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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.
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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.
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Chetan Khanna works as a Digital Coordinator at Observer Research Foundation. In his current role, he works in the Digital team that manages ORF's website as well as it's digital media channels.
Prior to joining ORF in 2016, he has previously worked in CII, PHD Chamber of Commerce, Media for Change and Council of Social Development. Chetan is a MBA in Marketing and has done his graduation in Business.
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Margunn Bjørnholt is a sociologist and a Research Professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies in Oslo, Norway. She is an expert on gender-based violence, men and masculinities, migration, and work, family and gender equality. She has a broad background as an academic, a civil servant, a consultant and a leader in the NGO sector, and has formerly worked at the Regional Development Fund, the National Institute of Technology, the Work Research Institute, the University of Oslo and as Director of the research institute Oslo Research. She is a former President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and of the Norwegian Women's Lobby, and has served as a national expert on gender equality to the European Commission.
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Aastha is a Research Assistant at ORF. Her work focuses on gender and human rights, particularly in areas of conflict. Aastha also works at the President’s office on outreach activities of the Foundation.
Before joining ORF, Aastha worked in development at different organisations in Southern Africa and Central Europe. Her undergraduate dissertation was titled — Gender, Peace and Security: An Examination of the Framing of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in the United Nations Security Council.
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BSc International Politics, University of Surrey
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Conflict Studies
Gender and Human Rights
Women, Peace and Security
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Artist and designer, policy developer, strategic planner, educator, using cultural identity and traditional knowledge to plan for a challenging future.
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Civil servant in Singapore
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I am working on research projects examining the social impact of environmental and food safety regulatory reform in China.
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Executive Director, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
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Masters student of International Development
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I am currently working with NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the Government of India. My work entails monitoring and evaluating key government schemes across sectors primarily science and technology, space, education and civil aviation. I am also a part of the electric vehicles team, which is driving the vision for transforming mobility in India.