Centre for Competition & Regulation

A research centre bringing regulators, scholars, practitioners, students, and industry into one conversation on competition regulation.

About CCR

The Centre for Competition and Regulation (CCR) at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, has been instituted with the intention of providing research, training and consultation in the area of Law and Economics in general with a focus on Competition Law and Economics. It aims to bring together various stakeholders such as regulators, academicians, practitioners and the industry to provide for better understanding and critical thinking of current law and policy. Efficient and timely law, policy, and enforcement is a crucial driver of economic growth, and CCR is driven by these concerns.

What We Do

Research
Doctrinal and empirical study of competition law and economic regulation, from enforcement to sectoral questions.

Training

Capacity-building for regulators, officials, practitioners and students in applied competition economics.

Consultation

Evidence-driven advisory engagement with public bodies and industry on live questions of law and policy.

Publications

Working papers, policy submissions, commentary and the Centre's newsletter, putting research into circulation.

Meet the Team

Director

Dr. (Prof.) T. S. Somashekar | somashekhar@nls.ac.in

Dr. Somashekhar has over 20 years of experience in teaching students of economics and law. Spanning this career he has been an Erasmus Mundus Fellow at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany in 2006, an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of Karnataka (2008)- to help formulate the industrial policy, a two time United States International Visitors Leadership Program participant (2009-10), a Global Visiting Professor at the Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University (Dallas) for five years (2011 -2014) and an Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Chair Professor at Sciences Po (Paris) in 2011. He has produced research reports on competition law issues in the ecommerce and high technology sectors.

He is currently a member of the advisory board for the European Doctorate in Law and Economics.

Advisory Board

Professor Aditya Bhattacharjea is an Indian economist specialising in industrial organization, international trade, labour economics, and competition law.

He completed his undergraduate studies at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and pursued his postgraduate education at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He later undertook advanced studies at the University of Cambridge and Boston University, where he trained in microeconomic theory and international trade, particularly in contexts of imperfect competition.

He had long career as professor of Economics at Delhi School of Economics. There he also served as the Head of the Dept. of Economics and Executive Director of the Centre for Development Economies. He was a visiting professor at Duke University. He was also member of Government of India Expert Group on Trade and Competition Policy, Competition Law Review Committee and WTO training programmes. He is currently an Honorary Visiting Professor at the Institute for Studies in industrial Development.

Shruti Aji Murali is a competition lawyer with experience across leading Indian antitrust practices, where she worked on enforcement, litigation, and merger control, including end-to-end handling of multi-jurisdictional transactions. She is currently Knowledge Management Counsel at Axiom5 Law Chambers, where she focuses on capability building, institutional strategy, and supporting legal practice through structured knowledge systems, with a particular emphasis on digital markets and the intersection of competition law and privacy regulation.

She has contributed to policy and regulatory processes, including work on the draft Digital Competition Bill, stakeholder submissions to the Competition Commission of India on amendments to the Competition Act, 2002, and inputs on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, on behalf of the American Bar Association.

She has also served as Visiting Faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Art & Design from Srishti College of Art, Design and Technology. She additionally serves as Young Lawyer Representative to the Diversity.Advanced Committee of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section

Shashank Sharma is a competition law and policy specialist currently serving as Policy Lead at Axiom5 Law Chambers. He is a competition law specialist with over a decade of experience, with a particular focus on antitrust and competition economics.

He has contributed to competition policy through his involvement in the Competition Law Review Committee, including the Working Group on Big Data and New Age Markets, advised a sovereign state on reforming its competition law regime, and worked with international consulting groups on digital market regulation in the European Union. He also conducts training programmes for public and private institutions. Alongside, he is also a Visiting Faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

He holds a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University (2013), an LL.M. and M.A. with distinction from the European Masters in Law and Economics (2017), and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the European Doctorate in Law and Economics, with research on competition law enforcement in multi-sided platforms, focusing on damages and remedies.

Dr. Shubha Ghosh is the Crandall Melvin Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law, where he also directs the Technology Commercialization Curricular Program. He holds a J.D. from Stanford University, a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and a B.A., cum laude, from Amherst College. Before joining Syracuse in 2016, he served as a chaired, tenured professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and co-directed its interdisciplinary Innovation cluster. At Syracuse, he oversees initiatives including the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute and the Innovation Law Center, which together provide students with rigorous training and clinical experience in intellectual property, business law, and technology commercialization.

Professor Ghosh’s work bridges academia, policy, and practice. Through the New York State Science and Technology Law Center, he advises entrepreneurs, research institutions, and policymakers on innovation, economic development, and intellectual property strategy, including nonprofit–private sector collaborations and technology licensing. A prolific scholar, his research spans intellectual property, antitrust, competition policy, and technology transfer, with a focus on how legal frameworks shape markets and innovation. His book Exhausting Intellectual Property Rights (Cambridge, 2018) has been widely recognized and featured in international academic and policy forums, and he regularly contributes to legal blogs, webcasts, and public discussions on law and technology.

Faculty Members

Dr. Garima Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru (NLSIU), and is affiliated with the ICICI Professorial Chair on Business Laws at NLSIU. She holds a PhD and LL.M from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad and has completed her B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from NUSRL, Ranchi, graduating as a Gold Medallist. Her PhD research, titled “Competition in Data-Driven Digital Markets: An Antitrust Analysis,” examined how big data, algorithmic behaviour, and platform-driven market structures shape competitive dynamics and challenge traditional antitrust frameworks. Before joining academia, she worked in the Corporate Legal Department of HDFC Limited, Mumbai, gaining practical experience in capital markets, finance, and corporate transactions. She has published in reputed national and international journals on themes such as digital capitalism, big data and competition law, disruptive innovation, corporate social responsibility, and contemporary regulatory issues.

At NLSIU, Dr. Gupta teaches Corporate Laws including company law, competition law, insolvency laws, foreign exchange and financial market regulation. Her research and teaching interests span corporate laws, including company law, competition law, insolvency law, and other business laws, with a sustained focus on how legal and regulatory systems can adapt to emerging economic and technological transformations.

Some of of her publications are as follows:

Report: ‘Rethinking Digital Lending: A Whitepaper on Inclusion of NBFCs in the Credit Line on UPI Infrastructure’, the study was undertaken by the Chair on Consumer Law and Practice, NLSIU Bengaluru and is funded by Technology Services Industry Association (2026). (Co-authored)
Investor Protection Reimagined: Ombudspersons, Charters, and the Limits of Redress, The NLS Blog, (April 10, 2026) (Co-authored).
Grounded flights, grounded rights: IndiGo and a dual regulatory scrutiny, Deccan Herald (opinion) (Jan 16, 2026) (Co-authored).
Reimagining Functional Narratives: Recoding the DNA of Corporate Social Responsibility, Asian Journal of Business Ethics, Springer (2024).
Antitrust Concerns in the Age of Data-Driven Economies: The Need to Revive the ‘Essential Facilities Doctrine’, Liverpool Law Review (2023).
Does ‘Big Data’ Provide A Competitive Advantage to Firms: An Antitrust Analysis, Asian Journal of Business Ethics, Springer (2022).
ChatGPT and Digital Capitalism: Need for An Antidote of Competition Law, Curmudgeon Corner, AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication (2023).
Antitrust Concerns Vis-À-Vis Disruptive Innovation-Takeaways for Competition Commission of India, Indian Journal of Law and Technology, NLSIU Bangalore (2023) (Co-authored).
The Debate on ‘One Nation, One Language’, International Journal of Language & Law (2022).
Student Evaluation at Law Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Purpose and Practice, Canadian Legal Education Annual Review (2022).

Dr. Suryaprakash Mishra is an Associate Professor of Economics and the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the CSSSC/Jadavpur University and an M.S. from Clemson University, USA. Over an extensive 15-year career, Dr. Mishra has established a stellar pedagogical legacy across premier global and national institutions, including NALSAR, NLU Delhi, and XLRI Jamshedpur. His academic expertise centers on Applied/Economic Theory, specifically examining the intersections of Industrial Organization, Development Economics, and Law and Economics.

Dr. Mishra’s research portfolio features impactful, peer-reviewed articles in distinguished international journals like the Review of Development Economics and The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. His innovative modeling challenges conventional literature on market dynamics, strategic false litigation, and credit rationing.

For more details: https://www.nls.ac.in/faculty/dr-suryaprakash-mishra/

Student Research Associates

Aparna Singh • Aprameya Sheshadri • Arnav Maheshwari • Arushi Yadav • Aslesha Ajitsaria • Gayatri Sunil Nair • Jigyasa • Khushi Gupta • Piyush Gupta • Pranav Mittal • Rachana Prakash • Sharad Kumar • Shashwat Shankar • Srijan Pandey • Sumukhi Subramanian • Vikram Raj Nanda • Vipul Khicha • Viraj Thakur • Vrinda Sharma