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    Independent Power Producers Association of India

    8th Floor, Le Meridien Commercial Tower, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001Tel: 011-43734555 | Fax: 011-43734488 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.ippai.org

    Day 1: 9th April 2010, Friday

    9:30 11:00Inaugural Plenary Session

    Legal and Fiscal Issues that Impact the Energy Sector in India

    Welcome Address: Lalit Bhasin, President, Society of Indian Law Firms

    Opening Remarks: Harry Dhaul, Director General, IPPAI

    Law & Development in the context of the Energy Sector

    Inaugural Address: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

    Implications of the Budget on the Energy sector

    Keynote Address: Nishith M. Desai, Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

    11:00 13:00 Session 1: Implications of Fiscal Issues on the Energy Sector

    Keynote Address: Nishith M. Desai, Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

    Direct Tax Code

    Ganesh Raj, Partner, Ernst & Young

    Rupesh Jain, Senior Associate,Vaish Associates

    Issues regarding Goods & Service Tax

    Satya Poddar, Partner, Ernst & YoungV. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

    Impact of different tax regimes: VAT & CST models

    Sanjeev Sachdeva, Partner, Luthra & Luthra

    13:00 14:00

    Lunch

    14:00 15:00 Session 2: Issues in Debt for Infrastructure

    Financing for Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas Sectors

    Balancesheet financing Off balance sheet financing

    Jatin Aneja, Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas

    Piyush Mishra, Managing Associate, Luthra & Luthra

    Risk assessment

    Arun Tyagi, Assistant Vice - President, Capital Markets Axis Bank

    Challenges in the development of Debt Markets in IndiaPriyanka Roy, Partner, J Sagar Associates

    PROPOSED AGENDA

    Organised By: In Association with: Knowledge Partner (Tax): Knowledge Partners:

    Supporting Organization: Media Partners:

    LEGAL & TAX SUMMIT 2010Focus: Power, Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy

    Date: 9-10 April 2010 | Venue: Le Meridien, New Delhi

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    Independent Power Producers Association of India

    8th Floor, Le Meridien Commercial Tower, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001Tel: 011-43734555 | Fax: 011-43734488 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.ippai.org

    15:00 16:30 Session 3: Fiscal & Regulatory issues in the Gas SectorSession Chair: L. Mansingh, Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

    Availability of Gas and Utilization Policy

    Suresh Mathur, FormerChief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Petronet LNG

    Fiscal analysis of NELP market determined pricing vs regulated pricing;Tariff fixation for gas

    Akhil Sambhar, Director-Tax Practice, Ernst & Young

    Pricing of GasDilip Khanna,Partner, Ernst & Young

    (Industry Perspective)Kishore Kumar Hota, DGM Gas Sourcing, NTPC Limited

    City gas distribution implementation & distribution

    Krishna Sarma, Managing Partner, Corporate Law Group

    16:30 17:30 Session 4: Implications of Fiscal Issues on Renewable Energy

    Taxation of venture capital firms on income from undertakings in renewable energy sectorGaurav Karnik, DirectorTax Practice, Ernst & Young

    Parul Jain, Senior Associate,Nishith Desai Associates

    Impact of new Tax Regime on Renewable Energy and CERs & RECs

    Wind Power Case Study: Generation based incentives vs depreciation of RE assets

    Chintan Shah, Head Strategic Business Development, Suzlon Energy

    Day 2: 10th April 2010, Saturday

    10:00 11:45 Session 1: Panel DiscussionRole of Governments in Project Implementation: Legal and other Implications

    Keynote Address: Kalyan Banerjee, Member of Parliament

    Land Acquisition for Projects, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policy, Environmental

    Clearances, Open Access Policy, Conditional Support for fuel(Sanctity of contract and rule of law)

    Alok Tewari, Partner, Kochhar & Co.

    N K Sehgal, President, Ansal API

    Vivek Biswal, Managing Director, OPGCL

    Ashok Agarwal,Advocate & Founder, Social Jurist

    R.K Madan, CEO, Power Transmission, Adani Enterprises Ltd

    Case Studies: AES / Nandigram / Ansal SEZ

    11:45 13:00 Session 2: Limitation of Liability: Bhopal & Beyond

    Session Chair: Anil Divan, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India

    Keynote: Justice Anil Dev Singh, Former Chairman, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

    Perspectives from Bhopal

    Suroopa Mukherjee, Reader, Hindu College

    Industrial Liability: Bhopal

    Shweta Bharti, Senior Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon

    13:00 14:00

    Lunch

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    8th Floor, Le Meridien Commercial Tower, Raisina Road, New Delhi 110001Tel: 011-43734555 | Fax: 011-43734488 | Email: [email protected] | Web: www.ippai.org

    14:00 16:00Session 2 continues

    Case studies on Industrial Liability

    Insurance Issues for the Energy Sector

    Percival Billimoria, Partner, AZB & Partners

    Sanjay Sen, Praxis Partners

    Civil Nuclear Liability

    Jatin Aneja, Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas