CCI launches 'Knowledge Partnership'

The fair trade regulator CCI has launched a 'Knowledge Partnership Initiative' with various law schools in the country to spread the reach of competition law, Parliament was informed today.

"The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched the Knowledge Partnership Initiative (KPI) to expand the outreach of competition law in the country," Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Giving details of KPI, the minister said in the first phase, CCI had convened a meeting with 10 law schools in September this year.

This was to further the CCI perspective for "research knowledge creation, advocacy and educational outreach in competition law," the minister said.

The law schools include - NLSIU (Bengaluru), NALSAR (Hyderabad), NUJS (Kolkata), National Law University (Delhi), NLU (Jodhpur), RGNUL (Patiala), NLUJAA (Guwahati), NUSRL (Ranchi), ILS Law College (Pune) and OP Jindal Global University (Sonepat).

The second and third phases of the KPI would include management institutions and other institutions, the minister said.

"It is also aimed to partner the University Grants Commission, the Bar Council of India and the All India Council of Technical Education to help CCI achieve development of the competition culture in the country," he added.