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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL

8th – 9th October 2018Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport

Devising techniques and strategies for mitigation and

resolution of claims and disputes in the construction

industry

www.constructionclaimsanddispute.com

Jaysingh Ashar Vice President and Head Arbitration and Legal, Gammon India Ltd.

Mani Gupta Senior Partner, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Harshit UdaniLegal Counsel,Godrej Properties Limited

Manish MohandasGeneral Manager – Contracts,Tata Housing Development Company Limited

Deepak AgrawalAssociate Vice President,KMC Constructions Limited

Akhilesh SrivastavaChief General Manager (Highway Operations & IT),National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Avinash Pradhan Partner,Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Hemant KumarGeneral Manager - Contracts & Procurement,M3M India Pvt. Ltd.

Deepak SharmaVice President - Projects, DLF Limited

Dr. Sridhar MotheHead - Contracts,NCC Limited

Dr. T K Sundaram Executive Director, AECOM

Gopal Rao AVVHead - Risk & Commercial Claims, Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Neerav Parmar Senior Vice President Contracts and Procurement, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate

Nishikant KalamkarVice President - Contracts & Procurement,GVK - Mumbai International Airport Private Limited

Prasad KhadsanProject Finance, Claims & PPP Specialist AGM & Head [PMC & BOT Projects], IVRCL Limited

Ravi Sankar JonnalagaddaExecutive Vice President and Head-Commer-cial & Contracts,GMR Group

Ruchika NayyarVice President & Head- Corporate Legal,GMR Group

Sharmila Ashok Head-Legal, Cornerstone Properties

Sandeep MehtaHead - Contracts & Procurement, Shree Naman Group

Shatrughan SinghSenior Vice President (Contracts and Procurement),Lodha Group

Shubha SinghVice President and Company Secretary, Omaxe Limited

Shambhu Sharan Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP Advocates & Solicitors

Vijaya Bhasker Kankipati Head - Hydel and Tunnels Business Segment, Larsen & Toubro Limited

Vikas Goel Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP Advocates & Solicitors

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INTRODUCTION:

The construction industry in India averages 2000 billion rupees from 2011 until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 2400 billion rupees in the first quarter of 2018 on the GDP chart.

Similarly, the construction industry in India is feeble and suffering through failure of resolution of disputes expeditiously and effectively by the parties. The recovery of the construction industry is critical for maintaining the current rate of growth and economic activity. The average duration for settlement of disputes is more than 7 years in India.

The total amount of investment that is currently tied up in disputes is approximately INR 75,000 crores. The major issue is pendency of construction disputes, which is about 68% of the total claims against government entities and public-sector units are pending in arbitration and 13% are pending with the government entities.

The focus of the summit is to build an approach towards minimizing the impact, intensity and occurrence of claims and implementing techniques and best practices for effective dispute resolution.


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08:00 Registration & Coffee

08:45 Welcome address by Inventicon Business Intelligence

08:50 Opening remarks by the Chairperson

Ravi Sankar Jonnalagadda, Executive Vice President and Head – Commercial & Contracts, GMR Group

09.00 Objective interpretations of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 in construction contracts

• Developing a holistic approach for validity and formation of a contract

• Overcoming challenges in standardization of formats of contract • Meticulously computing the damages in contracts adhering to Indian

Contract Act, 1872 • Exploring the choice of law by the parties to the contract

Prasad Khadsan, Project Finance, Claims & PPP Specialist AGM & Head [PMC & BOT Projects], IVRCL Limited

09:30 Proactive assessment of possible outcomes and impact of variations, addition and deletion of work under the contract

• Brief identification of areas of variation • Calculating for the intensity of the variation • Cost impact, schedule impact, cost and schedule impact and no

impact • Developing capacity towards effective submission and negotiation

for a timely closure

Manish Mohandas, General Manager – Contracts, Tata Housing Development Company Limited

10:00 Fireside chat with Dr. T K Sundaram, Executive Director, AECOM Overview of FIDIC contracts with respect to Indian construction

claims and disputes

• Distinct forms of FIDIC contracts and its application to the Indian construction industry

• Principles and background of FIDIC and its forms of contract • Merits of FIDIC contracts to the Indian construction industry • Key concepts and strategies for drafting balanced contracts as per

FIDIC conditions • Evaluation of formats and contents of general conditions • Rightful selection and implementation of FIDIC contracts • The need of standardization of contracts in the Indian construction

industry • The acceptance of standardized contracts in mitigation of formation

of claims and dispute resolution

Moderator: Manish Mohandas, General Manager – Contracts, Tata Housing Development Company Limited

11:00 Coffee Break and Networking

11:30 Implication of amendments of Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 2015 to the construction industry

• Arbitration law in India post amendments • Recent developments in Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 2015

Shambhu Sharan, Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP Advocates & Solicitors

Vikas Goel, Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP Advocates & Solicitors

12:00 Online Dispute Resolution - The future of dispute resolution

• The alternative out-of-court mechanism of settling disputes • Acceptance of ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) and

understanding scope of it in Dispute Resolution

Akhilesh Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Highway Operations & IT), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

12.30 Approach towards inclusion of liquidated and ascertained damages

in the construction contracts

• Framing fair and balanced liquidated damages clause • Important elements in assessing the liquidated damages


13.00 Networking Lunch

14:00 Panel Discussion: Deploying early alarm signals for prompt actions on extension of time (EOT)

• Assessment and morality of evaluating EOT • Meticulous computing methods of EOT • Submission and Resolution Moderator: Dr. Sridhar Mothe, Head - Contracts, NCC Limited

Panellists: Shatrughan Singh, Senior Vice President (Contracts and

Procurement), Lodha Group Manish Mohandas, General Manager – Contracts, Tata Housing Development Company Limited

Deepak Sharma, Vice President - Projects, DLF Limited

Sharmila Ashok, Head-Legal, Cornerstone Properties 14:40 Strategic assessment of risk for mitigating formation of claims

• Influencing factors which leads to the possibilities of risk formation • Developing a qualitative and quantitative approach towards risk

assessment

Deepak Sharma, Vice President - Projects, DLF Limited

15.10 Coffee Break and Networking

15:40 Formation of claims – Identification | Resolution

• Nature of claims • Resolution of claims • Morality of documentation

Dr. Sridhar Mothe, Head - Contracts, NCC Limited.

16:10 Implications of effective compliance management - obligations of the parties

• Beneficial compliance management of obligations of the parties • Proactive addressing of multiple regulatory requirements and

regimes • Resolution of issues arising out of client and contract obligation

Shubha Singh, Vice President and Company Secretary, Omaxe Limited

16:40 Closing remarks by Chairperson & End of Day One

DAY 1 8th OCTOBER 2018

DAY 2 9th OCTOBER 2018

08:15 Registration & Coffee

09:15 Opening remarks by the Chairperson

Vijaya Bhasker Kankipati, Head - Hydel and Tunnels Business Segment, Larsen & Toubro Limited

09:20 Bridging the gap between contractors and sub-contractors

• Productive delegation and direction of workflow in sub-contracting • Rectification of payment delays of subcontractors

Neerav Parmar, Senior Vice President Contracts and Procurement, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate

09:50 Obtaining a holistic picture of the overall claims situation in the construction industry

• Proactively determining the different claim types and causes that can occur in projects

• Developing capacities for analysing claim severity and frequency of occurrence for each claim type and cause

• Assessing sentiments regarding claims issues and obtain recommendations for minimizing claims

• The practical aspects for amicable settlement

Harshit Udani, Legal Counsel, Godrej Properties Limited

10.20 Coffee Break and Networking

10.50 Understanding the challenges of dispute resolution in the construction contracts need for equity & fair play for effectiveness of the process

• Typical steps of dispute resolution processes • The Pitfalls and Mitigations of the process • The Intent versus The Implementation • Road ahead with legislative changes and the eco-system


11.30 Panel Discussion: Making the right choice - arbitration over legal court proceedings

• Factors to be considered in determining whether to proceed in either arbitration or court or to include a mandatory arbitration clause in an agreement.

• What are the perceived potential advantages of Arbitrations over legal court proceedings

• Possible results with respect to factors involved like time, cost & transparency

Moderator: Mani Gupta, Senior Partner, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Panellists: Deepak Agrawal, Associate Vice President,

KMC Constructions Limited

Harshit Udani, Legal Counsel, Godrej Properties Limited Neerav Parmar, Senior Vice President Contracts and Procurement,

Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate


Ruchika Nayyar, Vice President & Head- Corporate Legal, GMR Group

Sandeep Mehta, Head-Contracts & Procurement, Shree Naman Group

12.30 Developing Effectives Strategies in the Contract Change Management Process.

• The Need for a Contract Change Control Process • What is Contract Change Management Process? • Contract change control & contract variation. • Best Practices for an effective Contract Change Management

Process.

Deepak Agrawal, Associate Vice President, KMC Constructions Limited

13.00 Networking Lunch

14.00 Panel Discussion: Overcoming challenges related to multiparty & multi contract (International, domestic and both)

Focus on: Arbitrations, Claims and Risks

• Tackling issues arising out of commencement of parallel proceedings at the same time or with the same parties

• Compatible drafting of arbitration agreements in the different contracts and provisions to accommodate joinder, intervention and consolidation

• Obtaining a holistic picture of the overall Construction Insurance risk management and claims situation of the construction industry

Moderator: Vijaya Bhasker Kankipati, Head - Hydel and Tunnels Business

Segment, Larsen & Toubro Limited

Panellists: Prasad Khadsan, Project Finance, Claims & PPP Specialist AGM &

Head [PMC & BOT Projects], IVRCL Limited Avinash Pradhan, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Gopal Rao AVV, Head - Risk & Commercial Claims, Reliance General Insurance Co Ltd.

14.45 Effective dispute resolution with the process of arbitration

• Implementing an effective dispute resolution strategy • Effective SWOT analysis and current processes and practises in

arbitration • Highlighting factors like commercial, internal, consumer or

intra-group disputes with respect to financial and reputational considerations

Jaysingh Ashar, Vice President and Head Arbitration and Legal, Gammon India Ltd.

15.20 Round Table Discussion

Round table discussion: Participants are free to join which ever theme (Table) of their choice and discuss the current trends and strategies to be used and implemented. Each participant shares his/ her views and insights on the topic with other delegates on the table. Post discussion one of the participants concludes by sharing the points discussed by their respective table with the entire audience.

Table A: Ad hoc versus Institutional arbitration Table B: Possible outcomes and impact of variations, addition and

deletion of work under the contract Table C: Dispute Avoidance versus Dispute Resolution

16:00 Farewell Coffee and End of Conference


Gopal Rao AVV, Head - Risk & Commercial Claims, Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Gopal Rao, BE, DIS, FIII comes with 32 years of experience in the field of Safety, Risk and Loss Prevention, carried out inspection of more than 5000 various industrial & commercial occupancy.He is a recipient of Global risk award from the world's renowned organisation i.e. IRM (Institute of Risk Management) UK. A permanent faculty for Insurance

Institute of India. Currently heading the department of Commercial Claims and Risk Management in Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Dr. Sridhar Mothe, Head - Contracts, NCC Limited

After graduation in Civil Engineering from Osmania University and post-graduation from I.I.T. Madras, got selected to Central Engineering Services. Took VRS in the grade of S.E. in 2007 and joined private sector. He obtained a degree in Law and Ph.D. in Contract management on delay claims.Presently heading the Contracts and claims of building

division in NCC Ltd. Has good experience in handling claims and disputes in Arbitrations, DRBs and conciliations. An expert in delay analysis and delay claims. Presented 30 papers in international seminars, reputed journals and a visiting faculty to various institutes.

Hemant Kumar, General Manager - Contracts & Procurement, M3M India Pvt. Ltd.

An accomplished Civil Engineer with illustrious career of 21+ years in leadership roles in driving contract management, quantity survey, billing, procurement, vendor development, budgeting and civil project management initiatives with prestigious Real Estate/Construction companies. Experienced in handling high valued Projects - Commercial / IT Parks / Residential

/ Industrial Infrastructures focusing on Green Buildings and Energy-Efficient Buildings.Demonstrated skills in contract management including contract formulation, tendering / bidding process / strategies, comparative bid analysis, techno-commercial negotiations, award of contract, sub-contractor management, vendor development, concluding and enforcing purchase contracts, claim investigations, contractual obligations and addendum. Conducting quantity survey such as invoicing, reconciling quantities with work orders/ actual work measurements, rate analysis, handling quantity/ rate escalations, variations, claims, issuing/ securing amendments for additional quantities/ works executed, finalizing settlements, issuing/obtaining completion certificates and authorizing payments.Skilled in all facets of project management such as project planning, scheduling, detailed engineering, project design, drawings, material submittals, technical specifications, procurement, quality management, subcontracting and balancing deployment of manpower, equipment, and material resources to achieve project delivery within agreed cost and timelines.

Harshit Udani, Legal Counsel, Godrej Properties Limited

Attorney with substantial in-house legal experience. High premium on providing pre-emptive legal support in English, Hindi and Gujarati. Land Dispute Matters, Due Diligence Reports in Property Matters, Banking Issues, and related subjects Arbitration, Negotiations & Conciliations. Legal Opinions on Company Law & other related issues.

Jaysingh Ashar, Vice President and Head Arbitration and Legal, Gammon India Ltd.

Currently working with Vice President & Head WSS & Legal at Gammon India Ltd. with 35+ Years of experience. Design of Structures (permanent and temporary), Project Management, Project co-ordination, Business Development and Marketing, Contract Management, Contract Administration and Resolving Disputes through Arbitrations. Looking after

claims, final certificates, Dispute Resolution process as per the terms of contract and finally realisation through Litigation and Legal matters. Specializes in Contract Administration, Claims management and Dispute Resolution by ADR

Akhilesh Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Highway Operations & IT), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Currently working on integration of IT in Highway Project life cycle to enhance speed & quality of highway construction. Apart from this he is in-charge of Highway Operations of NHAI as CGM (Highway Operations), which includes Government of India prestigious project -Electronic Toll Collection,

Development of Wayside Amenities, Road Safety, Traffic Incident Management, Web radio, Solar lighting and Plantation along the National Highways.Akhilesh Srivastava is B.Tech (Gold Medallist) from IIT BHU, M Tech from IIT Kanpur, Executive MBA from Wharton USA and perusing Global MBA from ISB Hyderabad. He has also done LLB and PG in Infrastructure Development. He is a prolific scholar, academician and writer. His articles are regularly published in many National & International Journals and newspapers. He has vast experience and domain knowledge on variety of fields ranging from Contract Management to Information Technology and Operational Management. He is well known in the Government Sector for timely execution of large scale projects and incorporation of Information Technology in the big & large-scale Government projects. He has written a book on Construction Management. A positive & enthusiastic person blended with unique combination of expertise in domain of IT, Legal, Contract Management and Operational Management. Loves sharing his knowledge and enjoys delivering lectures & discussing case studies at various national & international forums, seminars & educational institutions. He is honorary, Advisor to many professional bodies and institutions including IIT Indore, IIT Bhilai etc. A distinguished officer has been decorated & awarded number of times for his outstanding services & contributions to Government Sector.

Avinash Pradhan, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Avinash’s practice encompasses a broad spectrum of commercial and corporate disputes. He has been recognised in the 2017 and 2018 editions of Best Lawyers as one of Singapore's leading lawyers in international arbitration as well as the 2018 edition of Asialaw as a leading lawyer in the field of dispute resolution. Avinash has particular expertise in

construction disputes, oil & gas disputes, joint venture disputes and shareholder disputes, as well as personal and proprietary equitable fraud claims against company directors. A large number of the matters he has been involved in have been factually and legally complex, engaging multi-disciplinary technical issues. Avinash is also familiar with the techniques for dealing with cross-border disputes and disputes involving a conflict between international arbitration proceedings and court litigation. He is adept at formulating and applying for urgent interim relief, including freezing and anti-suit injunctions. Avinash sits on the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Users' Council. He has also been recognised as an Accredited Specialist for Building and Construction Law in Singapore Academy of Law’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme.

Deepak Agrawal, Associate Vice President, KMC Constructions Limited

Mr. Deepak Agrawal serves as the Head of Project Planning Monitoring & Contracts Cell at Corporate office of KMC Constructions Ltd. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Engineering in Civil from MS University of Baroda and Post Graduate in Advanced Strategy Management from IIM, Lucknow. He comes with an experience of 27 years in the field

of Project Management, Corporate Strategy, Planning, Contract Management & Claims, Value Engineering, and Risk Management in Infrastructure construction sector including Highways, Railways & Industrial Construction which spans a wide-range of assignments in PPP & EPC projects. In his illustrious career, he has worked for Larsen & Toubro Ltd, GMR Infrastructure Ltd, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, John Laing Infrastructure, IVRCL Ltd, AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd & ESSAR Group. He provides leadership for the entire gamut of technical services of the organization. He has a Significant track record and demonstrated success in managing complex project execution, unique processes and long-term strategic planning to manage multiple stakeholder relationships.

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Mani Gupta, Senior Partner, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Mani is a Senior Partner and heads the Firm’s commercial litigation and arbitration practice. An alumnus of the prestigious National Law School, Bengaluru, Mani has been advising clients in their corporate/ commercial disputes before various courts, tribunals and in arbitrations. She has an expertise in handling commercial arbitrations in construction

contracts, and in power and infrastructure projects. Having previously practiced as a transaction lawyer, Mani’s understanding of commercial disputes is highly valued by her clients. She also manages Firm’s practice in education sector and policy intervention. She regularly advises the clients on legal and commercial issues in the construction and Infrastructure sector.

Manish Mohandas, General Manager – Contracts, Tata Housing Development Company Limited

Mr. Manish Mohandas serves as the Regional Head Contracts at the Corporate office of Tata Housing, handling projects of South India, Sri Lanka and Maldives. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Engineering in Civil from Mumbai University, Post Graduate in Advanced Construction Management from NICMAR, Pune and Quantity Surveying Certification as

per RICS from University of Reading, UK. He is currently pursuing the process for becoming a Chartered Arbitrator from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He comes with an experience of 18 years in the field of Project Management, Contract Management & Claims and Dispute Resolution for Commercial, Residential and Mixed – Use Development for real estate projects within India, Middle East and more recently in Sri Lanka and Maldives. He has extensively used various Standard forms of Contract Documents like FIDIC, NEC and the ICTAD (in Sri Lanka) in addition to few be - spoke forms. In his illustrious career, he has worked for reputed organizations like Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (Mumbai), ETA ASCON (Dubai), ALDAR Laing O’Rourke (Abu Dhabi), Rustomjee Developers (Mumbai) and Tata Housing(Mumbai). He provides contract management support from Strategic and Operational perspectives for the specific projects right from contractor selection through tendering up to contract close out and dispute resolution wherever applicable.

Nishikant Kalamkar, Vice President - Contracts & Procurement, GVK - Mumbai International Airport Private Limited

Specialist in Contracts Management. Core strength is in Contracts Formulation, Administration & claim management. Out of overall experience of 22 years, last 14 years, worked in Contracts Management field. Worked in Power, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure & Real estate field.

Prasad Khadsan, Project Finance, Claims & PPP Specialist AGM & Head [PMC & BOT Projects], IVRCL Limited

Over 25 years of Experience in Infrastructure Industry including experience in both Public and Private sector. Has worked for, Government of Maharashtra, Indian Audit & Accounts Department & M/s IVRCL Limited. Degree in Computer Science & master’s Degree in finance from JBIMS, Mumbai.

Successfully handled the aspects related to Formulation, Financial Modelling, Viability analysis, Risk Assessment, Due Diligence process for BOT [PPP] Projects. Demonstrated requisite skills in Claims Management, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Litigation. Managed statutory compliances, includes handling of Criminal Investigations.


Ravi Sankar Jonnalagadda is Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial & Contracts in GMR Infrastructure Limited. He is an engineering professional with over 30 years of experience in Design management, Construction project management, Procurement, Commercial and Contracts management apart from Dispute resolution and ADR systems.

Qualifications in Civil Engineering, Design management, Finance management, Quantity survey, Legal, ADR systems and HRM and completed Leadership Development Program from IIM Bangalore. He has hands on experience in in various facets of construction project management having worked in government organizations and private organizations in various states in India, Australia and Dubai. His exposure includes high value Highway projects, Railway projects, Housing projects and projects connected in Infrastructure development.

Ruchika Nayyar, Vice President & Head - CorporateLegal, GMR Group

22 + years’ experience in legal profession with wide and well-rounded expertise in Project Finance & Infrastructure funding, Real Estate Financing, M&A, Corporate matters, General and Commercial Laws, Property matters, Litigation and Dispute Resolution matters;Initial 14 years’ experience as a practising lawyer in

various High Courts, DRT, Consumer Courts, up to District and Sessions Court in Civil and Criminal matters, as also on various other Tribunals.Played lead role in transactions involving structuring, divestment, joint ventures, mergers, banking and financing (debt and equity), involving multi-jurisdictional parties. Diverse experience profile in leadership roles in Financial Services; Proficient in Legal Strategy Planning, Asset Management & Recoveries; worked extensively on formation of an infrastructure debt fund (IDF) non-banking financial company;Specialties: Project Finance, Corporate Finance, Real Estate Finance, Wholesale Banking, Retail Finance, Housing Finance, Capital Market Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Arbitration, Commercial/Civil Litigation.

Sharmila Ashok, Head - Legal, Cornerstone Properties

Committed and results-driven senior legal professional with proven expertise in protecting the core interests of the Company through complex and challenging situations. Dynamic and proactive spearheading large-valued, diverse & prestigious projects successfully. Excellent understanding of the finer legal nuances in anticipation. Crisis Resolution Expert. Competent Legal

Ambassador understanding sensitive implications of varied stakeholders leading to conclusive agreements. Specialist at the fine art of legal documentation. Spirited team leader working in efficient collusion with cross-functional teams striking best results. Eminent Speaker at Global Legal Conferences on varied legal issues.

Sandeep Mehta, Head-Contracts & Procurement, Shree Naman Group

Mr. Sandeep Mehta serves as the Head Contracts & Procurement at the corporate office of ShreeNaman Developers Pvt Ltd. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration from Newport University California, MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Welingkar College, Mumbai. He has also achieved professional certifications like

CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management) from Institute of Supply Management (ISM) USA, CPSCM (Certified Professional in Supply Chain Management) from University of California and Project Management Certification from RICS, UK.He comes with a rich experience of 26 years in the field of Project Management, Corporate Strategy, Planning, Contract Management & Claims, Value Engineering, and Risk Management in Industries likeAutomobile and Real Estate Sector which spans a wide-range of assignments in various countries in Europe and South East Asia. In his illustrious career, he has worked for Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Renault Nissan Automotive, Lodha Developers & Shree Naman Developers. He provides leadership for the entire gamut of technical services of the organization like Project Management, Contract Management & Claims and Dispute Resolution for Commercial, Residential and Mixed – Use Development for real estate projects within India. He has a Significant track record and demonstrated success in managing complex project execution, unique processes and long-term strategic planning to manage multiple stakeholder relationships. He provides contract management support from Strategic and Operational perspectives for the specific projects right from contractor selection through tendering up to contract close out and dispute resolution wherever applicable. He has a rich experience of Putting in place contractor evaluation systems & appropriate contract management systems to ensure high quality project delivery within budgeted time & costs. He focuses on developing long term strategic partnerships with contractors and involves them in the value engineering process.

Vikas Goel, Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP

Vikas with almost 22 years of experience heads the dispute resolution group at the firm. He has been appearing before Supreme Court of India, various appellate tribunals, and High Courts on several national/international arbitrations and litigation matters. He is a reputed name in corporate litigation, infrastructural arbitrations, contractual/ commercial

disputes, recovery of debts and claims, labour disputes, bankruptcy, and insolvency procedures to name a few.Vikas possesses appellate skills, in-depth knowledge of state courts, and practical business judgment, all of which contribute to delivery of cost-effective results to clients.He advises Denel (SOC) Ltd., a Defence company owned by Government of South Africa; State Bank of India; National Highways Authority of India; Karam Chand Thapar Group; Boortmalt N.V., Oxford University Press; Ansal Buildwell; Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited; WSP Consultants India Pvt. Ltd. to name a few.Core Expertise – Arbitration, Defence, Employment Litigation, Government, Regulatory and Public law, Infrastructure Intellectual Property Litigation


Expert in Construction Disputes Resolution - Post Graduate Civil Engineer with additional qualifications M.B.A (Finance) and LLB (Bachelor of Law), having 32 years of experience in Project & Contract Management in a variety of Construction Projects across India, both in Public Sector and Private Sector. Having been on both sides of the table, has got the exposure and

opportunity of a full perspective view about the CONTRACTS and DISPUTES in Construction ProjectsEPC or Pure Construction Contracts, Supply Contracts, FIDIC model, Joint Ventures, Consortium modelsPPP Projects (BOOT, BOT, BOO), Project Finance, Investment Decisions, Project Insurances, Quantity Survey, ISO, Quality Assurance/ Control, Health Safety Environment, Renewable Energy, Hydro Power, Thermal Power, Solar Power, Nuclear Power, Urban Infrastructure, Airports, Roads, Highways, Bridges, Metros, Tunnels & Underground works, Residential & Commercial Buildings, Ports, Marine works, Underground Storage Caverns, Water Supply, Environment, Water/ Waste Treatment, Irrigation, Pipelines, Telecommunications

Shatrughan Singh, Senior Vice President(Contracts and Procurement), Lodha Group

Real Estate & Infrastructure leader having successfully delivered projects of wide variety and massive scales within and outside India. A successful career record of over 24 years in association with Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Intel, Skanska and currently with Lodha Group.Passionate about solving problems, leading and

motivating people, negotiating, promoting constructive relationships, data and logic driven decision making, environmental and social sustainability, technology adoption and making organisation future ready. Rich experience in Indirect, Direct and Capital procurement. Expertise in a variety of project delivery strategies and contracting models. Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills. Deep understanding of contracts in general and construction contracts. An aggressive and logical project manager. Handled a diverse list of projects comprising of residential and commercial real Estate, IT campuses and data centres, manufacturing facilities, roads, bridges, airports, wharves and jetties.

Shubha Singh, Vice President and Company Secretary, Omaxe Limited

Shubha Singh is a CS, CFA and PGDFA from ICFAI, Hyderabad, MBA (International Business) from IMT, Ghaziabad, besides being commerce graduate from DU. She has 18 years of rich experience in secretarial, finance and legal functions and has been active in assessing the impact and practical aspects of changes in complex business eco-system. Currently she is

Vice President & Company Secretary of Omaxe Limited, a renowned Real Estate Company that is Listed on BSE & NSE, having a market capitalization of over Rs. 3,500 crores.

Shambhu Sharan, Partner, Singhania and Partners LLP

Shambhu Sharan with an experience of almost two decades is leading one of the dispute resolution teams of the firm. Shambhu is known for his in-depth knowledge about arbitration and is trusted for saving multimillion dollars of clients by his winning arguments in courts.Clients repose immense faith in his expert advice and

hard work as he has been able to render results in their favor. He is considered a go to man in Alternative Dispute Resolution, bank guarantee disputes, writ petitions, Supreme Court matters, recovery suits, dealership disputes, dishonouring of cheques issues- representing both plaintiffs and petitioners. In the recent past, he has successfully obtained stay/injunction orders for various clients against sudden illegal invocation of Bank Guarantee. His focus area is International Arbitration with recent mandates with seat of Arbitration in Singapore.He is currently representing and victoriously leading renowned companies like Punj Lloyd, ISGEC, CNH, McGraw Hill education, SHARP, NHAI, Railtel, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (UK) Ltd, and IJM Corporation Berhad, Malaysia. There are several ministries, public sector undertakings, government authorities, banks, domestic as well as foreign companies amongst his clients

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Singhania & Partners (Est. 1999) is a focused infrastructure dispute resolution law firm. The firm has successfully represented both domestic and foreign construction companies in institutional as well as ad-hoc arbitrations. Firms experience in advising regulators like National Highway Authority of India, Gujarat Maritime board and other institutions in drafting of concession agreements and dispute resolution mechanisms has given it an advantage of representing clients in pre award writ petitions as well as post tender litigation and arbitration in High Courts and the Supreme Court. Firm has significant international arbitration experience. Over the years it has developed successful practice in Roads & Highways, Railways, Ports, Shipyards and Power Sector. The firm’s clients include domestic and international project developers, construction companies, financial institutions, equipment suppliers and consulting organisations.https://singhania.in/arbitration/

Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors has a strong focus on corporate and commercial laws, transactions, disputes and projects. The Firm provides high quality, cost-effective solutions to its clients and is committed to supporting them in varying economic conditions and changing the legal and regulatory landscape. The firm has been strongly acknowledged & recognised for defending/prosecuting high-value arbitrations primarily in infrastructure and constructions contracts. The Firm has also advised its clients in transactions in M&A, investments, debt transactions and EPC contracts. The Firm has deposed before Standing Committees of Indian Parliament on a range of bills in areas such as education and real estate. www.sarthaklaw.com

Rajah & Tann Singapore is a leading full service law firm in Singapore and one of the largest in South East Asia. We are a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of over 700 fee earners in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam. Our firm's geographical reach includes Singapore based regional desks focusing on Japan and South Asia. Further, as the Singapore member firm of the Lex Mundi Network, we offer our clients access to excellent legal support in more than 100 countries globally.www.rajahtannasia.com

Reliance General Insurance Company Limited (The Company) is a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Capital. TheCompany has a huge customer base that includes individuals, corporate and SMEs. The Company is the 6th Largest Private General Insurer in India at Q1 FY 2019 GDP & 4th Largest Private General Insurer in India by AUM 31st March 2017, also has grown at 20.7 % CAGR in GDPI for FY 2014-FY 2018. The Company has a Nation Wide Presence with 130 branches across 111 cities and has a Professional and Independent Leadership Team.The Company has 34 additions to Banks, Financial Institutions & other Corporate Tie ups since2015. It is one of the leading insurance companies with lowest number of Customer Complaintsamong larger Peers. It’s Technology innovation focuses to mitigate operational Risk. TheCompany offers Motor, Car, Travel, Health and Home insurance. The unique offerings of theCompany are as follows:Comprehensive Product Suite.• Robust Risk Management framework• Well Reserved Operations• Prudent Reinsurance Strategy for Effective Risk Mitigation

Legacy Law Offices is acclaimed as one of the most successful and seasoned Infrastructure Laws practice in India. The Legacy team possesses vast experience of rendering contract management and dispute resolution services for infrastructure projects in a variety of sectors including highways, bridges, railways, transport terminals, civil aviation, power transmission, health, urban infrastructure etc. in 24 states of India and in foreign countries including Bangladesh, Mongolia, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia etc. The cumulative experience of its lawyers spans over 1000 infrastructure projects. During the last two years, the Law Firm represented various civil construction companies, concessionaires and infrastructure consultancy firms in arbitration cases and obtained over one dozen arbitration awards in favor of its clients and against Government agencies such as National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Airports Authority of India (AAI), RITES Limited, PWD Rajasthan, PWD Punjab, CPWD etc. Few high value arbitration awards of over Rs.100 crores each in respect of National Highway projects developed in Annuity mode have been obtained in favor of Concessionaires and against NHAI.www.legacylawoffices.com

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MEDIA PARTNERSThe Free Press Journal (Mumbai) has been the favourite newspaper for lakhs of readers over the last 9 decades. Over the years the newspaper has reinvented itself to keep pace with contemporary trends and changing dynamics of the market. But even in the ever-changing milieu, one thing has remained constant-the FPJ has always been perceived as a city paper that is anchored in Mumbai’s ethos.A wholesome newspaper, it gives unalloyed news, incisive analysis and bold editorials to the ever-discerning readers in all age brackets and income groups. And all these for just Rs. TWO! Which is very reasonable and less than scheme price offered by other standard newspapers. No wonder the FPJ is the unanimous choice for the business and trading community keen to catch up with tenders, court notices and corporate advertorials - of both private and public sector undertakings.www.freepressjournal.in

Construction Mirror provides its readers with quality content and new business opportunities related to the Infrastructure and Construction Industry. Roads & Bridges, Lubricants, Airports, Scaffolding, Roofing, PEB, Mining, Cement, Steel, Transports, Logistics & Warehousing, Construction Equipment. Along with Cover story, Interviews of the top leaders. Tenders & New Projects.www.constructionmirror.com

TradeBriefs produces 14 daily e-newsletters that go out to an opt-in audience of 1 million subscribers in corporate India. This includes over 100,000 in top management at various companies. We have the attention of these CXOs due to our content and we use that to help generate high-quality leads for businesses. We do so for IBM, Gartner, SAP, The Economist, Godrej and hundreds of other clients.

The Property Times provides with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the Property industry including news and reports on property market outlook, analysis, property market news, education, promotion of the craft and knowledge on regulatory advocacy.Founder & Managing Editor: K Altaf Hussain Contact: +91 9591100992, +91 08041156483thepropertytimes.in

I-Tech Media is a publishing company focused on variety of monthly magazines for different verticals. ACE Update, B2B Purchase, EPR & OEM Update are well-known monthly magazines in India.ACE Update - Premier monthly magazine for architects and construction industry professionals. It is India’s most popular specialised magazine that provides news, analysis and technology updates on pre-construction, construction and post construction activities.The magazine covers an array of subjects like site survey, designing, modelling, construction, building materials, paints and coatings, equipment, interior, fenestration, roofing, HVAC, lighting, energy management, resource management, tiles, sanitary ware, structural audit, maintenance, waterproofing and rehabilitation.http://aceupdate.com/

Builders’ Association of India (BAI), founded in 1941, is an apex all India body of Engineering Construction Contractors and Real Estate Construction Companies, with more than 15,000 business entities as members through its 148+ Centres (Chapters) throughout the country. Regional Associations Affiliated to BAI form indirect membership of more than 1,00,000. The fundamental aim of the Association is to bring about all round improvement in the construction sector, while striving towards resolution of operational as well as policy level problems faced by the construction industry. This involves making efforts to obtain from policy makers and authorities, the level of attention that the construction industry deserves in view of its tremendous contribution and importance to the economy.www.baionline.in

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NETWORKING PARTNERSCLAIM-E-SOLUTIONS is a professional organization promoted by experts having significant experience in construction and infrastructure sectors to provide specialized services in the areas of contract management, claim advice and preparation, dispute resolution – arbitration and litigation support from contract agreement to closure of the projects. More details at www.claimesolutions.com

IndiaNivesh Insurance Brokers celebrating 15th Year of Direct Insurance Broking. Has expertise in Complete Corporate Insurance Solution. Experience in Insuring large Power Projects, Infrastructure Projects, Factories ranging from Sugar, Distilleries, Textile Mills, Weaving Mills, Oil Blending Industries, etc. Professionally managed by team of Chartered Accountants, Company Secretary, MBA’s and Insurance Professionals with Complete back office & Claims team Support for corporate clients. To expedite services for our clients, we are already issuing policies for few insurance companies from our office. We advise clients & enable them to solicit insurance & liability insurance.www.indianivesh.in