Emerging Scholars Group

As part of the initiative to systematically develop and mentor young scholars in insolvency, ILA has set up Emerging Scholars Group (ESG), a platform to bring together early career academics and young professionals from around the world, and offer them opportunities to research and participate in discourse relating to insolvency laws to improve approaches to national and international practice, promote professional excellence, collegiality and scholarship. ILA will employ the talents, resources and good will of ESG members in its various projects and programmes

esg Structure

  • ESG will function under the guidance of ISF with secretariat support from ILA.
  • ESG Committee will drive the activities of ESG.
  • There are two co-chairs of ESG Committee – one from India and the other from another jurisdiction. There are two vice-chairs. one from India and the other from another jurisdiction.
  • The composition and nominations to ESG Committee is decided by ISF in consultation with ILA leadership.

Mariam Zaidi

(Co-Chair)
Senior Legal Officer,
Piramal Capital & Housing Finance,
INSOL Fellow, III Next Gen Leader, India

Dr. Eugenio Vaccari

(Co-Chair)
Senior Lecturer in Law,
Department of Law and Criminology,
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Dr. Raghav Pandey

(Vice Chair)
Assistant Professor, NLU Delhi,
India

Priya Misra

(Co-Vice Chair)
Research Assistant,
New York University School of Law

Vaidehi Gulati

(Ex-Officio Convenor and Secretary)
ILA Research Fellow,
India

Preeti Nalavadi

(Co-Convenor)
PhD candidate, Adelaide Law School,
The University of Adelaide,
Australia

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insolvency law academy interNational Short Story (Insolvency and Bankruptcy) Contest-2024

Insolvency Law Academy announces the 3rd Edition of ILA International Short Story (Insolvency and Bankruptcy) Contest, to be organised in collaboration with the ILA’s Emerging Scholars Group (ESG).  By way of this Contest, ILA-ESG invite short stories from the public on corporate insolvency and bankruptcy topics. The submissions are required to be made in accordance with the Guidelines for Participation and Submissions. 

While promoting the much needed conversation on corporate insolvency and bankruptcy and help to create awareness about the benefits of insolvency and bankruptcy law, the Contest will gather resource material for ESG to study the notion of stigma and other negative notions that often serve as an impediment in use of insolvency law.

call for papers - 2024

The Emerging Scholars Group (ESG) is pleased to announce the hosting of its 2nd meeting. The ESG meeting and the Insolvency Scholars Forum will convene in Alwar, Rajasthan (India) from 14th–16th March 2025. This 2nd ESG meeting aims to provide a forum for emerging scholars to present their research to their peers and to experienced scholars. We are particularly interested in submissions in the following areas:
  • Sustainability in insolvency procedures
  • Insolvency reforms in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)
  • Cross-border insolvency
  • Financial institutions in distress
We are happy to consider contributions on other allied topics, like pre-insolvency procedures, MSEs in distress, household debt, digital assets tracing in cross border insolvency, etc.