{"id":200688,"date":"2018-08-29T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=200688"},"modified":"2018-08-29T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T05:10:00","slug":"nlsiu-talk-by-dr-varottil-umakanth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/29\/nlsiu-talk-by-dr-varottil-umakanth\/","title":{"rendered":"NLSIU | Talk by Dr. Varottil Umakanth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Varottil Umakanth (NLS Batch 1995) came down to NLSIU for a lecture\u00a0 on \u201cCapital Markets and the Regulatory State in India\u201d, on August 17, 2018.\u00a0 Dr. Umakanth is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A short abstract of the lecture is as follows: <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200690 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scconline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NLSIU_-Dr.-Varottil-Umakanth.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My goal in this lecture is to analyze the regulatory apparatus governing the capital markets in India, and to explore the role and performance of India\u2019s regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). 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