The CSH launched its trade, investment and development initiative with a presentation of the book "Fresh Water in International Law" by Prof. Dr. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Geneva University), which was followed by a discussion on Tuesday 12 November 2013, at the Indian Law Institute (ILI).

Hon'ble Justice Madan B.Lokur (Judge, Supreme Court of India), -Prof. Ved P. Nanda (Professor of Law, University of Denver, U.S.A.), Prof. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, (Director of the India Law Society), and Dr. Leïla Choukroune, (Director of the CSH) participated in this event and gave a number of related presentations.

This first event will soon be followed by a number of lectures or research seminars, which will aim at covering the fast changing landscape of trade, investment and development related issues in India and South Asia in a global and comparative perspective.