Vinod Surana

Dr. Vinod Surana is the CEO & Managing Partner of full service law firm Surana and Surana International Attorneys.^[1]

Education

Vinod's initial education was at Chennai having obtained his Bachelors in law from Madras University, India.^[2] He later went on to Cornell University, USA to complete his L.L.M. Vinod became the first non-American International President of The International Law Students Association (ILSA), a body which enjoys advisor status to the U.N.^[3] He went on to receive diplomas and executive training from Harvard University, London School of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian School of Business Hyderabad.^[4] Vinod came a full circle when he completed his Doctorate in law from University of Madras.

Professional Work

He has been instrumental in expansion of the firm's Corporate & International practice. A certified director & strategic thinker he plays an advisory role and is on board with several corporate. He has propagated the Surana model for sustainable development. He has brought out the following publications & reports.

1)India & Argentina - Strategic partners in Industry and business with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 2010 covering comprehensive guide to trade, tax, legal issues between India and Argentina.

2)Uruguay – India Report on trade and investment links (Key economic indicators and bilateral relations) along with CPA Ferrere (Uruguay) - 2010 Forewords BY: H.E. Mr. R. Viswanathan, Ambassador of India to Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay and H.E. Mr. César Ferrer, Ambassador of Uruguay to India.

3)Quick guide to investing in India 2011 - Comprehensive guide with legal, economic & practical information for entrepreneurs wishing to invest in India.

4) International Convergence Regulations: A comparative study and recommendations for India-2008. Cutting edge research and analysis of over 300 pages, on the convergence of entertainment, media, communications and the internet and its impact on the regulatory environment which, at that point of time, had separate regulations for each sector.

Achievements

• International

Vinod was the only lawyer to be part of the Indian Prime Minister’s delegation to Japan in 2007 and to South Africa in 2008. He led several delegations under the banner of Confederation of Indian Industry[CII] and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry [FICCI] to the Caribbean, South America & Israel (consisting of leading industrialists, investors and government officials) to promote Indian diplomatic, political and business interests in that region.^[5] Vinod has been sponsored for several training programs by the Governments of Germany, Japan and United States of America specializing in the areas of law, management and technology.

• Domestic

Under his leadership and administration, his law firm conducts 14 moot court competitions annually. Benefited over 32,000 law students in the past 13 years – making it the largest exercise of its kind in the World. Several legal and academic experts including Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, Justice Dalveer Bhandari (ICJ), Justice A.R. Lakshmanan (Chairman, Law Commission of India), Justice Dipak Mishra (SCI), Justice Sirpurkar (SCI), Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Mr. D.V. Subba Rao, Prof. Moolchand Sharma, Prof. Madhav Menon, Prof. N.L. Mitra among others have acclaimed and acknowledged Dr. Surana’s contribution to the development of legal writing and oral advocacy skills among generations of Indian law students.

Awards

Vinod has been recognized for his professional achievements and social work. He was conferred with the prestigious Vishwa Yuva Ratna Award in 2010, Yuva Pratibha Shodh Sadhana Seva Samman Award in 2011 and the Rajasthan Yuva Ratna Award in 2012.^[6]

Associations

• Member, National Governing Council of the Indo French Chamber of Commerce & Industry for 2013-14.^[7]
• He is one of the youngest members to be elected to the Governing Council of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India.^[8]
• Member, Governing Council of Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2014 to 2015.^[9]
• Member, Confederation of Indian Industry's National Legal Services Committee and Latin America & Caribbean Committee.
• Member, Governing Council of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry from 2012 to 2015.
• Co-chairman of ASSOCHAM for Tamil Nadu
• Advisory Board of the National Maritime Foundation South Chapter (Govt. of India) for 2014.
• Managing Committee of All India Manufacturers’ Organization (TNSB) for 2015-16.
• Council Member, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry since 2010
• Member, Executive Committee, International Chamber of Commerce in India.
• Executive Member, Indian National Bar Association.
• Executive Committee of the India – Asean - Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IASCCI) for 2014 – 15.
• He is a past Council member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (Southern Region).
• First non-American to be elected as President of the International Law Students Association, USA – an association of professors, judges, lawyers and students as members from over 85 countries
• Visiting faculty in some of India’s leading law universities. Inspires and guides law students to achieve international standards in comprehensive legal education. Member, Regional Council, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (Southern Region) Trustee of the World Environment Law Foundation, Washington D.C. representing India.
• Trustee of the All India Pranic Healing movement.
• Founding Trustee: Information Technology Bar of India Trust and Bio-Technology Bar of India Trust.
• Founder President, Cornell Law School Alumni Association of India
• Secretary, Bar Association of India (BAI) for Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
• Member, Executive Committee, Law Asia
• Qualified independent Director – Certified Corporate Directorship
• Life Member, Indian Society of International Law [ISIL]
• Life Member, Indian Council of Arbitration [ICA]
• Member of Southern Development Council, ASSOCHAM (SR)
• Coordinator, Society of Indian Law firms for South India.
• Member, Institute of Directors.
• Life Member of All India Federation of Tax Practitioners
• Only lawyer on the Indian Prime Minister’s delegation to Japan and to South Africa.
• Selection Committee Member, Fulbright Research Fellowships, India (2005).
• Trustee of the World Environment Law Foundation, Washington D.C. representing India
• Life Member of Punjab Association, Tamil Nadu
• Member, Board of Governors In Tamil Nadu, Institute of Internal Auditors
• Listed in Who’s Who in the World 2000 – 2001 & Who’s Who: American Law Students 1997 – 1998
• Founder Chief Patron, Jain International Trade Organization
• Secretary General, Madras Law College Alumni Association.
• Registered Patent Agent (IN/PA-832)

Interests & Other Activities

Vinod has pursued economic diplomacy & international relations in various countries. He has been involved in mentoring several start-ups & individuals. He actively pursues healing systems. He is conscious of Sustainable development and swears through his pursuits in the matters of ecology. Cross-functional learning is an important part of his day.

References

External links

1) India-Latin America Conclave -2 July 2009, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

2) Business news Peru:

3) Universidad Nacional de Cordoba official website:

4)Santiago del Estero province official website:

5) Chile Chamber of Commerce (like CII or FICCI)

6) Official Uruguay President´s web site

7) Argentina´s 2nd major newspaper:

8) Newspaper Argentina:

9) Official press agency Uruguay:

10) FICCI delegation to Argentina Govt. website

11)Delegates set off to South America

12)Vinod Surana honored

13)Dr. Vinod Surana co-opted to companies secretary team

14) Vinod Surana elected as chairman of Indo-French chamber

15) Chennai man to lead CII team to Latin America

16) Article about investment in S.America

17) South America can help in India’s energy and food security

18)News related Dr. Vinod Surana Now, hiring quotas.

19) Dr. Vinod Surana’s view on IPR management

20) News related to Vinod Surana

21) Dr. Vinod Surana on LPO

22) A case of simple living- article about Surana & Surana

23) Indian Delegation to Israel-FICCI

24) Human Resources, not Tech Key Factor in Biz Mergers (can be used for surana & surana also)

25) Chambers and Partners - ranked for M&A: