The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has constituted an Eminent Persons Advisory Group (EPAG). This will serve as a group of ‘wise persons’ to give broad inputs and advice on larger issues impacting markets and competition, good international practices, improved advocacy etc. to the Commission. EPAG will have interaction/meetings with the Commission two to three times in a year. The group has been constituted in a manner that CCI could benefit from the advice of eminent persons representing a wide arena from the Corporate Sector, Academics, NGOs, Regulatory Authorities, Reserve Bank of India, CAG etc.  The following eminent persons have consented to be Member of the EPAG: 

1.      Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy- Former Chairman, Infosys

2.      Shri V.N. Kaul- Former CAG

3.      Dr. Rakesh Mohan-  Ex  Dy. Governor, RBI

4.      Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – CMD, Biocon

5.      Dr. Bakul H. Dholakia- Former Director, IIM Ahmadabad

6.      Dr. S.L. Rao – Ex chairman, CERC and Ex-Director General, National council of Applied Economic Research

7.      Shri N.L. Mitra- Former Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore

8.      Ms Rohini Nilekani – NGO activist, Bangalore

First meeting of the Group is tentatively planned in July, 2012.

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