Competition panel sets up eminent persons advisory group

Aditi Nigam Updated - May 08, 2012 at 04:18 PM.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has constituted an Eminent Persons Advisory Group (EPAG) to give inputs and advice on issues impacting markets and competition, among others.

The group of ‘wise persons’ include Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, former Chairman, Infosys, Mr V.N. Kaul, former Comptroller and Auditor General, Dr Rakesh Mohan, former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank, Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon, Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, IIM-Ahmadabad,  Dr S.L Rao, former Chairman, CERC, Mr N.L Mitra, former Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore and Ms Rohini Nilekani, NGO activist, Bangalore.

The first meeting of the group is tentatively planned in July 2012, a Corporate Affairs Ministry release said here on Tuesday.

The group will have interaction/meetings with the commission two to three times a year, it added.

aditi.n@thehindu.co.in

Published on May 8, 2012 10:47