This was followed by a panel discussion on contemporary issues in Banking Consolidation, moderated by Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The members of the panel were Nipun Mehta, Head & Executive Director, SG Private Banking India, Dr Rajendra Vaidya, Professor, IGIDR, Ganesh Shankaran, Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank Ltd., P Ramesh, Senior Partner, Deloitee, Prof Hani Alfeeli, Member of Board of Accountancy Dept., College of Business Studies, Kuwait.