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Crypto & India: Can Govt Balance Innovation & Regulation?

03 December, Friday 06:15 pm - 07:15 pm

Meet Our Speakers

Jayant Sinha

Jayant Sinha

Chairman,Parliamentary Committee on Finance

Jayant Sinha is a Member of Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance and Civil Aviation in the Government of India. He currently heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Financem, which has been looking closely at the emergence of cryptocurrencies. The son of former Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, Jayant is an alumnus of IIT Delhi, University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining politics, he had served as Partner at McKinsey & Company and in senior positions with Courage Capital and the Omidyar Network. He has been an investment fund manager and management consultant.

Avinash Shekhar

Avinash Shekhar

Co-CEO, ZebPay

Avinash is Co-CEO of India’s oldest and most widely-used Bitcoin and crypto asset exchange, ZebPay. He was instrumental in driving the trade, finance and operations strategy of the company. Having been a part of the Indian crypto industry since it’s nascent stages, he has been an early and ardent proponent of crypto regulation. A qualified chartered accountant, he has over 20 years of expertise in fundraising, profitability improvement and strategic business alliances.

Arvind Gupta

Arvind Gupta

Co-founder,Digital India Foundation

Arvind Gupta is Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation, a policy think tank working in areas of digital inclusion, smart cities, internet governance, data privacy & cyber security. He led the digital, social media and communication campaign for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 Elections Parliamentary elections. He is Member of Founder’s Circle of iSPiRT, which has worked extensively on the "IndiaStack". IndiaStack is a set of APIs that enables ease in integration of mobile applications with the data securely stored and provided by the government. Arvind is one of the thought leaders in implementing DBT throughout India.

Rashmi Deshpande

Rashmi Deshpande

Partner,Khaitan & Co

Rashmi is a Partner with Khaitan & Co dealing with Indirect Tax. Rashmi has significant experience in advisory and litigation matters and has advised clients in the financial, construction and pharmaceutical sectors. A member of the Bar Council, Rashmi is an alumnus of the ILS Law College in Pune. She has previously also worked at PwC, KPMG, BMR Advisors and Deloitte.

What To Expect

Welcome to the 19th episode of Moneycontrol Masterclass.

By most estimates, around 2 crore Indians hold investments in cryptocurrencies worth Rs 15,000-20,000 crore. But the regulatory environment around this space has been ambiguous and riddled with uncertainties. Amidst the frenetic growth of this unregulated sector, Finance Ministry is racing against time to introduce a planned bill on cryptocurrency in the winter session of Parliament. A recent meeting chaired by the Prime Minister had raised concerns about over-promising and non-transparent advertising by cryptocurrency exchanges. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance too had met industry representatives to understand the challenges and opportunities. What's the way forward for crypto finance in India? How can the Government harness the force of this technology in a balanced way? How can India balance regulation and innovation?

On this special edition of the Moneycontrol Masterclass we will be speaking to Hon. Jayant Sinha, MP, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance. We will also be discussing the industry concerns with a panel of experts including Sathvik Vishwanath of Unocoin, crypto-expert Ajeet Khurana and Rashmi Deshpande of Khaitan & Co.

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