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.
Membership of ESG is open to the following:
- Doctoral candidates in insolvency and related areas
- Postdocs in insolvency and related areas
- ILA Junior Fellows
- International Insolvency Institute Next Gen Leaders
- INSOL International Future Leaders
- INSOL Europe’s Young Scholars
- ILA Research Associates – serving and past
ESG Leadership
Dr. Jonatan Schytzer
(Chair), ESG;
Associate Professor, Department of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden
Ishana Tripathi
(Co-Chair), ESG;
Director – Research and Innovation; Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. India
ESG members
Neeha Nagpal
Managing Partner,
N & Company Legal, India
Eshna Kumar
Counsel; Founder,
Chambers of Eshna Kumar, India
Raja A.K.
Advocate; Insolvency Professional; Director, Stress Credit Resolution Private Limited, India
Dr. Sabrina Becue
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Commercial Law, University of Sao Paulo Law School, Brazil
Dr. Sanchita Tewari
Assistant Professor, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India
Dr. Niccolo Usai
Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Florence, Italy
Parth Upadhyay
Assistant Professor of Law, Chanakya National Law University, India
Sneha V.
Advocate; Assistant
Manager, Deloitte, India
Prerna Seerwani
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Ahemdabad, India
K.V. Mahitha
Independent Researcher,
India
Anushka Bhatt
Student, PGIP (LLM), National Law University Delhi, India
Pranjal Parey
Student, PGIP (LLM), National Law University Delhi, India
Aditya Sushant Jain
Final Year, Law Student, O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Mahi Agarwal
Student, Hidayatullah National Law University, India
Satvik Mittal
Student, National Law University Odisha, India
Krishna Dube
Student, The National Law Institute University Bhopal, India
Aanjaneya Singh
Advocate
call for papers - 2026
The 5th Annual Conference and the 4th ESG Meeting will convene at Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India from 12–14 March 2027.
We are particularly interested in submissions in the following areas:
- Reimagining the role of courts, tribunals and judges in the insolvency process
- Insolvency of natural persons, small enterprises, and consumer debt default
- Group insolvency of multinational corporations
- Household Debt
- Turnaround as focus of hybrid restructuring mechanisms
- Approach to insolvency in enterprises operating complex sectors of economy