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Konark Bhandari is a fellow with Carnegie India. He is a lawyer who has researched certain areas in the digital economy, focusing primarily on approaches to antitrust regulation of companies in the digital realm. He had earlier worked at India’s antitrust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), where he worked closely with senior officials on a variety of matters. While at the CCI, he was a member of the Internal Coordination Committee on the Think Tank on Digital Markets. Konark was also attached to the office of the chairperson of CCI, where his duties involved providing a briefing on live cases as well as speechwriting responsibilities.
He is also an expert on the regulation of the space technology ecosystem in India and has also written on India’s approach to international space partnerships through bilateral and multilateral accords. Konark contributes regularly to discussions on the semiconductor ecosystem, with his contributions being acknowledged in the SIA-IESA semiconductor “readiness assessment” report under the iCET (initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology).
Prior to joining Carnegie India, Konark was a fellow at the Centre for the Digital Future where he contributed to the discourse on comparative regulation of technology platform firms. Konark’s previous experience includes several years with the global law firm Rajah & Tann Asia in Singapore, where he worked in their South Asia Practice Group and the Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) team. Konark holds an LLM in corporate and financial services law from the National University of Singapore and a BA. LLB degree from the Symbiosis Law School, Pune.
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In this essay, Konark Bhandari discusses India and China's semiconductor sector efforts. While India attempts to integrate itself into a global supply chain from which it was largely missing, China, at the same time, is seeking to pursue self-sufficiency.
In an event hosted by the Hudson Institute, Rudra Chaudhuri and Konark Bhandari discussed the role technology will play in deepening the U.S.-India relationship.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Konark Bhandari is joined by Karl Mehta, Chairman of the Quad Investors Network, to explore the integration of advanced technologies into the Indian context.
- Konark Bhandari,
- Karl Mehta
This article is part of a series that will discuss some of the themes and proposals that are being considered for an ex-ante framework in India under the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL).
As Taiwan elects a new government, and as India heads into a federal election soon, could a renewed push by both towards a fresh approach to their economic relations be in the offing?
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- H.-S. Philip Wong,
- Dinsha Mistree,
- Jason Hsu,
- Konark Bhandari
In this episode of Interpreting India, former defence secretary Ajay Kumar joins Konark Bhandari to discuss defense innovation in India and the role of the partnerships in catalyzing defense projects.
This essay highlights some of the quick wins achieved under the INDUS-X framework and the next steps in defense innovation cooperation between India and the United States.
A host of stakeholders, ranging from U.S. allies to high-technology companies, need to find common ground on recent U.S. export control measures. This essay explores how a new multilateral export control regime based on COCOM could facilitate this.
In this episode of Interpreting India, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu joins Konark Bhandari to discuss the military applications of AI and the role of the UN in driving international governance on this issue.
- Konark Bhandari,
- Izumi Nakamitsu
How can India navigate export control measures at a time when it is also entering into technology-centric partnerships with other nations to secure enhanced access to advanced technology?