The major attraction of the first day was talk by experts, academicians, researchers, economists related to capital market.

Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Member of Faculty, NISM has given the Welcome address and also did compiling and summarizing throughout the programme. Dr. (Ms.) M. Thenmozhi, Director NISM has set the context of the conference and has given the future road map of NISM and also talked particularly about the areas of Research.

The Keynote address was delivered by Shri. Ananta Barua, WTM, SEBI. He discussed about current development in the areas of Capital Market in India and globally.

He also flagged various areas and issues for economic research and also about the strength and challenges of Indian Capital Markets.

After his address, he released a book on proceedings, in presence of another dignitaries and participants, of last year Conference on ‘Importance of Economic Research in Capital Market’ held on September 22, 2017 at NISM Campus, Patalganga.

The major attraction of the second day was a talk by Mr. Madan Sabnavis Chief Economist, CARE Rating Ltd followed by research paper presentations.

Mr. Madan Sabnavis Chief Economist, CARE Rating Ltd spoke about current macroeconomic conditions, challenges and prospects of Indian economy. He also spoke on monetary policy and inflation targeting, global factors as well as prospects and challenges of various sectors of Indian Economy.

Following selected Research papers were presented in the presence of Dr. SNV Siva Kumar, Professor & ACP, SIMSR, Prof. (Dr.) Asha Prasuna, Professor & Chairperson CEPAR, SIMSR and others.

The valedictory was done by Mr. Jitendra Kumar.

A Certificate of Participation as well as Certificate of Paper Presentation was given to the participants and paper presenters respectively at the end of the programme. The Conference proceedings will be published and be made available for future reference and use.

Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Member of Faculty, NISM and Prof. (Dr.) Asha Prasuna, Professor & Chairperson CEPAR, SIMSR were the Conference Coordinators.

The major attraction of the first day was keynote address by Dr. Usha Nair-Reichert, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA on Networks in International Trade.

Professor SNV Siva Kumar, Professor & ACP Department of Economics, SIMSR presented the welcome address and set the context for the Conference. Inaugural address was delivered by Shri. Vijay Srirangan, Director-General, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), Mumbai.

Expert talk on the topic of Modeling Credit Risk was delivered by Prof. Sandeep Juneja, Professor and Dean, School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

Dr. V.R. Narasimhan, Dean, School of Corporate Governance and School of Regulatory Studies, National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai shared his experiences on the topic of Common Governance Dilemmas.

Following are the research paper presentations held in the second half of the Conference on Day 1, Dr. Usha Nair-Reichert and Dr. K.N.Murty, former Professor & Dean School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, were chairing the track. Prof. (Dr.) Asha Prasuna, Professor & Chairperson CEPAR, SIMSR and others were present at the session.

The Valedictory address was delivered by Mr. Govind Shankaranarayanan, Vice Chairman, ECube Investment Advisors Ltd. Vote of thanks was presented by Mr. Bivas Chakraborty, General Manager, and FA-MLU. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Member of Faculty, NISM, Mr. Sriram Ramachandran from FA-MLU and Prof. (Dr.) Asha Prasuna, Professor & Chairperson-CEPAR, SIMSR served as the Conference.

Dr. Meenakshi Rishi (Seattle University), Dr. Usha Nair-Reichert, (Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta), Dr. VR Narasimhan (NISM), Mr. Sandeep Khosla (BCCI), Mr. Sriram Ramachandran (M&M), Varghese A. Manaloor (University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada), Mr. Manish Bansal (SME Valueadvisors), Mr. V S Parthasarathy, (Mobility Services Sector), Mr. Amal Sinha (BSES Rajdhani Private Limited), Mr. Anil Talreja, (Deloitte Haskins & Sells).

This 8th edition of the conference theme is very apt and interesting, namely - "Economic Analysis for Contemporary Global Business". Despite the Covid-related challenges, were able to get expert international speakers from the University of Hull, Keele University, and Business School Ludong University, China.

Key Speakers:

In the CEPAR 2022, external faculty members from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), and TERI School of Advance Studies, New Delhi, Xavier Institute of Social Services (XISS), Ranchi, participated as Track Chairs at the Conference.