About the Speaker: Advocate Vinod Sampat is a practising lawyer for past 28 years. He graduated from Podar College in 1980 and did his LLB from Siddharth College. He has authored many articles on property-related matters and written 46 books on cooperative societies, transfer of flats, recovery of dues, registration and stamp duty matters. He has been an Hon. Patron member of the Estate Agents Association of India. He is also the Hon. Advisor of the Federation of Accommodation Industry of India and is an advisor to the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry as well as the Federation of Accomodation Industry in India, apart from being part of many committees and winning several honours.

He was amongst the first persons to oppose the compulsory registration of flats being introduced by the co-operative department. He had pointed out many irregularities in the Bombay Stamp Act 1958, and authorities have recitified some of them.