Assocham Presents: 11th International Tax Conference

ASSOCHAM has always aimed to enhance awareness of topical issues that confront today's business enterprises. Issues such as the effects of the current tax regimes on levels of foreign investment, the problems involved in integrating domestic tax reforms with existing international tax treaties and arrangements, international tax avoidance and efforts to prevent it; the existence and impact of tax havens and other low-tax jurisdictions are all of utmost important. We, as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, need to take into account how various International taxation issues will affect us. 

Chief Guest: Shri Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Guest of Honour: Shri K V Chowdary, Chairman, CBDT

Therefore to present a wider perspective of contemporary international taxation typical issues and procedures and offer insight into issues that impinge the growth of international trade and commerce, ASSOCHAM is organizing its 11th International Tax Conference as per the following schedule:

The 11th International Tax Conference of ASSOCHAM envisages providing a platform for the tax payers, tax professionals and policy makers to understand each other's perspective in respect of legislation affecting international transactions. 


Shri Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance has kindly agreed to be the Chief Guest for this Conference and share his important views with the participants. Shri K V Chowdary, Chairman, CBDT, Ministry of Finance has also agreed to deliver the special address at the Conference. In this regard, we would request you to kindly block your diaries for this meaningful conference.

• Shri Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance

• Shri K.V. Chowdary, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

• Smt. Promila Bhardwaj, Director General of Income Tax (Systems)

• Shri Akhilesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary, Foreign Tax Division- I

• Shri M S Ray, Director of Income Tax (International Tax-I)

• Dr. Ganpati Bhatt, Director of Income Tax (Transfer Pricing-I)

• Shri Kamlesh C. Varshney, Commissioner of Income Tax (APA)

• Shri D P Nagendra Kumar, Additional Director General-Audit, National Academy of Customs Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), Bangalore

• Shri Rana Kapoor, President, ASSOCHAM

• Shri Sunil Kanoria, Sr. Vice President, ASSOCHAM

• Shri M. Lakshminarayanan, Chairman, National Council on International Tax, ASSOCHAM

• Shri Rahul Garg, Co-Chairman, National Council on International& Direct Taxes, ASSOCHAM

• Shri S.P. Singh, Co-Chairman, National Council on Direct Taxes, ASSOCHAM

• Shri J K Mittal, Co-Chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM

• Shri Vijay Mathur, Senior Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Shri S. Dutt Majumder, Former Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)

• Shri S. R. Wadhwa, Former Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission

• Shri Gautam Mehra, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Shri Sandeep Puri, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Shri Nitin Karve, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Shri K.R. Sekar, Partner, Deloitte India

• Shri Tarun Arora, Partner, Deloitte India

• Shri Rajesh Gandhi, Partner, Deloitte

• Shri Amit Agarwal, Partner, Nangia & Co.

• Mohd Haroon Qureshi, Head of Tax - Asia Pacific, Genpact

• Ms. Saloni Roy, Sr. Director, Deloitte India

• Shri Amit Gupta, Director - Tax, Asia Pacific & Japan, Dell Global B.V

• Shri Nitin Gupta, Director - Tax and Trade (South Asia), Alcatel-Lucent India Ltd.

• Ms. Sabine Wahl, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Ms. Richa Gupta, Director, Deloitte India

• Shri Alok Loyalka, Associate Director, Fidelity India Limited

Who should attend:

The conference is targeted at: CEOs, CFOs, Tax Experts, Middle & Sr. Level Officers dealing in Taxation in the corporate world as well as practicing CA, CS, CMA and other related professionals, Trade & Industry, Government, Public Sector Units, Consultancy Organizations, Funding Agencies, Corporate Lawyers, Banks & Other Financial Institutions, FTOs.