Diploma in Understanding the Legal Aspects of Food and Beverages Business in India

The food and beverages sector acts as a key link between agriculture and manufacturing. India has witnessed a significant growth in the GDP contribution of this sector over the last few decades. This, coupled with the fact that e-commerce in food and beverages in India is on the rise, has created a suitable environment for this sector to boom. However, like any other sector, this sector too has to comply with certain rules and regulations while operating business, and non-compliance attracts penalties.

The Diploma in Understanding the Legal Aspects of Food and Beverages Business in India aims to highlight the legal framework regulation any business operation in India, with special focus on the food and beverages sector, by means of video lectures by Mr. Rodney D Ryder, Managing Partner, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants and Mr. Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Corp Comm Legal, in association with Enhelion.

According to the law firms and our policy, the course fees will not be refunded.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART?

Enrolling for the diploma programme will enable you to:

• Get a better understanding of the topics by being mentored by various practicing lawyers having experience of more than 40 years in the profession, who also form a part of core Enhelion team
• Get lifetime access to the recorded lectures which are stored in Enhelion’s database for any future reference
• Interact with the Enhelion team on one-to-one basis at various intervals
• Get assessed on the basis of online submission of assignment

The curriculum has been designed to provide an overview of various legal compliances which a business entity per se should be aware of. It further highlights the key compliances and procedural requirements specifically with respect to the food and beverages business in India like registration, permits, licenses, FSSAI compliances etc.

The following modules are covered under the course [Video lectures only]-

• Module 1: Corporate Laws: An Introduction
• Module 2: Intellectual Property, The Internet and E-Commerce
• Module 3: Information Technology Laws [Data Protection, Privacy and Corporate Compliance] and Business
• Module 4: Competition Law
• Module 5: Foreign Direct Investment
• Module 6: Contract Drafting – Agreements and Checklists
• Module 7: Introduction to Food and Beverage Law
• Module 8: Food Safety Standards in India
• Module 9: Permits and Licences
• Module 10: Franchising

Module 11: Tax and Insurance in the Food Industry

1. Rodney D Ryder

Rodney D. Ryder is the founding partner at Scriboard and is a leading technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder is also advisor to the Data Security Council of India [a NASSCOM initiative] on the structuring of industry data privacy and information security policies and contractual standards. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

2. Bhumesh Verma

Bhumesh Verma is the Managing Partner of Corp Comm Legal, an independent Indian law firm headquartered in New Delhi. Having started his career at Ajay Bahl& Co. (now part of AZB & Partners), Bhumesh went on to become partner at some of the leading Indian law firms in India. He received the coveted Chevening Scholarship by the UK Government in 2000 whereunder he studied in College of Law, York and was a visiting lawyer with Ashursts’ London office. With over two decades of experience, Bhumesh is one of the leading Indian senior corporate practitioners (consistently ranked in the ‘A List’ of the Top 100 Indian Lawyers by India Business Law Journal). His expertise areas are advising domestic and foreign clients on inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, technical collaborations, external commercial borrowings, corporate structuring, strategic advice, regulatory approvals, corporate advisory, due diligence and related fields.

In every walk of life, the process of evaluation takes place in one form or the other. If the evaluation process is eliminated from human life then perhaps the aim of life may be lost. Being in the same line, Enhelion is committed to evaluate the process of learning through its courses.

The enrollee will be evaluated based on two Project Assignments, which would test the analytical understanding of the topics covered in the video lecture.

The most intriguing aspect of the evaluation process is the time flexibility it affords. You can choose to undergo the evaluation process as and when you are ready for the same.

To be eligible to receive a certificate after successful completion of the course, one is required to secure an overall minimum of 40 percent in the Project Assignments.

1. Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants

Scriboard is a full service commercial law firm specialising in Information Technology and Intellectual Property and related services. The firm is legal counsel to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI], which manages the .in [Indian Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions]. They are also India Counsel to a leading social networking website, major oil and technology companies. They advise the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on Internet Security and Cyber Crimes.

2. Corp Comm Legal

Corp Comm Legal is a corporate/commercial laws focused firm. The Firm offers the expertise of highly reputed and skilled practitioners in diverse practice areas, namely Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property Rights, Secretarial Compliances, Due Diligence, Employment and Industrial laws, Dispute Resolution, etc. The firm has associate offices across all major cities in India and also work with several foreign law firms on a non-exclusive basis on international transactions.