Ep 23: Renuka Sane and Bhavin Patel on Trustbridge and improving the rule of law for businesses in India

Hi, welcome to the 23rd episode of Jack of all knowledge. In this episode, I am speaking with Dr. Renuka Sane and Bhavin Patel, who are the executive director, and program director at Trustbridge, respectively. Trustbridge, is a research institute which seeks to improve India's business environment by improving the rule of law for businesses in India. It has two focus areas. One is regulatory state capacity, which is the topic of our conversation today, and the other is government contracting and dispute resolution. 

I met Renuka and Bhavin at xkdr forum's office in Mumbai, last year while they were presenting their work, and have followed their work ever since. This conversation was a long time in making and I'm happy we finally managed to record this. We speak about the reason why Trustbridge exists, its aims and goals, about the excellent work being carried out at the institute, life in policy and much more. I had a great time speaking with them and I hope you enjoy the episode.

Show Notes.

1. Guide to writing good regulatory orders

2. Evaluation of SEBI's insider trading orders at SAT

3. Impact of insider trading on market is exaggerated

4. Evaluation of ERC's performance at APTEL

5. Improving legal transparency at RBI

6. Regulation of prepaid instrument regulation

7. Bypassing tribunals through writs

8. India's electricity sector needs structural reform

9. The safety of a good pension

10. Shamika Ravi and Renuka Sane on healthcare, economic slowdown and women's labour participation