Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Abhishek Tripathy, on joining Indian Revenue Service and quitting BigLaw
Abhishek Tripathy graduated from NUJS, Kolkata in 2011. Thereafter, he worked at AMSS, Mumbai for almost a year. Not much later, he realized that working in a corporate law firm was not merely what he wanted. Looking for a work area that allowed him to work at the intersection of law, policy and governance, Abhishek…
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Malek Shipchandler, Associate, Shardul Amarchand, on partaking in negotiation competitions and vacation scheme at Clifford Chance
Malek-ul-Ashtar Shipchandler, a 2014 batch graduate of ILS, Pune, is currently an Associate of Securities, Financial Regulatory, Corporate Law at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, having already worked with Economic Laws Practice (ELP) for a year. In this interview, he speaks to us about: The significance of the Company Secretary (CS) course; The experience of a Vacation…
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Sagar Singamsetty, Senior Legal Advisor, on his decade long experience as in-house counsel in aviation sector
Sagar Singamsetty did his undergraduate law studies from NALSAR University, Hyderabad in 2003 and his LL.M. in air and space law at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, in 2006. Having a passionate interest in the highly niche field of air and space law, Sagar has, right since the beginning, fearlessly tread off the conventional…
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Vishnu Ravi Shankar, Partner, Ekalavyas on quitting big law to start up, sports management and Basketball
Vishnu Ravi Shankar graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2011. He worked at corporate law firms, beginning with Tempus Law Associates in Hyderabad for a year and a half, post which he worked in the Hyderabad and Delhi offices of Trilegal till 2014. Thereafter, he quit to join as a Partner at Ekalavyas, a sports…
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Mirza Saaib Beg, Legal Affairs, SEBI on studying law, Cause Cyclothon and Kashmir
Mirza Saaib Beg graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2013. He has been a teaching assistant and guest lecturer as well as worked under the guidance of several permanent judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and has contributed to legislation and policy development. He currently works with the Legal Affairs Department…
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Huzefa Ahmadi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, on an illustrious career in litigation and work experience at Magic Circle
Huzefa A. Ahmadi graduated from Law Center-II, University of Delhi. He joined the Bar Council of Delhi on 6th September ’91 and started litigating before High Courts and Tribunals. He briefly went abroad and worked with Clifford Chance on a work experience placement. Huzefa came back to join litigation in India. He practices before the Supreme…
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Hitesh Sablok, Founder, PackandShift.com, on entrepreneurship and quitting BigLaw to start-up
Hitesh Sablok studied law from Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (affiliated to IP University, New Delhi) in the Batch of 2003-08. A corporate lawyer by experience, now turned entrepreneur, he has worked at Vaish Associates and Amarchand & Mangaldas. Recently he has started his own business in logistics: PackandShift.com. PackandShift is his new venture, it…
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