Guest lecture on “India’s Presidentship of G20 nations- It’s Trade Policy- Past, Present and Future”. Dr. Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan serves NITI Aayog – Government of India, as a Fellow, wherein he headed the verticals of Trade and Commerce, Strategic Economic Dialogue, International Cooperation and Vision [email protected].  He has also been engaged with the startup community across the world as an advisor and co-founder. He had founded a consulting firm named “Infinite Sum Modelling” in 2015, which has a global presence, with offices/centers in Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi. In his session he presented the following views. Among BRICS nations Russia is under Geopolitical tension- Ukraine & Russia war, China not been accepted by Rest of the nations. India maintains equi distance among west and east. With respect to trade, 1940, GATT was formed, Many countries agreed to work together to reduce barriers on trade and boost trade among nations, in multilateral fashion, simplifying rules to smooth trade. Later WTO boosted trade and investments in those lines. There is lack of trade in last 15 years, due to business dilemma, as countries felt other nations need to reduce the barriers and not really so. G20 is good forum which promotes regional trade agreements. Negotiating for a few countries is much easier than with 100 nations. 152 students attended the session. The event was organized by Dr. S. Sangeetha, Associate Professor KCTBS on April 19, 2023 for batch 2022-24 students.