Knowledge Event

Union Budget 2016-17: Return of Good Days?

Event Details
Date: March 2, 2016, Wednesday
Time: 2:30pm-6:30pm

If there is one policy event that is awaited every single year, it is the Union Budget. And this
year is no different. In fact, it might be even more significant now than in the past. And
heres why: Almost 2 years in power, the NDA government has made much progress but
far more remains to be done. Indias growth is high as per global standards, but back

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home, demand remains wanting and stalled legislations hold India back from making rapid
progress.
Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, will present the budget with this as the backdrop. For
a government that came into power on the promise of Achhe Din or Good days; the
question on everyones mind is:

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Can the Union budget mark the return of the good days?

Join us for our post-budget event to understand how the budget fared this time around. The
event will be in the form of a presentation discussion, wherein two experts in the field of
economics and taxation will give their assessment of how far the budget matched up to
expectations in a presentation format (Speakers Profiles on the next page), followed by a
Q&A session by the participants on budget announcements.

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Speaker Profiles
Dr. Brinda Jagirdar
Dr. Brinda Jagirdar is an independent director and senior business economist based in Mumbai. She retired
as the Chief Economist, State Bank of India. She has been associated with the Raghuram Rajan Committee
on Financial Sector Reforms in India, was a member of the Planning Commissions sub-group on household
sector savings for the 12th five year plan and member of the Ministry of Finance Group on Deepening Indias
Household Financial Services. She is a PhD in Economics from the University of Mumbai, MS in Economics
from University of California at Davis, USA, MA in Economics from Gokhale Institute, Pune and also attended
the Executive Programme, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.

Mr. Rakesh Dharawat

Rakesh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of chartered Accountants of India and a law graduate with over 25
years of consulting experience in direct tax and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Dhruva Advisors, Rakesh
was a partner with PwC and KPMG. He has significant experience in advising companies on domestic and
cross border taxation, inbound investment and entry strategies. He also routinely represents clients before
income tax authorities at all levels. Rakesh specialises in advising on complex M&A and internal restructuring
transactions as well as in supporting and advising on complex litigation matters. He is also involved in tax
advocacy matters and supports industry associations on tax policy issues. Rakesh is a regular speaker at
various forums and has contributed several articles/papers in professional journals/newspapers.

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About Orbis Economics Knowledge Events

Aimed at providing insights into key macro-economic issues and themes as they impact the investor, professional, entrepreneur, analyst
and more, Orbis Economics formally initiated its knowledge events at the start of 2015. Since then, we have successfully hosted multiple
events in NCR and Mumbai.
Some of the themes covered are:

Economics For Business

Pre-Budget Presentation-Discussion

Gearing up for 2015-16

Half year economy update

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