A comprehensive study of risk culture and best risk management practices in organisations. The report is the outcome of a 9-month research project between IRM India and ICICI Lombard (India's largest private general insurance company).
Pendyal K.
In this chapter, the author looks at the challenges to the IoT system due to standard essential patents (SEPs) by looking at guidelines issued by regulators across the world to enable policymakers and judiciaries to deal with critical issues raised in cases involving SEPs. SEPs present a unique challenge as they require balancing the principles of intellectual property law and competition policy. The author analyses four critical challenges raised in disputes involving SEPs by looking at policy guidelines and arrives at the best practices drawn from these guidelines so that they may be used as guideposts for policymakers and regulators to resolve the increasing number of disputes involving SEPs. Finally, the author identifies some key challenges and systemic issues that are yet to be addressed – issues at the centre of some of the most significant disputes involving SEPs today.
Sengupta S., Pendyal K. & Chaudhuri A.D.
This was a response to a draft policy by the Government of India governing Data Centres. In the response, the author analyse the draft Data Centre Policy, 2020 released by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. The policy response suggests some changes to the draft policy of the government. These proposed changes are across multiple areas - definitions, regulatory recommendations, and changes with respect to environmental & other standards.
Pendyal K., Rajan A. & Balakumar K.
COVID-19 brought into focus issues of state capacity, preparedness, and governance mechanisms globally. Large countries like India had sub-nationalities differing in policy making, implementation, and outcomes. Studying these differences raises challenges due to difficulty in controlling for differences between states because of socio-economic and demographic differences. In this paper, we compare how the differences in political structures have influenced state’s response to a public health crisis. state governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh handled COVID-19. Since Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were formed from the erstwhile state of undivided Andhra Pradesh, we study the difference in COVID-19 induced hospitalization rates, mortality rates, and recovery rates of these states in a natural experiment setting. We study these differences using Regression Discontinuity in Time (before and after a specified event – the ‘Unlock’ in India). Our analysis reveals no statistically significant difference in Telangana before and after the treatment of ‘Unlock’ while Andhra Pradesh exhibited significant difference in the progress of COVID-19 parameters. We explain the results using Principal – Agent theory in the context of governance & accountability showing the presence of a credible opposition party is instrumental in ensuring proper collection & reporting of health statistics thereby reducing monitoring costs for principals (citizens). This has a direct impact on public health outcomes.
Pendyal K., Rajan A. & Jha A.
The nature of standards and the market power enjoyed by owners of SEPs leads to a situation where it is almost essential for a mobile phone manufacturer to have a strong patent portfolio for it to be a dominant player. This strong portfolio would give the phone manufacturer strong leverage when negotiating patent licenses/royalties with SEP owners. Xiaomi is probably one of the handful of companies that are dominant players in the market but do not have a strong SEP portfolio (IIPTA, 2017; Schindler, 2022; LexisNexis, 2023; Taylor, 2023). In this paper, we are studying the business impact that a company might face due to not having a strong patent portfolio as compared to competitors. India is emerging as an important jurisdiction for SEP litigation. We use sales performance of Xiaomi versus its competitors in South Africa as our control and India as our treatment group.
Sharma, M. and Pendyal, K.
This research article studies the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 notified by the Government of India in February 2021. The article looks at Part II of the Rules and tries to draw parallels between these Rules and similar provisions introduced to protect copyright holders. We particularly focus on the potential chilling effects these provisions can have on free speech.
Pendyal K., Rajan A., Balakumar K. & Achari G.
Pendyal K. & Rajan A.