Dr. Manoj Kumar, an ace legal mind, is well acknowledged for his outstanding leadership, strategy and ability to find alternate solutions to the most critical and complex challenges related to strategic support, public policy & regulation, corporate governance, corporate and M&A, cross-border transactions, arbitration & mediation, Technology & TMT, data protection & privacy, construction law, energy, environment & natural resources, real estate & infra projects, project finance, business re-structuring, crisis risk & reputation management & strategies, and legal & regulatory compliance across geographies. Alongside leading Hammurabi & Solomon Partners (ranked as a top 20 amongst Indian Law Firms by the prestigious Asian Legal Business) as its founder & managing partner, Dr. Kumar is also the Vice-Chair of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), Vice-President of the Society of Indian Law Firms, Vice-President of the Society of Construction Law UK – India (SCL-India), visiting fellow with Asia’s Top-ranking think tank – Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an expert with the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), editorial board member of Thinkers 50 India, independent director on Corporate Boards, distinguished arbitrator and an alum of the prestigious Harvard Business School & National Law School of India. Dr. Kumar has built up a strong thought leadership relevant to the continuing economic and regulatory challenges of the country, providing the highest quality service to his ambitious clients. His ability to identify & access the right government officials & provide an inside the perspective of how the government operates and how its actions can affect the clients positioned his leaders in the league. Engaging extensively across various sectors of the Indian industry, Dr. Kumar is involved closely with industry bodies and think tanks in various capacities and responsibilities. Dr. Kumar is named as one of the 100 Legal Luminaries of India by LexisNexis and also successively by the Indian Business Law Journal (IBLJ - A-List of top 100 lawyers of India) and has been ranked the best in the ‘Policy & Regulation’ practice by IBLJ back to back for over a decade. Dr. Kumar has also been awarded and recognized by various national and international publications such as IFLR1000, Asialaw Profiles, Asian Legal Business, Forbes India including the best Managing Partner of the Year by BW Businessworld, to name a few. Notably, Dr. Kumar was Conferred the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Samman at the House of Lords, London and is also an Honorary Professor of the Academic Union of Oxford, the UK for business & economy. The involvement of Dr. Kumar on various Boards of reputed Companies as also on platforms for policy formulation, recommendation and prediction go a long way in bringing strategic value to the clients. He provides a more foundational understanding of the dynamics of the environment they need to operate in India and also helps them actually bring about policies and regulations which benefit clients tremendously over time. Be it changing dynamics of the country or the development of new policies like the Companies Amendment Bill, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Amendments, Regulation of Online-Gaming in India, Data-Protection & Privacy, EU-GDPR, Energy & Mining Laws, International Arbitrations Rules, Taxation of Non-Smoking Tobacco, Telecom Policy compliance by Telecom Companies etc., Dr. Kumar has always ensured to be the first movers in the country. Dr. Kumar is a distinguished author, strategist, columnist, thought leader and called upon by top-of-the-line Indian and international institutions including the World Bank, IBA, ABA, CII, SILF, SCL, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Bar Council of Kerala, Indian Law Society, Cochin Institute of International Arbitrations for contributions, counsel, discussions and training on various key issues. Dr Kumar is also the past guest editor of the fall issue of American Bar Associations (ABA) India Legal News, a patron of Doctors for You (Doctorsforyou.org) and chairs the India Strategy Group, International Legal Advocacy Network and India Unites Foundation. Success mantra : Leadership from behind, being Innovative, eye for the detail, gold standard in integrity and a continuous commitment to be trusted by our clients through our pursuit for excellence.

Artist and designer, policy developer, strategic planner, educator, using cultural identity and traditional knowledge to plan for a challenging future.

Desh is presently working with NITI Aayog as a policy specialist in governance & research and law since September 2017. He has a comprehensive understanding of governance, policy initiatives and their implications, along with current affairs. He has been involved with a diverse range of projects including - Reform of Autonomous Bodies, Transformation of the Gold Sector, differential voting rights and control mechanisms, Direct Benefit Transfers in Fertilizers, data localization, data privacy, the Millets report, and others. He is actively involved with analyzing research studies across different verticals, and is a core member of the Knowledge Hub Portal initiative for best practices at the district level. With a strong grasp on the policy agenda and communications, he has also been tasked to drive events and conferences. Desh leads the legal department within NITI and regularly works on measuring economic impacts and outcomes and benchmarks of legal and judicial decisions both in India and globally. Desh is a dual-qualified lawyer (New York and India) and has practiced for nearly a decade in various areas of law, with a large portion of that time spent at J. Sagar Associates (2009-2016). He is a frequent columnist, invited to share his domain knowledge and opinions on subject matters ranging from policy, governance, law, and sport, by various publications such as the Economic Times, Business Standard, The Hindu, Indian Express, Hindu Business Line, Financial Express, Hindustan Times, Outlook, Forbes India, and India Today among others. He is the author of ‘Not Out! The incredible story of the Indian Premier League’, an objective look at the policy implications, strategy, business model and law of the IPL. The book was published by Penguin Random House in April 2016. He has commenced work on two books, one slated for publication in 2020 by Oxford University Press, and the other slated for publication in 2022.

Eliane Ubalijoro is the executive director of C.L.E.A.R. International Development Inc. She is a Professor of Practice at McGill University, a member of Rwanda’s National Science and Technology Council, a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and a Board member of the International Leadership Association. A former scientific director in a biotechnology company, she has co-lead Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Exploration grants related to neglected tropical disease drug discovery and innovative participatory feedback from female smallholder farmers. Eliane has facilitated the leadership experiences module in the Emerging Leaders for Sustainable Community Development program co-lead by The Duke of Edinburgh’s Emerging Leaders’ Dialogues, McGill and Vancouver Island University. She has consulted in Haiti and Africa in economic green growth pathways. Eliane gave a TEDx talk on Reimaging the World from Scarcity to Prosperity.