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Abhineet Nayyar
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29 Apr 2025
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How Concentration Kills Innovation: A Round Table on Investing and Innovating in the Age of Big TechWe are at the cusp of pivotal technological transformation – driven by rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence, computing, robotics, biotechnology, and digital infrastructure, including the next generation of communication …
11 Apr 2025
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Whose Technology is it Anyway? An exploratory essay on the political economy of India's digital revolutionThe story of India's digital journey has become an oft-cited tale of economic success across the globe, inspiring similar experiments in other nations in the Global Majority world - most prominently across sub-Saharan Africa. At home, …
23 Dec 2024
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Explainer | Predatory PricingWho doesn't love discounts? After all, that is what got so many of us on the internet for the first time. And yet, earlier this year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, in its draft Digital Competition Bill, mentioned 'Pricing/Deep …
29 Nov 2024
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AI for Healthcare: Understanding Data Supply Chain and Auditability in IndiaThis report aims to understand the prevalence and use of AI auditing practices in the healthcare sector. By mapping the data supply chain underlying AI technologies, the study aims to unpack i) how AI systems are developed and deployed to …
16 Oct 2024
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Explainer | Tying and BundlingEarlier this year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs released the draft Digital Competition Bill for public comment. Although much has been written about the ex-ante process it proposes, there is little discussion of the nine …
5 Aug 2024
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Combinations and Competition: Why the draft DCB must account for digital mergers and acquisitionsMergers and Acquisitions (collectively, M&As or Combinations) have been a common practice in industry consolidation for many years now. In fact, as Zuckerberg’s infamous quote suggests, it might be one of the central pillars of today’s …
16 May 2024
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Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024This submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), …
9 Apr 2024
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Digital Markets and India: Demystifying the Draft DCBThis document summarises the proceedings of the Roundtable on the draft Digital Competition Bill (DCB) [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Roundtable’]. The Roundtable was conducted online on April 1, 2024, and included representation from …