Category: Higher Studies
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Arnavi Panda, Legal Advisor, Global Marketing Systems, on LLM from NUS, preparing for moots and working in shipping industry
Arnavi Panda is a graduate from ILS Law College, batch of 2015. She then went on to pursue her Master’s degree in Maritime Law from the National University of Singapore. She has participated extensively in various national and international moots including Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot and William C. Vis International Arbitration Moot. She is presently…
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Ajay Thomas, Advocate and Arbitrator, on being a good arbitrator and career in International Commercial Arbitration
Ajay Thomas is an independent arbitrator and advocate based in New Delhi. He is also the Vice-Chair of the ICC’s India Arbitration Group.From 2009-2016, he was Director and Registrar with the Indian subsidiary of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and also a member of the LCIA India Board of Directors.He graduated from the University…
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Varsha Ramann, Junior Associate, Bose & Mitra, on studying maritime law from Southampton University, writing SoPs and bagging Scholarships
Varsha Ramann is a graduate from ILS Law College, Pune in 2015. She pursued an LL.M in maritime law from University of Southampton, England. She has an excellent academic record and participated extensively in various national and international moots including William C. Vis International Arbitration Moot and Insurance Law Moot at Southampton Law. She is…
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Devottam Sengupta, Senior Legal Counsel, Structured Trade Finance (Global), Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Singapore
Devottam Sengupta graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore in 2005. He started his career at Trilegal where his work involved practice in Corporate Finance, Banking, Private Equity, etc. After working at Trilegal for almost two years he went for The European Master Programme in Law and Economics (EMLE) on the Erasmus Mundus scholarship. His EMLE degree was conferred…
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Pinky Anand, Additional Solicitor General of India, on studying at Delhi University and at Harvard, and on the formative years of her career
Dr. Pinky Anand is considered one of India’s top lawyers. She is the current Additional Solicitor General of India and a Senior Advocate. An alumna of the Campus Law Centre at Delhi University, she went on to pursue her LL.M from the prestigious Harvard University on an Inlaks scholarship in 1980. She recently came out…
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Aakash Sharma, 5th Rank, UP Judicial Services-2016 shares tips and tricks to get a sweet taste of victory
Aakash Sharma completed his LL.B. in the year 2014 at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. He went on to pursue an LL.M at National Law University, Delhi in 2015. After qualifying the UGC-NET exam, he taught Law as an Assistant Professor at Lloyd Law College for a year. Not lured by the…
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Rashna Jehani, LL.M Candidate, Columbia Law School, on choosing higher studies over work experience
Rashna Jehani graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2012. After having interned with several top legal firms in India, volunteering with various organizations, publishing some of her legal writing, and working full time as an Associate, Rashna is presently pursuing an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. In this interview, she tells our readers about:…
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Pratik Tayal, IAS Officer, on cracking the UPSC, and achieving AIR 92
Pratik Tayal graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2016. Right after graduation, he appeared for the Union Public Service Commission Examination and secured an All India Rank of 92 in his first attempt. He is the all India topper in civil services with law optional. He also secured the highest marks in GS IV…
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Chaitra Beerannavar, Research Fellow, Cambridge University, on getting a Ph.D, choosing academia, and her passion for teaching
Chaitra Beerannavar graduated in law from University Law College, Dharwad, in 2010. She went on to pursue her Masters from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, batch of 2012. She subsequently pursued her Ph.D from the same university. She is currently Dr. D. C. Pavate Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K. Her area of…
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Ronojoy Basu, LLM Graduate, University of Toronto, on academic writing, IPR, and his diverse experience
Ronojoy Basu graduated from Symbiosis International University in 2008. Since then he has worked with Khaitan and Co. as Associate, before moving to Rediffusion Y&R where he was engaged in their project on advertising, corporate communication, and branding. He went on to head the IPR department at Abhay Nevagi & Associates, where he supervised all…