Category: Featured Insights
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Santhosh Mathew, Standing Counsel, Calicut University, on how he built his litigation practice
Santhosh Mathew is an alumnus of the NLSIU, Bangalore of the 1995 graduating batch. He focused on litigation right from the beginning. A first generation lawyer, he started his practice at Dandapani Associates in 1995. He became independent and co-founded a litigation firm in 2004. He is currently a Standing Counsel for the University of Calicut. His practice areas are in Writ Petitions,…
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Sucheta Chatterjee, Indian Foreign Service Officer, on the UPSC and work experience at SEBI
Sucheta Chatterjee is a graduate of WBNUJS, Kolkata (2007 Batch). Soon after her graduation she joined SEBI as a Legal Officer and had been working there for six long years, before challenging herself to the formidable UPSC. For her, taking the UPSC was more of an aspiration to serve the nation as an IFS Officer. She had…
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Neeraj Arora, Expert Investigator, Cyber Crimes, Delhi Police on building a career in Cyber Law
Neeraj Arora started working in the Delhi police as a sub-inspector in order to support his family, while studying B.Com. Thereafter he did his LL.B from Delhi University. After graduating and continuing work in the police force, he developed an interest in cyber crimes and law and took up a variety of certificate courses and…
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Aditya Sondhi, Senior Counsel, Karnataka High Court, on building a career in litigation
Aditya Sondhi is an alumnus of the NLSIU, Bangalore. He graduated from NLSIU in 1998, and had thereafter independently set up his litigation practice, ‘brick-by-brick’. He was recently (in June, 2014) designated a Senior Counsel at the Karnataka High Court. In this interview, he reckons his first hearing at the court and shares with us…
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Robin David, Equity Partner at Dua Associates on career in corporate litigation
Robin David is currently a Partner at Dua Associates, Delhi. He graduated in B.Sc from Loyola College and thereafter completed his LL.B from Bharathiar University in 1989. Right after his graduation he joined the Bar and had been independently litigating. His practice areas included Contracts, Company Law, Competition Law and other corporate matters. With an in-depth expertise in various…
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Arvind P. Datar on the job of a Senior Advocate, taxation law and writing authoritative law books
Arvind P. Datar is a prominent Senior Advocate at Madras High Court and one of the finest lawyers in South India. He graduated from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai. He is also known for his books ‘Nani Palkhivala: The Courtroom Genius’, ‘Datar Commentary on Constitution of India’ and ‘Guide to Central Excise Law and…
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Dr. Panayotis Protopsaltis on expertise in International Investment Law, the legal profession, experience in teaching and interaction with students
Dr. Panayotis Protopsaltis is a Greek national and he is presently a visiting faculty at the GNLU, Gandhinagar. He is a reputed international scholar having expertise in International Investment, Cross Border Transaction and Dispute Resolution. It has been a great experience meeting him and talking with him at length about the pedagogy of different institutions and…
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Shweta Bansal on work at AMSS, leaving firm job for Civil Services and acing it
Shweta Bansal a graduate from NUJS, Kolkata, After a successful career with AMSS, she went for the Civil Services. With utmost diligence and determination, she successfully cleared the Civil Services exam. She gives an insight into her childhood, the hurdles in life which she overcame and how she has been able to mould her life…
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Prof. Faizan Mustafa, VC, NALSAR, on his experience in academia, and being a prolific author
Prof. Faizan Mustafa graduated from Aligarh Muslim University in History and Law. Thereafter, he pursued his doctoral research in Intellectual Property Law. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, he was also the Founding Director of KIIT School of Law and National Law University Odisha, Cuttack. He was also consulted in the drafting of…
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Prof. Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, NLUD, on legal education in India, and his experience
Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh is the current Vice Chancellor of NLU, Delhi. Before taking charge at NLUD he had been at NALSAR, Hyderabad’s helm of affairs since its inception. Prof. Ranbir Singh had a long association with Kurukshetra University, as a student, as a PhD Scholar and then as a faculty member. Thereafter he moved…