Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, on building a career in litigation and on legal writing
Gopal Sankaranarayanan is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore in the 2001 batch, immediately after that he went for a Masters in Criminology from the London School of Economics. A prolific writer in various journals and leading dailies, a co-founder of Care For Air, an independent, volunteer organization…
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Gulika Reddy, Advocate, Madras High Court, and IBJ fellow, on work in the social sector
Gulika Reddy is a lawyer in the High Court of Madras, a consultant at the Centre for Child and Law at National Law School of India University, an International Bridges to Justice Fellow and the founder of Schools of Equality. She graduated from ILS Law College in 2011 and since then has worked extensively in…
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Matthew Sadler, Academic, Business and Commercial laws, Staffordshire University on career opportunities and higher studies
Matthew Sadler is an academic from the UK-based Staffordshire University’s Law School and a specialist in Business and Commercial Law with a focus on the Law of Obligations, namely Contract Law & Problem Solving and Tort Law & Civil Liabilities. After having garnered experience in commercial roles early in the domain of domestic ceramics manufacturing, import and…
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Sagarika Chakraborty, CEO, IIRIS, on law school, research work and MBA from ISB, Hyderabad
Sagarika graduated from NLU-Jodhpur in 2008 and from the Indian School of Business in 2012 with a Master of Business Administration, Strategy and Marketing degree. She is at present the CEO of Indus IntelliRisk and IntelliSense Services Pvt. Ltd. (“IIRIS”). She has several academic papers and publications to her credit and internships with reputed corporate…
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Lavin Hirani, Head-Legal Affairs, Red Chillies Entertainments on law and bollywood and importance of IPR
Lavin Hirani, though not a Bollywood actor himself, is a star in his own right. The present Head of Legal Affairs at Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. (Shah Rukh Khan’s Company), he could very well be termed as a mega star in the field of Entertainment and Intellectual Property Rights Law. A graduate of the University…
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Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner, Banana IP Counsels on building a career in IPR and writing novels
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala pursued law at Osmania University, graduating in 2001. From there he went on to do an LL.M in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law Center and a PhD. in Patent Law from the National Law School of India University in 2006. Kalyan is a renowned Intellectual Property attorney in India. He specializes…
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Vaishnavi Bhaskaran, Partner, Spectrum Legal, on advising startups and Corporate Law
Vaishnavi Bhaskaran graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2010. She is currently a partner at Spectrum Legal where she heads the Corporate-Commercial and Employment Law Practice. In this interview, she talks to us about: Her experience at NLU, Jodhpur and decision to pursue law Her view on internships and augmenting a CV Her professional…
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Puneet Bansal, Managing Partner, Nitya Tax Associates, on being a CA + Lawyer and practice in Indirect Taxes
Puneet Bansal graduated in B. Com. from Hansraj College, Delhi University in 1998 and thereafter he acquired an LL.B degree in 2007 by eking out time for the evening classes of Campus Law Centre of Delhi University. Over the course of his highly successful career he has worked as a Partner at Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan as well…
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Ashutosh Pandey, Additional District Judge, Tripura, on preparing and cracking the judicial services exam
Ashutosh Pandey qualified in law from Banaras Hindu University in the 2005 Batch. He has been a practicing lawyer in all the six courts of Delhi since then. He started preparing for the judicial services in 2010 and finally cracked the Tripura Judicial Services in 2015, securing the single Additional District Judge vacancy in higher judiciary. In…
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Shaun Star, Founder, Australia India Advisory and Australia-India Youth Dialogue on differential experiences of working in Indian and Australian law firms
Shaun Star graduated in B.Com and qualified in Law from Macquarie University in 2011, he further went on to pursue BCL from Oxford the same year. His dalliance with the Indian legal system started off with his exchange programme from the NLSIU, Bangalore as a part of his curriculum at Macquarie. Shaun is the Co-founder…
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