The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi with the support of the Centre for Trade and Investment Law and the Centre for WTO Studies organised the ‘Inauguration Ceremony of the India Chair of WTO Chairs Programme’ on 14 October 2022 at Auditorium, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. The inauguration was followed by three panel discussions on ‘Reinvigorating the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the WTO’, ‘Balancing Preferential and Multilateral Approaches to Free Trade’ and ‘Macroeconomic crisis and trade policy’. The panels consisted of eminent economists, law academics, and policy experts in the field of international trade. Shri. Sunil Barthwal, Commerce Secretary, Government of India delivered Chancellor’s Address. Mr. Xiangchen Zhang, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization, Geneva and Dr. Werner Zdouc, Director, WTO Chairs Programme (KMD) and Shri Amit Yadav, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India also addressed during this event.