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Ajay Chandru, Associate, Nishith Desai Associates, on LL.M from George Washington Univ and specialising in IPR
Ajay Chandru graduated from GNLU in 2009 with a B.Sc.LL.B. degree. During his days at GNLU, he attended various summer schools including George Washington University Summer Program, Munich, Franklin Pierce Summer Program, Cork, Ireland, Intellectual Property Summer Program, Macau, World Intellectual Property Organization’s Summer program at Bangkok, Thailand. Soon after graduation, he joined Lakshmikumaran &…
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Piyush Kumar, Retainer Counsel, Krishna & Saurastri Associates, on building a career in IPR
Piyush Kumar graduated from CLC, Delhi University. After graduation, he started working with Legal Knights Law Firm, followed by S.S. Rana and Co., a boutique IP firm in Delhi. He pursued a Masters in Business Law from NLSIU while working at S.S. Rana and Co. He later joined Krishna & Saurastri Associates as a Retainer Counsel…
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Somdutta Bhattacharyya, Advocate, Calcutta High Court, on quitting law firm to start up with litigation
Somdutta Bhattacharyya graduated from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2012. After graduation, he worked at AMSS for two years before joining Fox & Mandal, Kolkata. He was a part of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team at both places. He’s currently an independent practitioner practising litigation at the Calcutta High Court.…
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Khyati Rathod, Senior Associate, Khaitan & Co., on work experience in real estate laws
Khyati graduated with a B.A. LL.B from Jitendra Chauhan College of Law (Mithibai) in 2007. After graduation she joined Desai & Chinoy (Advocates & Solicitors) as an Associate. After specializing in real estate laws for almost two years, she joined Khaitan and Co. as an Associate and currently works as a Senior Associate there. In…
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Pratyush Saha, Assistant Manager, Indirect Taxes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, on work in taxation firms
Pratyush Saha graduated from WBNUJS in 2011. During law school, he participated in various co-curricular activities and has multiple publications to his name. Soon after graduation, he joined BMR Advisors Pvt. Ltd. as an Associte-Indirect tax. Later he switched to PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently works as an Assistant Manager, Indirect Taxes. In this interview, he talks…
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Ankit Sinha, Associate, Juris Corp, on LL.M from QMUL, and work experience in Banking and Finance Laws
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Subhradipta Sarkar, Assistant Professor, ITM Law School, on research acumen and being an academician
Subhradipta Sarkar graduated from Calcutta University with a BA LL.B degree in 2003. He then specialised in Human Rights Law while pursuing his Masters at National Law School of India University, Bangalore. His internships include the National Human Rights Commission as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Before becoming an academician, he…
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Snigdha Pandey Kaushik, Associate, Chitale & Chitale Partners, on law school and work experience in Asset Reconstruction
Snigdha Pandey Kaushik is a graduate from Gujarat National Law University (Batch of 2009). She has interned at CCI and financial institutions such as IFCI and IIDL. She worked at litigation law firms before joining Assets Care and Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd. as an Assistant Legal Manager, followed by the post of Legal Manager at International…
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Prachi Vijay, Associate Consultant, Ernst & Young, on law school, internships and work experience
Prachi Vijay is an Associate Consultant at Ernst & Young. She graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2013. While in college, she explored various areas of law and has interned in several places including law firms such as DH Law & Associates and Ernst & Young, tax firms, consultancy firms and the Court. Soon…
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Avijit Sharma, Associate, Saikrishna & Associates, work at IAMAI, winning moots and balancing studies
Avijit Sharma graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Hans Raj College, Delhi, later he graduated in law from CLC, Delhi University in 2009. While in college, he earned several awards at moot court competitions including the award for the Best Speaker at the 27th National Bar Council of India Moot Court Competition. He was also the…
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