302014-09-15T12:32:05.734+05:30Call for papers for the 13th Research Meeting of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">On behalf of National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, and the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, the organisers invite papers for the 1<span style="color: #1f497d;">3</span>th Research Meeting of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program. This builds on the preceding 12 such meetings (</span><a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html" style="color: #888888; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span lang="EN-US">http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">). The meetings have a blend of academic scholars, senior policy makers and finance practitioners.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />Macroeconomics and Finance, with an accent on capital controls, capital flows, international finance including firm internationalisation, the exchange rate regime and monetary policy. <span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>Papers that illuminate these issues in emerging markets are of particular interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Date: 6 to 8 March 2015<br />Check in: 5 March 2015 (14:00)<br />Check out: 8 March 2015 (12:00)<br />Venue: Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br />Extended abstracts or papers (completed papers preferred) should be sent to the e-mail address </span><a href="mailto:anurodh54@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;"><span lang="EN-US">anurodh54@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> on or before 5 December 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">SUPPORT:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> The organisers will provide local hospitality and partial air fare for academic presenters.</span></div>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-89179569925692846812014-04-03T11:28:00.001+05:302014-04-03T11:29:21.920+05:30Opportunities at Macro/Finance Group, NIPFP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Macro/Finance Group at NIPFP has openings in analytical economics and public policy work.<br />
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<h3>Economists</h3><div><br />
</div>We require individuals with a Ph.D. in economics or finance, with an interest in original research in our fields. These would be contractual appointments for a period of two years. One or more publications in international journals would be helpful, as would be the ability to carry research from inception all the way to publication.<br />
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<h3>Policy research associates</h3><div><br />
</div>We require people who can participate in large complex projects in the field of public policy, ranging from envisioning the future to implementing it.<br />
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Policy work is highly inter-disciplinary, spanning the fields of public economics, finance, economics, law, and public administration. Deep finance practitioner knowledge is important. Equally important is looking beyond the present and envisioning the future, with first principles reasoning that is informed by international experience. We welcome interest in these positions by people with strong capabilities in some of these areas, and curiosity about the others. The ideal candidates would have read the Percy Mistry, Raghuram Rajan and FSLRC reports, and have familiarity with the things being talked about in this blog.<br />
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<h3>Quantitative research associates</h3><div><br />
</div>We require individuals with a Masters degree in economics, finance, public policy or statistics. The work involves participating in academic research projects in the fields of macroeconomics and finance, and practical macroeconomic policy analysis. Desirable features include: domain knowledge; knowledge of computer programming, ideally in R; experience with CMIE databases and datastream. Some of the people who have done this for a couple of years have gone on to do Ph.D. in economics or finance at top schools.<br />
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<h3>Research programmers</h3><div><br />
</div>We require a senior person who would play a dual role. On one hand, he would be responsible for an existing system which includes linux desktops, linux servers, and a project management system based on redmine and svn. This is expected to take up roughly 20% of effort. The prime focus will be participating in development work of complex analysis of economic and financial data. This development work is primarily in R. It includes building internal tools and also packages released as open source, such as our R packages <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/fxregime/index.html">fxregime</a>, <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/eventstudies/index.html">eventstudies</a>.<br />
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Such work could be particularly appropriate for a person who is at present a computer engineer but desires knowledge of economics and finance.<br />
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<h3>Generic features</h3><div><br />
</div>The Macro/Finance Group at NIPFP is a conducive research environment including a modern office. Compensation is generally superior to that seen in government academic institutions. The policy and the quantitative teams are strongly interconnected with significant spillovers of knowledge. We are a research environment: non-hierarchical, low politics, high IQ, high intensity and high involvement.<br />
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Please look up our websites:<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/">Macro/Finance Group</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/">Ajay Shah</a>, <a href="http://openlib.org/home/ila">Ila Patnaik</a>, <a href="http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.in/">blog</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nipfpmf/feed">Our channel on youtube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/fslrc/">FSLRC</a></li>
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If this interests you, please contact Anurodh Sharma (anurodh54 at gmail.com) with your resume by 20 April 2014, where you clearly identify where your interests and capabilities lie.<br />
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</div>Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-28676031402979534812014-03-07T13:28:00.002+05:302014-03-07T13:28:37.301+05:3012th research meeting of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program (correction)The 12th Research Meeting of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program will take place at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi on 13 and 14 March.<br />
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The <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#rm201403">program design</a> is up on the website.<br />
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The previous post which stated this had a mistake on the URL. Please ignore it.Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-16141396125731620552014-02-17T16:00:00.002+05:302014-02-17T16:00:23.519+05:30Food inflation: micro and macro perspectives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On 25 February, we have <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#CFP201402">a one-day meeting on this subject</a>. All are invited.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-80696416884121828542014-01-31T21:15:00.004+05:302014-01-31T21:15:56.803+05:30Kit of materials on the Indian Financial Code<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah have a big picture, expository <a href="http://carnegieendowment.org/files/reform_indian_financial_system.pdf">paper</a> about the Indian Financial Code, which has been released by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This is a useful starting point that enables access to four documents about the IFC:<br />
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<li>The FSLRC <a href="http://finmin.nic.in/fslrc/fslrc_report_vol1.pdf">report</a>;</li>
<li>The <a href="http://finmin.nic.in/fslrc/fslrc_report_vol2.pdf">Indian Financial Code</a>;</li>
<li>A <a href="http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.in/2014/01/the-draft-indian-financial-code-from.html">blog post</a> on the Handbook;</li>
<li>The <a href="http://finmin.nic.in/FSLRC/Handbook_GovEnhanc_fslrc.pdf">Handbook</a>.</li>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-4345586541065605532013-12-08T18:10:00.003+05:302013-12-27T10:27:46.407+05:30Call for papers for March 2014 conference<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Please see <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#CFP201403">our call for papers</a> for the March 2014 conference.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-54373066922940351582013-11-14T14:53:00.003+05:302013-11-14T14:53:48.681+05:30India macro policy review<html><body>
<p>On 19 November, we have a day-long meeting, <a href="
http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#IMPR201311"><i>India
Macro Policy Review</i></a> at NIPFP. All are welcome.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-43926208052431384222013-11-14T14:53:00.001+05:302013-11-14T14:53:22.644+05:30Seminar on Collateral and monetary policy<html><body>
<p>Manmohan Singh of the IMF will do a talk at NIPFP on 18 November
titled <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/seminars.html#Singh201311"><i>Collateral
and monetary policy</i></a>. We start at 4 PM. It will be followed
by coffee and snacks. All are welcome.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-58194512715868560832013-09-11T12:55:00.001+05:302013-09-11T12:55:05.794+05:3011th conference of the Macro/Finance Group<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#RM201309">All the materials are up</a> on the website.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-86953402918060724272013-06-10T14:10:00.003+05:302013-06-10T14:10:50.150+05:30A new web page: Commentary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have collected together our discussions of current events and public policy debates at a <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/commentary.html">Commentary</a> page on the website.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-86794678764630851862013-05-13T15:22:00.001+05:302013-05-13T15:22:14.382+05:30RecruitmentThe National Institute of Public Finance and Policy is inviting
applications for the post of Consultants / Research Associates to work
with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, New
Delhi. The consultancy assignment will be valid till 28 February
2014. The applicants should have a Masters degree in Economics and
should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Applicants with
experience in Reuters and Bloomberg terminals are
preferred. Interested applicants should send an application to
Mr. Anurodh Sharma at anurodh.sharma@nipfp.org.in by 9 am on 15 May
2013. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-27624154280691809562012-12-18T08:19:00.001+05:302012-12-18T08:19:27.648+05:3010th Conference of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program<html><body>
<p>As part of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program, we have been running a
conference series in the fields of macroeconomics and finance. The
10th of these conferences was a joint effort
with <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Journal+of+International+Money+and+Finance%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5"><i>Journal
of International Money and Finance</i></a>: a subset of the papers
will appear as a special issue on the <i>Macroeconomic and financial
policy challenges of China and India</i>. The materials of the
conference
are <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html#RM201212">up
on the website</a>.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-88285673621609830672012-11-21T23:31:00.004+05:302012-11-21T23:31:48.640+05:30Cost-benefit analysis of UIDAI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/releases/uid_cba.html">At the main page for this project</a>, there is a paper, the full spreadsheet where you can modify assumptions and explore alternative variants of the calculations, a video of the presentation, a non-technical summaries, and some media treatment of this work.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-89476505908085773072012-11-21T23:28:00.003+05:302012-11-21T23:28:42.475+05:30Did the Indian capital controls work as a tool for macroeconomic policy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A recent article: <i>Did the Indian capital controls work as a tool for macroeconomic policy</i>, Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah. IMF Economic Review, page 439--464, volume 60, 2012.<br />
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<a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/releases/PS2012_CapitalControls.html">At the main page for this paper</a>, you will find all the materials: a video presentation, PDF paper, link into the journal, a compact summary on voxEU.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-64761544647073735112012-11-06T03:49:00.001+05:302012-11-06T03:49:56.219+05:30Modified dates for financial law seminar<html><body><p>In consideration of a number of requests for extension of the last date for paper submission for <i>Financial Law & Policy: An Inter-disciplinary Approach,</i> the dates for submission of paper and intimation of shortlisted papers have been extended which are as follows:</p> <h3>Crucial Dates</h3> <ul> <li>The last date for submission of the completed paper: November 12, 2012 (23.59 hrs)</li> <li>Intimation of shortlisted papers: November 20, 2012</li> <li>Date of the seminar: December 01, 2012</li></ul><p>Other details about the seminar are as provided in my earlier <a href="http://www.ajayshahblog.blogspot.in/2012/09/finance-and-law-call-for-papers.html">post.</a></p></body></html>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-70746651979754783742012-10-01T00:06:00.001+05:302012-10-01T00:06:47.340+05:30Approach paper released by the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission<html><body>
<p>The <a href="http://www.fslrc.org.in/index.html">Financial Sector
Legislative Reforms Commission</a> (FSLRC) is rethinking the
legislative foundations of the Indian financial system. FSLRC was
setup <a href="http://www.fslrc.org.in/fslrc_notification.pdf">by a
notification</a> on 24 March 2011 and asked to submit its findings
on 24 March 2013. FSLRC constitutes the first time in Indian history
that a large-scale re-examination of multiple laws in a sector is
being undertaken.</p>
<p>FSLRC has released a
compact <a href="http://www.fslrc.org.in/files/fslrc_approach_paper.pdf">approach
paper</a> showing preliminary findings about the strategy that will
be adopted. The release of this report is part of the consultative
mechanisms that have been followed within the Commission. The
Commission has invited feedback from experts and interested parties
on this document.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-42758638242205694272012-09-21T13:08:00.001+05:302012-09-21T13:08:40.004+05:30Finance and law: Call for papers<html><body>
<p>National Seminar on <b>Financial Law & Policy: An
Inter-disciplinary Approach</b> (December 1, 2012) Organised by
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi in
collaboration with National Law University, Delhi </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.nipfp.org.in">The National Institute of Public
Finance and Policy (NIPFP)</a>, New Delhi invites papers for a
national-level seminar titled <b>"Financial Law & Policy: An
Inter-disciplinary Approach"</b> to be held at the
<a href="http://www.nludelhi.ac.in">National Law University</a>, Delhi
(NLU Delhi) on December 1, 2012. </p>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p>The financial sector in India is currently governed by more than
sixty legislations along with a plethora of rules and
regulations. This has led to a lot of ambiguity in the legal framework
applicable for doing business in the country. The problem gets
compounded by the fact that many of these legislations were enacted
more than sixty years ago, with objectives and purposes that are
largely not in sync with the realities of the present day globalised
competitive world. </p>
<p>Realising the need to address these issues and for formulating a
legal framework geared up to facilitate growth of the financial sector
in the future, the Government of India set up the Financial Sector
Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) on March 2011 under the
chairmanship of Justice (Retd.) B.N. Srikrishna. The mandate of FSLRC
involves overhauling these existing legislations and laying down a
policy and legislative landscape geared towards creating a more
coherent and dynamic financial environment. This exercise will also
involve identifying regulatory gaps and overlaps seen in the existing
system. In this regard FSLRC is focusing towards of rewriting and
harmonizing the existing financial sector laws in the country, to
bring them in tune with the requirements of a modern financial
system. </p>
<p>In an evolving financial world, FSLRC intends that the new
legislations will cater to the requirements of a large and fast
growing economy. This is indeed a unique challenge not only because it
is the first time in the history of independent India that such a
large scale organised legislative reform initiative is being
undertaken but also since the work involves absolute cutting edge
inter-disciplinary research involving law, economics and finance. </p>
<p>For fulfilling its mandate, FSLRC has entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding with NIPFP whereby NIPFP is engaged in providing
research and technical support services to FSLRC; managing the process
of conducting the core legal, public policy, economic research for the
various working groups established by FSLRC and drafting of the
relevant draft legislation. </p>
<p>However, this ambitious reform will be meaningful only if a culture
of inter-disciplinary thinking and research can be encouraged in
Indian academia. In this context the NIPFP is organising a national
level seminar on <b>"Financial Law & Policy: An Inter-disciplinary
Approach"</b> at NLU Delhi, on December 1, 2012. </p>
<h3>Topics</h3>
<p>To engage with a wider audience in a constructive debate over the
various issues of contemporary relevance raised in FSLRC's Terms of
Reference (available at <a href="http://finmin.nic.in/fslrc/fslrc_index.asp">http://finmin.nic.in/fslrc/fslrc_index.asp</a>),
the broad issues from which the authors may choose are: </p>
<ol>
<li>Appropriate means of oversight over financial regulators and
their autonomy from the government;</li>
<li>Consumer protection as an aspect of financial regulations;</li>
<li>Role of the Central Bank in financial market regulation and
supervision</li>
<li>Resolution of financial firms;</li>
<li>Principle-based or ruled-based legislation: what will work in India?</li>
<li>Unified regulator or sectoral regulator: which will work in Indi?</li>
<li>Financial Regulation and competition policy</li>
<li>Emergency powers in systemic risk situation</li>
<li>Legal process in financial regulation</li>
</ol>
<h3>Procedure</h3>
<p>The author(s) has to submit the completed, original and unpublished
paper with the Seminar Co-ordination Committee by November 1, 2012
(23.59 hrs). The Seminar Co-ordination Committee will be responsible
for evaluation and selection of the top 5 papers. The authors of the 5
selected papers will be invited to NLU, Delhi to present their papers
before an elite panel composing of legal practioners and members of
FSLRC. </p>
<p><b>Word Limit:</b> The paper must not exceed 5000 words (excluding
footnotes or endnotes). </p>
<p><b>Format:</b> The paper must be in Times New Roman font, character
size 12 and with 1.5 spacing. Footnotes or endnotes must be in Times
New Roman font, character size 10 and with single spacing. No specific
style of footnotes/endnotes is required. However, the
footnotes/endnotes must be written in a uniform style and provide
necessary information. </p>
<p><b>Submission Procedure:</b> The Paper must be mailed to
ankur.saxena@nipfp.org.in in soft copy (pdf format) by November 1,
2012 (23.59 hrs) along with: </p>
<ul>
<li>Duly filled-in attached registration form (soft copy)</li>
<li>Presentation in .ppt/.pdf format that the author seeks to use in
the course of the presentation (optional) </li>
</ul>
<p>Please note that the subject of the mail should be 'Paper
submission'. </p>
<p><b>Eligibility:</b> Papers may be contributed by any person (academicians,
researchers, practitioners, students etc.) interested in contemporary
financial regulations. </p>
<p><b>Co-authorship:</b> Papers may be works of joint authorship. </p>
<p><b>Publication of selected papers:</b> The 5 selected papers will
be published on the NIPFP website with appropriate disclaimer. </p>
<h3>Composition of the Seminar Co-ordination Committee</h3>
<p>The Co-ordination Committee Comprises of:</p>
<h3>Chairman:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Mr. Dhirendra Swarup, Member Convenor, FSLRC</li>
</ul>
<h3>Moderator:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Prof. Ajay Shah, Professor, NIPFP</li>
</ul>
<h3>Evaluators:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Advocate, Supreme Court of India</li>
<li>Mr. Somasekhar Sundaresan, Partner, J. Sagar Associates</li>
<li>Mr. Risham Garg, Assistant Professor of Law, NLU Delhi</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contact Person:</h3>
<p>Mr. Ankur N. Saxena, Legal Consultant, NIPFP, email id:
ankur.saxena@nipfp.org.in </p>
<h3>Other Relevant Information</h3>
<h3>Crucial Dates</h3>
<ul>
<li>The last date for submission of the completed paper: November 1,
2012 (23.59 hrs) </li>
<li>Intimation of shortlisted papers: November 15, 2012</li>
<li>The date of seminar: 1 December, 2012 </li>
</ul>
<h3>Expenses:</h3>
<p>The authors of the selected papers will be provided boarding and
lodging facilities at NLU Delhi.</p>
<p><b>Venue:</b> National Law University, Delhi Sector 14, Dwarka, New
Delhi- 110078 </p>
<p> <center><h3>REGISTRATION FORM</h3></center> </p>
<p> <center>National Seminar on Financial Law & Policy: An
Inter-disciplinary Approach</center> </p>
<p>Name of the Author(s):</p>
<p>Designation:</p>
<p>Institute/Organisation:</p>
</p>Title of Proposal/Paper:</p>
<p>Contact Number:</p>
<p>Email :</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-48134356415519837102012-08-21T06:57:00.001+05:302012-08-21T06:57:18.823+05:30Seminar today at NIPFP: Tarun Ramadorai on individual investor behaviour on the equity market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At 4 PM today, Tarun Ramadorai will do a seminar titled "Understanding India's equity trading behaviour". This uses unique data from NSDL about the behaviour of individuals on the equity market. Please do join us in this.</div>
Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-15652042897818519692012-06-13T14:42:00.001+05:302012-06-13T14:42:35.803+05:30Opportunities in the Macro/Finance Group at NIPFP<html><body>
<p>The <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in">Macro/Finance Group
at NIPFP</a> offers opportunities for interesting and important
policy work which is connected with the ground realities of India's
economic reform. One of the important projects being undertaken, at
present, is research support for the Financial Sector Legislative
Reforms Commission.</p>
<p>Policy work is highly inter-disciplinary. The policy group at NIPFP
is particularly looking for people with a knowledge of financial
regulation and law. Deep practitioner knowledge, about the ground
realities of law and regulation are important. Equally important is
the instinct of looking beyond the present and envisioning the future,
drawing on strong foundations of public economics and international
experience. We welcome interest in these positions by people with
strong capabilities in at least one of these areas, and curiosity
about the other. The ideal candidates would have read the Percy Mistry
and Raghuram Rajan reports, and have familiarity with the things being
talked about in this blog.</p>
<p>The Macro/Finance Group at NIPFP is a conducive research
environment including a modern office. Compensation is generally
superior to that seen in government academic institutions. There is
joint work and spillovers of knowledge with the quantitative research
team within the Macro/Finance Group.</p>
<p>If this interests you, please contact Anurodh Sharma (anurodh54 at
gmail.com) with your resume by 22 June 2012, where you clearly
identify where your interests and capabilities lie.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-69634908410403051272012-03-29T02:13:00.001+05:302012-03-29T02:13:24.483+05:30NIPFP-DEA Research Program: third MOU going out till 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
From August 2007 onwards, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has collaborated with NIPFP on a new kind of research arrangement titled the `NIPFP-DEA Research Program'. This institutional innovation induces capacity building in the fields of macroeconomics and finance at the Macro/Finance Group of NIPFP, original academic and policy papers in these fields which are released into the public domain, and policy advice in these fields for DEA.<br />
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Earlier this month, the third MOU was signed for the NIPFP DEA Research Program, thus carrying this working arrangement forward till March 2014.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">R. Gopalan, Thomas Mathew, M. Govinda Rao and Manoj Govil at the signing ceremony</span></td></tr>
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</div>Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-3154997582788281912012-03-20T23:00:00.000+05:302012-03-20T23:00:15.556+05:30John Vickers seminar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John Vickers is the author of an important new government committee report in the UK, where he is proposing an approach through which the exchequer limits its exposure to bailing out / recapitalising banks, while simultaneously allowing a flexible approach in policy for the remainder of finance. He will do a seminar at NIPFP titled "Stability and competition in UK banking" at 3 PM on 21st (Wednesday,</div>
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i.e. tomorrow). Please do join us in this.</div>
</div>Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-11978237388190639132012-03-09T20:19:00.001+05:302012-03-09T20:19:11.019+05:30Our 9th research meeting, 15 and 16 March<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/meetings.html">program</a> is up. Do join us.</div>Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-64810284119397605642011-12-02T22:52:00.001+05:302011-12-02T22:52:54.281+05:30Talk by Thomas Laubach on inflation expectations, inflation targeting,
monetary policy<html><body>
<p>Thomas Laubach will do a talk
titled <a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/seminars.html#Laubach201112"><i>Inflation:
Expectations, Targets and the Institutional Framework for Monetary
Policy</i></a> at the NIPFP auditorium at 3:30 PM on December 9
(Friday). He is Professor at Goethe University in Germany. All are
welcome.</p>
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Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712654314790722148.post-23197314367798542032011-09-27T09:18:00.001+05:302011-09-27T09:18:42.310+05:30Two seminars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://macrofinance.nipfp.org.in/seminars.html">Seminars</a> by Sanjay Banerji (today) and Tarun Ramadorai (Thursday).</div>
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