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The Quarterly Newsletter of South Asian University | Volume 4 Issue 3 March 2020

InternationalWorkshoponEconomicTheoryandEmpirics
SAU FE News (19-20.02.2020) New Delhi: The Faculty of Economics organized a two-day International
Workshop on Economic Theory and Empirics on 19-20 February 2020. The workshop attracted
participants from across the SAARC region, with researchers from Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, along
with civil servants, college lecturers, and researchers from different states of India. The first day was
devotedtolecturesoneconomictheory,withparticularemphasisongeneralequilibriumtheory.Manyof
the participants took the opportunity of the workshop to sharpen their research questions in their
doctoral work, whereas senior researchers were interested in understanding the interconnect between
economic theory and econometric techniques. Apart from lectures by Dr. Debdatta Saha and Dr. Soumya
Datta from the Faculty of Economics, SAU, Prof. Anjan Mukherji, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru
University,NewDelhi,deliveredalectureonapplicationsof
general equilibrium theory. The second day involved a
detailed investigation of time series issues in economics.
Prof. Arup Mitra, Dean, Faculty of Economics, lectured on
various aspects of time series analysis, while Dr. Prakash
from the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi,
empirically demonstrated the concepts using the E-Views
software. Professor Arup Mitra and Dr. Debdatta Saha
werethecoordinatorsoftheworkshop.

Colloquiumoninternationalinvestmentlawandinvestmentarbitration
SAU FLS News (25.01.2020) New
Delhi: Faculty of Legal Studies,
South Asian University in
collaboration with P&A Law
offices, organised a colloquium
on international investment law
and investment arbitration at the
SAU campus on 25 January 2020.
Honourable Justice Vibhu Bhakru,
Judge, Delhi High Court delivered
the keynote address. Professor B
S Chimni, former professor of
international law at the Jawaharlal Nehru University delivered the special address. Dr. AVS Ramesh
Chandra, Acting President of SAU, also graced the occasion and delivered an opening address. Other
speakers included Professor James Nedumpara, Head, Centre for Trade and Investment Laws (CTIL),
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; Mr. Shreyas Jayasimha, Advocate, Arbitrator and Mediator; Mr. Nakul
Dewan,SeniorAdvocate,SupremeCourtofIndiaandBarrister,TwentyEssex,London.

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) empower foreign investors to directly bring claims against the host
State for treaty breaches before various arbitral forums commonly known as investor-State dispute
settlement mechanism (ISDS). The colloquium brought together various stakeholders like academicians,
practitioners, government officials, bureaucrats and students to discuss issues/concerns from the
perspective of the host state's right to regulate and from the perspective of protecting the rights of the
foreigninvestors.

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