About the Book
WTO came into existence on January 1,1995. With its creation, multilateral trade has entered a new phase. Issues such as intellectual property rights, investment measures, trade in service, agriculture policies and multi-fibre agreement have appeared on the agenda of international trade. The global trade arena is littered with the most comprehensive and complex agreements and rules formulated by the powerful players. India has failed to comprehend these multilateral trade rules as well as their backlash on Indian economy and trade. Instead of now complaining about dilution of our sovereignty - which we voluntarily globalised way back in 1994 - let us face the challenges intelligently. Even now there are sufficient safeguards in the WTO agreements to protect our interests. Let not our incomplete and imperfect knowledge of global trade rules prevent us from using these agreements to our advantages. So, what is basically required is an understanding of these new global trade rules. This book serves that need. The object of the book is to scan the vital WTO agreements; assess their implications on national interest; and to suggest the line of action in future multilateral trade talks.
About the Author
Dr. Nilima Chandiramani, recipient of several gold/silver medals and awards, embarked on her teaching career in 1971. After teaching law at all the three law colleges in south Mumbai she joined the Department of Law, University of Mumbai in 1990 where she was the Dean of Faculty of Law. Currently she is the Principal of Nari Gursahani Law College and the acting Director of DM Harish School of Law. She received the Best Teacher award from the University of Mumbai in 2002 and the Best Presenter plaque from the University of Piracicaba, Brazil in 2003. On 11 March 2016 she was conferred the Women's Achiever Award 2016 followed by the Indian Merchant's Chamber honoring her with an Award on 11 April 2016 for her remarkable contribution in the field of Mediation. She received two Life-time Achievement Awards, one on 11 March 2018 and the other on 11 March 2019.
Having authored more than half a dozen law books, one of them [ A Guide to Customs Act] being funded and sponsored by the UGC, and having written university course materials for NLSIU and University of Mumbai, Dr. Chandiramani has published more than forty research papers in national and international journals. She was commissioned by the National Commission for Women to write two notable reports, one on Review of Gender related Laws and the other on Feminist Jurisprudence. She was a member of the Task Force, Ministry of Environment and Forests to evaluate introduction of market-based instruments to abate industrial pollution.
Dr. Chandiramani has engaged government officials of Atomic Energy, National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics, SSI, and SMEs as well as members of Social Service League, Wome's Welfare Organizations, SNDT University, etc. She was nominated by the National Human Rights Commission as a representative for women's jail in Byculla, Mumbai. Not resting her oars with teaching, researching, writing and social work, Dr. Chandiramani enjoys training Indian industry in areas of commercial and shipping laws.
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay appointed her to revamp the law examination process and nominated her as a member of a committee to conduct inquiries in cases of sexual harassment at workplace.
