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Spoke at the UN Review Conference oncompetition and consumer protection “Strengthening consumer protection andcompetition in the digital economy” on Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Spoke at the Roundtable on “Regulatory Design for a Trillion Dollar Digital Economy” CyFy 2020, on Friday, 16th October, organised by the Koan Advisory Group (partner with ORF and the FICCI)
Spoke at the CUTS webinar on “What would happen to a world without the WTO” on Wednesday, 23rd September, 2020
Spoke at the CUTS webinar on “Imperative of Resurrecting Multilateralism ” on Friday, 18th September, 2020

Spoke at the event on National Security – session on “The Indo-Pacific: Economic Dimensions ” organised by the Pune International Centre on 8th November, 2019 at Pune.
Intervene on the topic “What role can trade policies and trade negotiations at regional and plurilateral levels play in support of inclusive development in the digital economy?” during the Ministerial Roundtable on Trade, Data & Digitalization on 2nd April at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Spoke at the International Seminar of Jamia Millia Islamia (Department of Political Science) on “State, Market and Democracy in India ” on February 27th, 2019 at New Delhi.
Spoke on “Australia-India Relationship and the India Economic Strategy 2035” over dinner with H.E. Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India on January 25, 2019 at Hotel Radisson, Jaipur.

Spoke at the SDPI’s 21st Sustainable Development Conference and XI SAES – “Corridors of Knowledge for Peace and Development” during the Session on “Competition, IP regime in South Asia” on 4th December, 2018 at Islamabad.
Speaking at the Opening Session of “Regional Connectivity Conference – South Asia in the Indo-Pacific Context” on Thursday, November 01 at New Delhi.
Speaking at the CUTS and eBay event during the WTO Public Forum 2018 at Geneva on the session:Lower the costs! A step towards more inclusive trade, on Thursday, 4th October, 2018

Speaking at the “First Annual National Economic Conclave 2017” on 17-18th February organised by the India Policy Foundation at New Delhi.
Speaking at the “CUTS BBIN” event at Kolkata on 16th February 2017
Speaking at the Rajasthan Food Pro-Tech 2017, “Opportunities in the Food Processing Sector in the wake of Make in India Initiative & 100% FDI in retail” at Hotel Marriott Jaipur on Thursday, 19 January 2017

Speaking at CUTS-FES event on “Indo-Asia Connectivity for Shared Prosperity” on 14th December, 2016 at Kolkata.
Special Address by Pradeep S Mehta on Emerging Paradigms of Corporate Social Responsibility, Regulation and Governance during the event “Special Thematic Symposium & Multidisciplinary Academic Dialogue” organised by Centre for Responsible Business at New Delhi on 14th November. (Through Skype).
Spoke at the International Conference on Sustainable & Innovative Agriculture Practices for doubling farmers’ income (GRAM) during the “Session on Value Addition & Marketing Solutions for New Age Agriculture” held on 10th November at Convention Hall, JECC, Sitapura, Jaipur.
Chairing M N BUCH Memorial lecture “Understanding Black Money in India” on Wednesday, 5th October at Bhopal
Speaking at SAARC CCI Seminar on “Unleashing South Asia: Connectivity, sub-regional initiatives, Energy and Investment Protection” on
Saturday, 24th September at Mumbai.
Presentation on “Boosting Internal Connectivity for the meeting” on 12th June at Dharamshala (Meeting of a Group of State Transport Ministers)
Conference on “Competition Policy at the Intersection of Equity and Efficiency” A special conference honouring the scholarship of Eleanor M FOX, on June, 8th at Brussells
Competition Seminar at the UNECA headquarters, Addis Ababa titled “Competition: Why it is Important for CFTA” on 25th April, 2016
Spoke at the “4th Annual Summit of The Growth Net” on 7th April at New Delhi

Spoke at the event on “Energy Conclave : Power for India” Organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) at Kolkata on August 28, 2015
Spoke in the session on “Measuring What Matters” at a Conclave organised by Rajasthan Patrika at Jaipur on March 14, 2015.
Made a presentation on ‘Domestic Regulatory Environment’, at the CRs Conference organised by Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs at New Delhi, on February 16, 2015Powerpoint Presentation
Spoke in the session on Energy Cooperation at the ICRIER`s 3rd Annual Conference on ‘Enhancing India-Pakistan Trade’ at New Delhi on February 02-03, 2015.

Spoke on “India’s Trade policy: Its position at the WTO and its FTAs” on Thursday, 4th December during the dinner at the Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi, organised by The Norwegian Business Association India (NBAI).
Spoke in the inaugural session of the International Conference held under the project entitled, ‘Competition Reforms in Key Markets for Enhancing Social & Economic Welfare in Developing Countries’ (CREW) at Bangkok, Thailand, on November 18, 2014.
Intervention in a session “Reforming the International Investment Regime” at the 4th World Investment Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, on October 16, 2014.
Spoke in the opening session of side event, ‘Policy Uncertainty Impedes Investment’ organised by CUTS in partnership with Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 16, 2014.
Spoke on the “Inequality or poverty-which is the bigger question” at the UNCTAD Public Symposium, Geneva, 18 June, 2014.
Made a presentation on ‘Reforming Non-Tariff Barriers in South Asia: Case for a Participatory Approach’ at South Asian Studies Association (SASA VIII) Conference at Salt Lake City, Utah on April 11-13, 2014.Powerpoint Presentation

Participated at the 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference held on 20-22 November 2013 in New Delhi. At the meeting, delivered a Paper and also Presented on “Competition Culture: The key to Successful Competition Regime”.
Spoke at the event ‘Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition’ organised by the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, on the occasion of World Food Day on October 16, 2013.
Spoke at ‘3rd MTC Global Annual Convention’ organised by the Aravali Institute of Management at Jodhpur, on October 05, 2013.
Participated as a speaker in the WTO’s Fourth Global Review on ‘Aid for Trade and the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ at Geneva, on July 08, 2013.
Contributed India Chapter in a book entitled, ‘The Political Economy of Competition Law in Asia’ edited by Mark Williams, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Welcome speech on the occasion of Roundtable Meeting with the BRICS Ambassadors at New Delhi, on February 06, 2013.

Participated as the Panelist in the 39th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy in the session Antitrust Developments in India and Mexico at New York, on September 21, 2012.
Participated as a speaker in the 5th South Asia Economic Summit Making Growth Inclusive and Sustainable in South Asia at Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 11-12, 2012.
Made a presentation on ‘Restore and Reinforce Trust: The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with One Single Step’ at the SKOCH Summit, New Delhi in June 2012.Powerpoint Presentation
Participated as a speaker in the interactive debate of UNCTAD’s 2012 International on Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference at Doha, Qatar, on April 22nd, 2012.
Made a presentation on ” Competition Policy for IP Issues” at National Symposium on Competition Law: Evolution and Transition, 2012, organised by the National Law University, Delhi in association with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) on April 14th and 15th 2012.Powerpoint Presentation
Spoke on ‘Civil Society’s Participation in Trade Policy Making: Case of CUTS International’ at UNCTAD XIII Pre-Event entitled ‘Policy Dialogue: The Role of the Government in Tomorrow’s International Trade’ organised by UNCTAD at Geneva, on March 26-27, 2012.Powerpoint Presentation
Made a presentation on ‘Bottlenecks to competition enforcement in sub-Saharan Africa: CUTS experiences from the ground’ at the World Bank in Washington DC, US on March 07, 2012.Powerpoint Presentation
Spoke at ‘IDA Working Group Meeting ’ organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at Dhaka, on March 06, 2012.
On the request of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) , contributed two papers entitled, “Trade Relations-Indian Perspective” and “Trade Relations-Indian Perspective Urdu” for the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue III held in Islamabad on January 18, 2012

Presented a Paper at the IDRC’s International Expert Meeting on “Inclusive Growth: From Policy to Reality”, in New Delhi on December 12-13, 2011
Lecture given at SDPI on ” Promoting Peace through closer Economic Cooperation between Pakistan and India” at Islamabad, Pakistan, on December 2, 2011.
Spoke at a seminar on ‘South Asia Economic Summit IV’ organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at Dhaka, on October 22-23, 2011
Attending consultative meeting on “National Competition Policy”, chairing by the Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily organized by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, in Mumbai on September 12, 2011.Powerpoint Presentation
Spoke at a seminar on ‘Growth and Poverty: The Great Debate in India’ organised by the Australian National University, Canberra, on August 11, 2011
Made a presentation on ‘My journey as a social entrepreneur’ at TEDxDTU, Delhi Technological University on January 31, 2011

Contributed a paper ‘How Vital is Regulatory Independence? The Telecom Sector in developing Countries’ with Siddhartha Mitra and Udai S Mehta of CUTS in a book entitled ‘Reforming Rules and Regulations: Law, Institutions, and Implementation’ edited by Vivek Ghosal.
Contributed India Chapter with Cornelius Dube of CUTS in a book entitled ‘The International Handbook on Private Enforcement of Competition Law’ edited by Albert A. Foer and Jonathan W. Cuneo, American Antitrust Institute (AAI).
Spoke during the session, ‘Assessing other elements of the Doha Round’ at a workshop on ‘Recent Analyses of the Doha Round’ organised jointly by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation in Geneva, on November 02, 2010.
Contributed an article ‘Trading labour: a dilemma for migration regimes’ in a book entitled “Peace and Prosperity Through World Trade” edited by Fabrice Lehmann and Jean-Pierre Lehmannn
Made a presentation on ‘Competition Policy Rationale and Scope in Modern Developing Economies’ at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government Annual Conference 2010, on ‘Delivering Policy Reform: Making it happen, making it stick’ in Melbourne, on August 11-12, 2010.

Spoke on ‘Effective State Business Relations’ in an event entitled, ‘Effective State Business Relations: When Does It Happen And Why Does It Matter?’, organised by CUTS, in Jaipur, on December 18, 2009.
Spoke on ‘Youth and Sustainable Development’ in an event entitled, ‘Youth to Business ’09, organised by AIESEC (an international platform that enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential), in Jaipur, on October 24, 2009.
Made a presentation and spoke in the session on ‘Dimensions of Competition Policy and Law in Emerging Economies’ at the Third Annual Conference and Ten Year Celebration of the South African Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal in Pretoria, on September 03-04, 2009.
Spoke at an OECD Corporate Responsibility Roundtable on, ‘Consumer Empowerment and Business Behaviour: A Win-Win Relationship’ in Paris, on June 15, 2009.
Spoke in the opening session on ‘Competition Law of India’ at a State Level Seminar on Competition Policy and Law’ jointly organised by the Competition Commission of India and Government of Rajasthan in Jaipur, on March 20, 2009.

Welcomed the distinguished guests at the Global Partnership for Development Conference at New Delhi on August 12, 2008, and introduced the audience to the right-based approach of CUTS towards development as well as the objectives of the conference. Mehta briefed the august gathering the reasons behind continued stalemate over the Doha Round of world trade negotiations, the outcome of which is unlikely to offer any meaningful gains to the poor countries as well as lack of commitment from the developed nations to help achieve the MDG-8 that calls for global partnership for development.
Made a presentation on ‘Competition Policy: Institutions and Procedures’, at the ‘Third European Conference on Competition and Regulation’ in Greece, on July 04-05, 2008.
Spoke on ‘Challenges facing the World Trading System’ at the high profile ICC World Business Summit, in Stockholm, on June 12, 2008 before an audience of 500 businessmen from around the world.
Nominated for the 4th M. R. Pai Memorial Award in 2007 for the ‘splendid work done by you and your organization in educating the public on competition and regulation over the years. You are one of the foremost crusaders for consumers and we take this opportunity to wish you strength in your endeavours’. The award, which carries a ‘citation’ and a cheque of Rs.51,000, will be given at Mumbai on Tuesday 8th April, 2008 at the hands of Ms Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
Pradeep S Mehta, Alice Pham and Thanh Mai attended the launch meeting of the joint project between the Swiss Competition Commission, CUTS and the Vietnam Competition Administration Department (VCAD) entitled ‘Strengthening the Vietnamese Competition Authorities’ in Hanoi, on February 29, 2008. Pradeep S Mehta made a Word presentationon ‘Engaging Civil Society to Promote Competition Reforms in Developing Countries’.
Presented a paper on ‘The Role of Consumers in Promoting Pro-Competitive Reforms’, at the Seventh Global Forum on Competition (GFC), in Paris, on February 21-22, 2008.

Spoke at the IFC luncheon on the evolution of competition scenario – from the MRTPA to the Competition Amendment Act, 2007 – in India, covering the phases of trials and tribulations, the pressing needs and the interventions, along with some valuable recommendations for a better regulatory regime in the country.
Presented the case for an effective competition policy in countries in order to boost the global competition policy agenda in an interview at the Consumers International World Congress, 2007 in Sydney.
As the Luncheon Speaker at the Australia India Business Council (AIBC) 2nd India Conference 2007, Melbourne, Australia, on May 10, 2007, presented a paper on ‘India is flat-A few thoughts’.
Invited to be a member of the “Warwick Commission into the Future of the Global Trade Regime”, hosted at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick, UK, presented a Note on ‘Threats/Obstacles and Possible Solutions’ in the first meeting of the body.
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Presented a speech on ‘Regionalism beyond Europe’ and presented on “Regionalism: Policy Options for India” in the conference on, “Developing Countries and the Challenge of Regionalism: Assessing the Options”, organised by University of Sussex, UK on 28-30 September 2006.
Presented at the Work Session: G-20 Civil Society Views on WTO” on 26 September 2006, jointly organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva Office and CUTS International, India.
Invited to speak at the session on “Stocktaking of WTO Negotiations: Concerns of Developing Countries” organised by SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry on 26 September on the sidelines of WTO Public Forum, at Geneva, Switzerland.
As a guest speaker, presented a lecture on the ‘Evolution of Competition Law in India’ under the Academic Lecture on “Evolution of Competition Law with respect to India” jointly organised by CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (CIRC) in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Kolkata. .
Spoke in the session on International Trade Concerns and presented a paper on “Effects of International Regulatory Harmonization and International Agreements (for Trade)”, at the international conference on “Economic Consideration of Bio-safety and Biotechnology Regulations in India: A Policy Dialogue”, jointly organised by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) at New Delhi.
As a member of the Working Group on Competition Policy of the Planning Commission of India asked to prepare an input paper on “The state of competition in India and the impediments, if any, on account of policies of the Government”. Invited to make two presentations for the second meeting of the Working Group on “State of Competition in India” and “State Government Policy and Competition”.
Invited to give a talk on ‘Civil Society’s Voice and Access to Justice’ at the Plenary titled Evolving Effective Regulatory Mechanism”. Also, participated in the Debate titled “In a Developing Economy like India, Sustainable Development is pipe-dream meant for Lip-Service only” and spoke FOR the motion at the “International Conference: Striking the Right Balance-Law and Sustainable Development in India’s Energy Economy, organised jointly by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) in New Delhi.
Contributed an Introductory Chapter with Prof Simon Evenett (Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at University of St Gallen, Switzerland) to the report titled “Competition Regimes in the World-A Civil Society Report”, which is an attempt to map out competition regimes of 119 countries around the world from the civil society perspective.
On the invitation of US-ASEAN Business Council, Washington DC, presented a brief on CUTS activities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam under our Advocacy and Capacity Building on competition law in Asia, under the 7Up2 Project. “Competition Policy and Law in CLV Countries”
National Seminar on Prof Jagdish Bhagwati’s Book: “In Defense of Globalisation: An India Perspective” organised by Sri Ram Centre, New Delhi on 18 January 2006. Presentation on “Globalisation and the Environment: the Conundrum”

Appointed as a member on the World Bank Operations Evaluation Department’s High Level External Advisory Panel for the Trade Assistance Evaluation for the period May – December 2005. Click for OED panel report: OED Evaluation of World Bank assistance on Trade. Word Presentation
Project on ‘Globalisation and Economic Success’, a three-part research and policy conference being organized by The Brenthurst Foundation, South Africa, in collaboration with Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Ministry of Investment, Egypt. The first international conference was held on 7-8 November 2005 in Singapore. Presented a paper entitled: “Engaging with Globalisation: Lessons from South Asia”
“Trade Facilitation and Development: What Will and Won’t the DDA Accomplish?”, 16 December 2005 organised by the World Bank on the sidelines of Hong Kong Ministerial.
“Panel Discussion on G20 and the WTO Development Agenda” 13th December 2005 organised by FES.
Public Panel Discussion on “China’s role in the Global Economy: Its Impact on Emerging Economies”. Invited to speak at the discussion organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) on December 17 2005
Presentation on ‘Time for a National Competition Policy for India’ at the Planning Commission on 11th November 2005. Many key officials from various Ministries were present on this occasion. Powerpoint Presentation
Click for the Press Release: Time for a National Competitioin Policy Word Presentation
“Globalisation and Economic Success: Policy Options for Africa”, 7-8 November 2005 organised by The Brenthurst Foundation, South Africa. Presented on ‘Engaging with Globalisation: Lessons from Pakistan and Sri Lanka’.
“Sounding the Clarion Call! The Urgent Imperative of Business Leadership in Global Trade” Evian X Plenary Meeting, 14-16 October 2005, The Hague, Netherlands. Played a role of Catalyst in the session on “Towards the New Global Economic Equilibrium – Asia and the European Union”.
“International Civil Society Forum 2005 – For Advancing LDC interests in the Sixth WTO Ministerial”, organized by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), 3-5 October 2005, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Made the Inaugural Statement as well as the Speaker of Plenary II on “State of the Doha Round”.
“Garnet First Capacity Building Workshop: Trade, Governance and Development Spreading Excellence through Dialogue” 21-23 September 2005, Budapest, Hungary. Garnet is a multidisciplinary initiative primarily focused on global and regional political economy, by The Evian Group and University of Warwick. Panelist in ‘How can trade create opportunities for development?’
Seminar on “Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Protection of Consumer Rights & Redressal of Public Grievances in the Telecom Sector” 3rd September 2005, Jaipur. Presentation on “Status Of Dispute Settlement Mechanism In Telecom Sector In India: Consumers’ Perspective”
Workshop on Trade negotiation and Developing Countries: The Doha Round organized by Griffith Asia Pacific Research Institute, Griffith University, 12-13 August 2005, Brisbane, Australia. Presentation on ‘Future of Singapore Issues’.
“Training Programme on Globalisation”, 28-30 July 2005 organised by HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur (Raj), India. As a Speaker in Session on ‘Issues in World Trade’
Evian Group I China Meeting on “A Global Economic Order for the XXI Century – Coherence, Dynamism & Dialogue” 16-17 June 2005, Beijing, China, jointly organized by Evian Group and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Panelist in ‘Generating Policy dynamism in a Turbulent Environment – Prospects for World Trade’
Outreach Seminar on Refresher Course in Economics on 26th February, 05. Presentation on “Developing Markets Through Competition for Growth and Equity”
International Workshop on Public Private Partnership (PPP): Capacity Building Programme for the Developing Countries, 7-8 February 2005 by HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration. Participated as a ‘Discussant’ in the session on “Stakeholder Involvement & Public Relation Strategies”

Public event on “Regional Economic Cooperation’, 13 December 2004 hosted by Pakistan Institute for Labour Education and Research (PILER), Karachi. Participated as a Discussion Leader and presented on “Should Regional Economic Cooperation be dependent on Resolution of all Disputes?”
‘WTO Seminar: India’s Post-Cancun Concerns’, organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru University jointly with the Planning Commission at New Delhi on 18-19 October 2004. Presentation on “Multilateral Competition Framework”
WTO/UNESCAP/ASCI Regional Seminar for Asia & Pacific Economies on Competition Policy, Development and the Multilateral Trading System, 6-8 October 2004 hosted by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. Presentation on “Status of Competition Lawsand their Implementation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Brief Report” and on “Competition policy and restructuring in Asian developing economies: key findings from CUTS’ research and advocacy activities”
Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting for Economists with Finance Minister of India, 5 June 2004. Participated and presented on “Curb Wastage To Contribute 8.9% To National Income”
Civil Society Consultation on the 2004 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting and the MDGs 26 – 29 July 2004 by Commonwealth Foundation, UK. Presentation on “Millennium Development Goals: Where Does India Stand?”
Round Table Conference on “Globalisation – Challenges for Canada and India with special reference to WTO”, HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration (RIPA), Udaipur, India, 20 July 2004. Discussant in the Technical session on “Voluntary Code of Conduct in the Context of Globalisation”
WB-EC Workshop on Competition Policy, 10-12 May 2004, organized by World Bank at Dar es Salaam. Presentation on “Competition Policy,
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries”
Round table Discussion on “India’s Trade Policy: The WTO and India-South Africa Relations “, 5 May 2004 hosted by The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), South Africa. Presented on “WTO and India-S. Africa Relations Convergence and Divergence
Two-day international conference to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC), Australian National University, Canberra on 27 April 2004. Presented on “RTAs and South Asia: Options in the wake of Cancun Fiasco”

International conference of Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC), Manchester on ‘Innovation and Change in Regulation and Competition’ held at Manila, Philippines, October 2003. Invited as a Speaker and presented on “Living with Cross-border Competition Challenges in the Absence of Global Competition Rules”
India at Cancun: ” Strategy and Counterstrategy “ in June 2003

Amidst 1500 activists, legal scholars who participated in the seven-day “National Conference on Human Rights, Social Movements, and the Law” held during December 25-31, 2000, at Panchgani, India, Pradeep S Mehta presented a paper ‘Trade and … Where Do We Go?’

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