Navigating Tax Landmines While Investing in India

21 September 2026 | 3.00pm–5.00pm | In Person

About the Event

India presents significant opportunities for international investors, but cross-border investment can also bring complex tax considerations.

Jointly brought to you by IFA Singapore, Khaitan & Co and Tax Academy of Singapore, this seminar brings together legal, tax and in-house perspectives to examine how businesses can identify, measure and manage tax risks when investing into India.

The session opens with Bijal Ajinkya, Partner at Khaitan & Co, providing perspectives on the tax landscape for cross-border investment into India, followed by a panel discussion exploring how tax risks are assessed and managed in practice.

What You Will Explore

Understand the nature of tax risk
Explore the different forms tax risk can take when businesses invest and operate across borders.

Measure and address tax risk
Consider how businesses can assess potential exposures and determine an appropriate response.

Distinguish systemic and fact-specific risks
Understand why some tax risks arise from the wider tax and regulatory environment while others depend heavily on the circumstances of a particular investment or transaction.

Hear perspectives from the ground
Gain insights from advisers and in-house practitioners on how India tax risks are encountered and managed in practice.

What we'll cover

• Understanding the fundamental nature of tax risk

• How to measure and address tax risk effectively

• Systemic risk versus fact-specific risk — and how businesses should approach each

• On-the-ground realities: perspectives of the tax man

Meet the panel

Presenter

• Bijal Ajinkya, Partner, Khaitan & Co

Moderators

• Vikna Rajah, Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore

• Tan Tay Lek, Partner (Corporate Tax), PwC Singapore

Panellists

• Bijal Ajinkya, Partner, Khaitan & Co

• Dipen Shah, Tax Manager, I Squared Capital

• Harsh Shah, Managing Director, IndiGrid

• Baerbel Melcher, Head of Tax Asia Pacific, Infineon

Event Details

📅 21 September 2026

🕒 3.00 – 5.00 PM (SGT)

📍 Tax Academy of Singapore Hub, Revenue House, 55 Newton Road, Singapore 307987

💰 $163.50 (general public) | $109.00 (IFA Singapore members & Tax Academy alumni)