Top business minds will from different companies will come together to discuss the challenges and the opportunities for mergers and acquisitions in India. The panelists, to discuss and debate the subject of M&A in India: Challenges and opportunities, are:

Sushil Agarwal, Group CFO, Aditya Birla Group

Seshagiri Rao, Jt Managing Director, JSW Steel

Jaspal Bindra, Executive Chairman, Centrum Group

Harsh Pais, Partner, Trilegal

Rohit Berry – Partner and Head, Deal Advisory, KPMG in India

Aarti Raghavan, Vice President and Head – M&A, Vedanta Ltd

The panel discussion will be moderated by Chandresh Ruparel, MD & Head of India of Rothschild.

Here's what panelists said:

“India is a country with a lot of potential," says Seshagiri Rao, Jt Managing Director, JSW Steel.

"The future is very bright from the timing perspective," says Jaspal Bindra of Centrum Group.

India is a country with a lot of potential: Watch Sheshagiri Rao, Jt MD, @jswsteel, share his views on 'M&A in India: Challenges and opportunities' at the Mint India 

“The potential is only larger to the extent that the current environment is slow," says Jaspal Bindra, Executive Chairman, Centrum Group.

"The best time for mergers and acquisitions activity is when there is high growth rate, good demographics, and exceptional talent... and I think we have all those in India," says Jaspal Bindra, Executive Chairman, Centrum Group

'Govt and SEBI have come to a consensus which is historically public sector companies cant leave the market because investors also need quality papers.'

'What the govt has concluded is that for the capital market to work efficiently and for the other companies to access the capital market there needs to be a exit route. Can't be like Hotel California where you can check in but never check out,' says Harsh Pais, Partner, Trilegal.
"There's been a series of smaller, quieter changes which are in process of rewriting how public companies acquisition are going to happen," says Harsh Pais, Partner, @TrilegalLaw #InvestmentSummit

"Great move to bring back the divestment," says Aarti Raghavan, Vice President and Head – M&A, Vedanta Ltd.

"We are seeing good quality deals because of the IBC," says Rohit Berry – Partner and Head, Deal Advisory, KPMG in India.

"Planning at the global level and the confidence about India remains fairly strong," says Rohit Berry – Partner and Head, Deal Advisory, KPMG in India.