a. ITRAF Conference Leaflet, Agenda, and Backgrounds Read Document

b. Introduction and Welcome by Dr. Parthasarathi Shome, Chairman, ITRAF Read Document

c. Paper presentations

1. Angel taxation: Basis, design and critical view – S. Krishnan, Independent Consultant

2. Digital economy: International discussions, unilateral country decisions, and way forward – Alok Prasanna and Vinti Agarwal, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

3. Taxation of digital economy: Assessing OECD versus emerging economy interests – Dr. Suranjali Tandon, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

4. Digital economy: Global challenges going forward – Shikha Mehra, Main Chain & Consulting and Dr Rohit Roy, Christ (Deemed to be University)

5. Digital economy: Positions and pronouncements of the judiciary – K. R. Sekar (Direct tax), Deloitte and Krupa Venkatesh (Indirect tax), Independent Consultant

6. GAAR: Post legislation developments – Saurav Bhattacharya, PwC

7. GAAR: Legitimate tax planning? – P.V.S.S. Prasad, Prasad & Prasad CA

8. International tax transparency agenda: Latest developments – Navneet Manohar, Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division, CBDT

9. Residence based taxation: UN, OECD, BEPS & Indian scenario – K. R. Girish, K R Girish Associates

10. Capital gains taxation under Indian tax treaties in the post BEPS era – Prof N. Nigam, BML Munjal University

11. Critical analysis of Indian POEM in the context of BEPS – Mukesh Butani, BMR Legal and Prof. Ashrita Prasad Kotha, Jindal Global Law School

Media Coverage

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Conference Gallery

Day-1

Registration and welcome address

There were 89 registrants, 14 speakers and 6 panellists, and others, totalling 115 participants in the conference.

Participants registering at Reception Desk.

Mr. Rohitash Chaudhary, Research Associate organising infrastructure.

ITRAF Board Members.

Dr. Shome delivering a welcome address.

Session 1

a. Angel taxation: Basis, design and critical view

Mr. S. Krishnan, Independent Consultant and Member ITRAF.

Mr. T. V. Mohandas Pai, Board Member, ITRAF and Chairman Aarin Capital.

Mr. K. F. Kapadia, Director, Titan Mechatronics Ltd. (left).

Session 2

b. Digital economy: International discussions, unilateral country decisions, and way forward

c. Taxation of digital economy: Assessing OECD versus emerging economy interests

Mr. Alok Prasanna, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Ms. Vinti Agarwal, Research Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Mr. Indraneel Roy Chaudhury, Board Member, ITRAF and Tax Partner, PwC.

Dr. Suranjali Tandon, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

Session 3

d. Digital economy: Global challenges going forward

e. Digital economy: Positions and pronouncements of the judiciary

Ms. Shikha Mehra, Co-Founder, MainChain Research and Consulting (centre).

Dr. Rohit Roy, Assistant Professor, Christ (Deemed to be University).

Mr. P. V. Srinivasan, Board Member, ITRAF and Advisor Wipro Limited (centre).

Mr. K. R. Sekar, Board Member, ITRAF and Tax Partner, Deloitte.

Mr. Shreesh Chandra, Director, OakBridge Publishing Pvt. Ltd. Publisher of ITRAF’s 3rd volume and the forthcoming 4th Volume.

Mrs. Krupa Venkatesh, Independent Consultant.

Panel discussion: Lessons on digital economy challenges

Dr. Shome chairing the panel discussion with Mr. Sekar, Mr. Pai, Ms. Mehra, Mr. Senapaty, Mr. Prasanna, and Dr. Tandon (left to right).

Mr. Suresh Senapaty, Board Member, ITRAF.

Day-2

Session 1

f. GAAR: Post legislation developments
g. GAAR: Legitimate tax planning?

Mr. P.V.S.S. Prasad, CA and Partner, Prasad & Prasad Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Saurav Bhattacharya, Direct Tax centre of Excellence, PwC.

Session 2

h. International tax transparency agenda: Latest developments

i. Residence based taxation: UN, OECD, BEPS & Indian scenario

Mr. Navneet Manohar, Director, Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division, CBDT.

Mr. H. Padamchand Khincha, Board Member, ITRAF and Partner, H C Khincha & Associates.

Mr. K. R. Girish, K R Girish & Associates and Board Member, ITRAF.

Session 3

j. Capital gains taxation under Indian tax treaties in the post BEPS era

g. Critical analysis of Indian POEM in the context of BEPS

Prof. Nigam Nuggehalli, Dean, School of Law, BML Munjal University

Prof. Ashrita Prasad Kotha, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School.

Valedictory panel : Summing up-conclusions and way forward

Mr. Senapaty chairing a valedictory panel on conclusions and way forward with Mr. Khincha, Mr. Sekar, Mr. Srinivasan, and Mr. Chaudhury (left to right).

Dr. P Shome, Chairman with Board Members of ITRAF thanking participants at the end of the two-day conference.

Participants thanking Dr. Shome for conducting an insightful conference on International Taxation in the Digital Era.

Conference Participants

Mrs. Tapati Ghose, Partner, Global Employer Services (GES), Deloitte.

Professional Interaction

Dr. Parthasarathi Shome, Chairman, ITRAF with Sunil Dhareshwar, Senior Vice President, Group Head – Global Taxation and Corporate Accounting, Infosys (left).

Mr. Praveen Sood, Chief Corporate & International Taxation, Tata Steel (left) with Mr. K. F. Kapadia.

Speakers Dr. Suranjali Tandon (left), Ms. Shikha Mehra (centre) , and Ms. Vinti Agarwal (right) interacting at the conference.

Dr. Shome interacting with participants.

Mr. Rohitash Chaudhary, Research Associate, ITRAF (left) with Mr. Anand Jaiswal, Senior Manager, Corporate Taxation, Infosys.

Mr. Arijit Ganguly, Senior Vice President & Head-Group Taxation, Mphasis (right) interacting with other participants.