PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Kumar, Pratyush Address (Permanent): Flat 23, Shri Kunj Apartment, Buddha Colony, Patna – 800001, Bihar, India Address (Local): Via Biamonti 20, Torino-10131, Italy Telephone: +39 371 3321369 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] ; [email protected]
Nationality: Indian
Date of Birth: 16-09-1985
WORK EXPERIENCE: 1. Duration: January, 2012 – November, 2017 Name and address of employer: National Law University Delhi, Dwarka Sector-14, New Delhi-110078, India Sector: Academics (Law) Position held: Research Associate (Law) Main Responsibilities: Teaching LLB and LLM students Public International Law, International Trade Law, International Investment Law, Contract Law and Secular and Religious Foundations of State.
2. Duration: August 1, 2012 to January 16, 2013 Name and address of employer: Amity Law School Noida, Amity University, Noida, NCR, India Sector: Academics (Law) Position held: Assistant Professor of Law Main Responsibilities: Teaching LLB and LLM students International Commercial Arbitration and International Trade Law.
3. Duration: April 21, 2011 to May, 2012 Name and address of employer: KIIT School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, India Sector: Academics (Law) Position held: Assistant Professor of Law Main Responsibilities: Teaching LLB and LLM students Public International Law, International Trade Law and Law of Contracts.
4. Duration: September 2010 – December 2010 Name and address of employer: Confederation of Indian Industry, U.S. Office, Arlington, Virginia, United States Sector: Research and Lobbying Firm Position held: Professional Associate Main Responsibilities: Researched on Trade, Investment and business policy along with foreign relations
5. Duration: July 2008 – July 2009 Name and address of employer: Centre for Business Law Studies, Fox, Mandal & Little Law Firm Bangalore, India Sector: Law Firm and Legal Research Position held: Professional Associate Main Responsibilities: Researched with Dr. N.L.Mitra on Indian banking law, foreign direct investment, corporate law, and anti-competition law.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 1. Presently: Pursuing PhD (Jan. 2018 – Jan. 2021) in “Public, Social and Cultural Institutions: Languages, Law, History - Curriculum Autonomies, Services, Rights (Autonomie, Servizi Pubblici, Diritti)” at University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy.
2. Duration: August, 2009 – May, 2010 Name of Institution: The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, USA Subjects covered: Fundamental Issues in US Law, International Trade Law, Advanced International Trade Law, International Arbitration, Foreign Direct Investment, International Business Transactions, Intellectual Property Law, Legal Drafting and Corporations Title of Qualification awarded: LLM (International and Comparative Law)
3. Duration: July, 2003 – May, 2008 Name of Institution: National Law University Jodhpur Subjects covered: Legal Methods, Political Science, General Economics, Law of Torts, English, Macroeconomics, Philosophy, Contracts, Constitutional Governance, Legal Language, History, Indian Economy, Crime and Punishment, Special Contracts, Sociology, Psychology, Public Administration, Code of Civil Procedure, Code of Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Company Law, Contemporary Indian History, Company Law, Law of Evidence, Commercial Transactions, International Economics, Social Psychology, Property Law, Administrative Law, Labour Law, Jurisprudence, International Relations and International Organizations, Public International Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Comparative Competition Litigation, Private International Law, Land Laws, International Humanitarian Law, Law and Medicine, Service Jurisprudence, Media Law, Drafting Pleading and Conveyancing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Taxation, Insurance Law, Local Self Government, Election Law, Consumer Protection Laws, Professional Ethics, Law of Equity Trust and Fiduciary Relations Title of Qualification awarded: BA, LLB (Hons.)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
1. A book on the cultural context of European Constitutional and Public Law: too far from India? on MARKUS KOTZUR (ed.), Peter Häberle On Constitutional Theory: Constitution As Culture And The Open Society Of Constitutional Interpreters, Nomos, Baden-Baden Germany, 2018) in Prof. Dr. BERNHARD EHRENZELLER and Prof. Dr. MARKUS KOTZUR (eds.), "Verfassung, Gemeinwohl und Frieden - nachgedacht aus Anlass des 85. Geburtstages von Peter Häberle", Baden-Baden (Germany): Nomos, ISBN: 978-3-8487-7788-4, 2020, pp. 34.
2. Book Review Article on “Norms and Politics: Sir Benegal Narsing Rau in the Making of the Indian Constitution, 1935-50” by Arvind Elangovan, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2019, for the forthcoming issue (published in 2020) of Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, President Palace, Shimla, ISSN: 0972-1401, SHSS, XXVI, NUMBER 1, SUMMER 2019, pp. 209-231.
3. Seeing India through the Häberlean Mirror of Constitutional Theory to be published in the Argumentum Journal of Law, University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil (forthcoming December issue, 2020), ISSN: 2359-6880, pp. 23.
4. Interpreting Aspects of Santi Romano’s Institutional and Pluralistic Theory of Law in India to be published in the Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, President Palace, Shimla, India (forthcoming issue, 2020), pp. 23.
5. Book chapter titled “Swami Sahajanand Saraswati: Social Reforms and Democratic Praxis” in M.P. SINGH, HIMANSHU ROY (eds.), Indian Political Thought: Themes and Thinkers (3rd edition), Noida: Pearson Education, 2020, ISBN: 9789353949280 (https://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/books/9789353949280_Indian-Political-Thought- Themes-and-Thinkers_Himanshu-Roy.aspx), pp. 18.
6. A detailed book review essay in the special issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Asia of MARKUS KOTZUR (ed.), “PETER HÄBERLE on Constitutional Theory: Constitution As Culture And The Open Society Of Constitutional Interpreters”, Nomos, Baden-Baden Germany, 2018, guest edited by CAMERON RICHARDS, Australia, New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (SAGE), ISSN: 0019-5561, 2019, 65(3), pp. 769–790.
Spanish Translation: ‘Recensión sobre la obra del profesor Peter Häberle’ (Traducido del inglés (India) por Claudia Pómez Villanueva), Pensamiento Constitucional (Peru) N° 24, 2019, pp. 115-143 / ISSN 1027-6769, http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/pensamientoconstitucional/article/view/22674/2182 1 (last accessed: Nov. 13, 2020).
7. Chapter 5 titled, ‘A Peasant’s Imagination of Alternative Legal Order: Land Reform in India, Food Security and the WTO’, (co-authored with Andreas Buser) for MAHENDRA PAL SINGH, WOLFRAM CREMER and NIRAJ KUMAR (eds.), ‘Open Markets, Free Trade and Sustainable Development – Perspectives from the EU and India’, ISBN: 978- 981-13-7425-8, Springer, 2019, pp. 61-88.
8. ‘Some Aspects of the Language and History of “Subaltern Peasants” Shaping Law in Modern India’ in JÖRG LUTHER, PRASANNANSHU, STEFANIE ROHLFING – DIJOUX (EDS.), Interactions between Culture and Law in India and Europe, ISBN: 978-88-255-2474-1, Roma (Italy): Aracne, January, 2019, pp. 293-310.
9. ‘The Right to Food as Right to Life under Classical Hindu Law’ in JÖRG LUTHER, GIOVANNI BOGGERO (eds.), Alimentare I Diritti Culturali, ISBN: 978-88-255-1904- 4, Roma (Italy): Aracne, 2018, pp. 135-147.
10. Book review article of MAHENDRA PAL SINGH (ed.), The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law 2016 for the special issue of New Delhi: Indian Journal of Public Administration (Sage), ISSN: 0019-5561, Volume 64, Issue 4 (Special Issue— Independent Regulatory Authorities in India: A Comparative Perspective (Part 2)), 2018, pp. 756-768.
11. ‘Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law: Some Epistemic Formulations’, Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Journal of Law and Legislation (South Korea), ISSN No. 2234-7526, Vol 7, Number 1, 2017, pp. 87-116, http://www.klri.re.kr:9090/handle/2017.oak/5380, http://www.klri.re.kr:9090/bitstream/2017.oak/5380/1/16020k.pdf (last accessed: Nov. 2, 2020).
12. ‘Lineages of Peasant Revolt: Bakasht Movement in Darbhanga’ (co-authored with Madan Mishra), Patna: Abhilekh Bihar, Bihar State Archives, Government of Bihar, ISSN: 2249- 5355, Volume 8, 2017, pp. 251-282.
13. One of the Principal Contributors of Courts of India – Past to Present published in 2016 by New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN: 978-81-230-2214-7.
14. Reviewed: M.P.Singh, Veena Kukreja, “Federalism in South Asia”, Routledge for Humboldt University, Berlin: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, (Germany), ISSN: 0506-7286, 2 (2015), pp. 227-229.
15. Reviewed: Pierre Rosanvallon, “The Society of Equals”, Harvard University Press for New Delhi: The Indian Journal of Public Administration, ISSN: 0019-5561, April-June 2015, Vol LXI (61) No.2, pp. 350-352.
16. ‘In Defence of Plurality/First – Past – the – post Representation Law and Parliamentary System in India’, Patna: Bihar Journal of Political Science, ISSN 2277-422X, Vol III No. 2 July-December 2014, pp. 31-41.
17. Book Review: Richard Sorabji, Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern experiments on Ancient Values, Oxford University Press in New Delhi: Gandhi Marg, Gandhi Peace Foundation, ISSN No. 0016-4437, 2014.
18. Book Review: Richard Sorabji, Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern experiments on Ancient Values, Oxford University Press in New Delhi: Journal of National Law University Delhi, Sage, ISSN: 2277-4017, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 140-44.
19. Contributed to a commemorative volume on 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda by Ramakrishna Mission, Muzaffarpur in January, 2014.
20. ‘Indian environment: Effect of global warming and climate change and their policy responses’ (co-authored with Kundan Kumar Ojha), Korean Legal Research Institute (KLRI), South Korea (Global Legal Issues 2012-2013), ISBN No. 978-89-6684-228-5, Vol-III, 2012, pp. 353-389 (also translated into Korean).
21. India Contributor to the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law 2014 project report, The World Bank, 2014, ISBN: 9-781-4729-0643-4 (also accessed at: http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/709981519930723025/Women-Business-and-the-Law- 2014.pdf ; last accessed: 2 February, 2018).
22. India Contributor to the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law 2012 project report for 2011-2012, The World Bank, 2011 (also accessed at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27444/680240WP0Box36 0ess0and0the0Law02012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y; last accessed: 2 February, 2018).
ONLINE: 23. “Asymmetrical Symmetricalism” of Indian Constitutional Structure and Practice: Note on Govt. of National Capital Territory (“NCT”) of Delhi v. Union of India. DPCE Online (Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo), [S.l.], v. 43, n. 2, July 2020. ISSN: 2037-6677. pp. 14. Available at:
24. ‘Clemenceau: a threat to Individual Security’ in Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, 13 January 2006, (co-authored with Alok Kumar Gupta; accessed at: http://www.ipcs.org/comm_select.php?articleNo=1923; last accessed: 25 July, 2018).
25. ‘Free Trade vs. Fair Trade – Economic security of developing countries at stake’ in India Defence Consultants, New Delhi, 18 January 2006, (co-authored with Alok Kumar Gupta; accessed at: http://www.indiadefence.com/WTO2005.htm; last accessed: 2 February, 2018).
IN HINDI:
26. Personal memoir on Professor Bimal Prasad, founding Dean, School of International Studies, JNU and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, “Bimla nana bahut yaad ayenge” (Bimla nana will be sorely missed), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Hindi Journal), July, 2016.
27. An interview of Prof. (Dr.) Ramjee Singh; a leader of the Indian Freedom Movement (during Quit India Movement), a philosopher, a Gandhian, former Member of Indian Parliament, a “worker” of Gandhian constructive programme, an activist for democracy during Indian Emergency of 1975-77 (when he was jailed for 21 months), and an activist; published by Patna: Abhilekh Bihar, Bihar State Archives, Government of Bihar, ISSN: 2249-5355, Volume 7, 2016, pgs. 328-344.
28. Pustak Sameeksha: Ram Bahadur Rai, “Shaswat Vidrohi Rajneta: Acharya J.B.Kripalani” (Book Review of Ram Bahadur Rai, Eternally Rebellious Leader: Acharya J.B.Kripalani, National Book Trust, Government of India) for Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Hindi Journal), December, 2015.
29. Bankimchandra: Ek Punardrishti (Bankimchandra: A Reassessment), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Hindi Journal), December, 2014. 30. ‘Pustak Sameeksha: Gandhiji aur Stoic Darshanik’ (Book Review: Gandhi and the Stoics), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Hindi Journal), March, 2014.
31. ‘Sahaj Svabhav ka Dhani Vidwan’ (Simple Person and a Profound Scholar - Obituary of Historian R.S. Sharma), Patna: Vikas Sahyatri (Hindi Journal), 2011-12.
OTHER FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS: 32. “Locating Italian Seasoning in Gandhian Constitutionalism”, pp. 30.
33. “A Kisan at the Crossroads of History, Politics and Law: Political Thought and Action of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati”, pp. 31.
34. “Gandhi and the Culture of Constitutionalism” (brief and introductory piece) publishing selected papers presented at the international conference on ‘Gandhi after Gandhi’ at the University of Torino, Torino (2-3rd Dec., 2019), pp. 9.
35. Chapter titled “Regulatory power and the new (im)balance of powers in constitutional liberal democracies: some reflections on the relevance of Norberto Bobbio’s thoughts from an Indian and European perspective” (co-authored with Emeric Prévost) for Mahendra Pal Singh and Niraj Kumar (eds.), The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law 2019, Springer, 2020, pp. 30.
(Working papers are not included.)
CONFERENCES ATTENDED (Major and Recent):
1. Attended the annual conference “Settimana di studi sulle Autonomie locali: La democrazia locale: ragioni, forme, prospettive” from 5-9 October, 2020, Alessandria, Italy.
2. Attended the 4th Annual Conference of the Law and Development Research Network from 25-27 September 2019 at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany where I presented a paper titled “Reading Santi Romano’s ‘The Legal Order’ in India” on 26th September, 2019 in Panel 46, https://ldrn2019berlin.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/programmheft_23.09.19.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
3. Lecture "The search for good administrative law" held by Prof. Barbara Mameli (University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro"), Alessandria, 16 September 2019.
4. Conference "Regions, local authorities and the environment. Profiles of Italian public and comparative law ", Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, 10 May 2019.
5. Seminar "Cultural assumptions for environmental protection", Casale Monferrato, 9 May 2019.
6. Lesson "Youth and the environment: data, analysis, perspectives" held by Prof. Alessandro Rosina (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Tortona, 8 May 2019.
7. Presentation of the volumes of R. Di Maria, C. Naples, A. Pertici, Law of local autonomies, Giappichelli, Turin, 2019 and R. Louvin, Acqua AEqua. Legal devices, participation and justice for the water element, Giappichelli, Turin, 2019, Palatium Vetus, Alessandria, 7 May 2019.
8. Conference "The most polluted province of Italy"? Let's try to understand if it's true”, Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, 7 May 2019.
9. Week of Local Autonomies; - Lecture on the theme of the week by Luca Mercalli, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro ”, Alessandria, 6 May 2019.
10. Lecture "The challenges of differentiated health in regionalism" held by Prof. Luciano Vandelli (University of Bologna) in Alessandria, 9 April 2019.
11. Seminar lesson on "The European Social Charter" held by Dr. Stefano Saluzzo (University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro") in Alessandria, 8 April 2019.
12. Seminar lesson "The European Social Charter" held by Prof. Fabrizia Santini (University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro") in Alessandria, 8 April 2019.
13. Lesson "Procedural and substantive profiles of the law implementing the art. 116 co. 3, Const. "Held by Prof. Giovanni Tarli Barbieri (University of Florence) in Alessandria, 2 April 2019.
14. Seminar lecture "The European Social Charter" held by Dr. Giovanni Boggero (Collegio Carlo Alberto) in Alessandria, March 25, 2019.
15. Lesson "Differentiated regionalism and principle of unity of the Republic" held by Prof. Sandro Staiano (University of Naples Federico II) in Alessandria, March 18, 2019.
16. Lesson "Differentiated regionalism and principle of unity of the Republic" held by Prof. Sandro Staiano (University of Naples Federico II) in Alessandria, March 18, 2019.
17. Lecture "Lights and shadows of differentiated regionalism" held by Prof. Matteo Cosulich (University of Trento) in Alessandria, 19 December 2018.
18. Attended the summer school organized by Prof. Domenico Amirante, University of Campagna at Giambattista Vico Foundation, Vatolla, Naples from 17th to 23rd September, 2018. The theme was “Comparative Law in the Age of Globalization: Contributions from the Global South to the Contemporary Debate on Legal Theory”.
19. Attended the 2018 Annual General Conference of the European China Law Studies Association on 13th and 14th September, 2018 in Turin, Italy.
20. Attended the annual conference of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP) from September 6, 2018 to September 8, 2018 at University of Turin.
21. Attended the week-long workshop (23rd to 27th July, 2018) organized by the School of Excellence, UNIUPO on "Sciences and Societies: perspectives and contaminations" by Prof. Geraldine Healy, Prof. Conchita D’Ambrosio, Dr. Saher Ahmed, and Nicola Magrini.
22. Conference in Florence on Bioethics and End of Life Legislations in Florence, Italy from 25th June, 2018 to 27th June, 2018. This conference focussed on end of life legislations and the ethical issues surrounding it in Italy, France, Germany, India, U.K. and Mauritius as a second edition of “Interactions Between Law and Culture between India and Europe” (the first being held in Delhi in February, 2017). I made a short presentation on the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of end of life legislation in India and the recent Supreme Court decision which has legalised passive euthanasia.
23. Conference in Alessandria (May 7, 2018 to May 11, 2018 Settimana di studi sulle Autonomie Locali) at UNIUPO for ‘Dottorato di ricerca in autonomie locali, servizi pubblici e diritti di cittadinanza’ on ‘le autonomie locali e regionali a confronto con il nocciolo duro della statualita e la pressione della sovranazionalita europea’
24. Conference in Alessandria (March 16, 2018) at UNIUPO on "L'evoluzione della provincia nella storia del diritto e delle istituzioni italiane".
25. Conference of Professor Richard Falk and Hilal Elver at University of Turin (February, 2018).
26. Conference in Alessandria (February 9, 2018) at UNIUPO on Local Autonomies. I presented briefly on Indian federalism and constitutional dynamics. A suggestion to write on National Capital Region/Delhi/New Delhi as a unique form of local/regional administration for the university journal came out. There is a dearth of academic literature on the subject and the issue of the statehood of Delhi and the legal power and responsibilities that come with it is a bone of contention between the present government in Delhi and the Government of India.
27. Two-day conference in Alessandria at UNIUPO in January 2018 on Santi Romano. Based on these discussions and the recent translation of ‘The Legal Order’ I have written an article titled ‘Interpreting Aspects of Santi Romano’s Institutional and Pluralistic Theory of Law in India’ applying Santi Romano’s institutional theory of law and plurality of legal orders to the Indian condition due for publication in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (JHSS), Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, India.
28. Presented a paper titled, “‘Religious’ Colours and Symbols of a ‘Secular’ Constitution: India from Colonial to Post-Colonial Times”, at an International Winter University (with participants and scholars from India, Germany and France) held on February, 2017 at National Law University Delhi, India on “Law and Culture”.
29. Presented a paper titled, “Is there ‘an Indian’ – an ‘our’ way of looking at language, literature and Law: some readings” at a national conference on Law and Language at National Law University Delhi, India on January, 2017. This paper later got published as ‘Some Aspects of the Language and History of “Subaltern Peasants” Shaping Law in Modern India’ in JÖRG LUTHER, PRASANNANSHU, STEFANIE ROHLFING – DIJOUX (EDS.), Interactions between Culture and Law in India and Europe, ISBN: 978-88-255-2474-1, Aracne, Roma (Italy), January, 2019, pp. 293-310.
30. Presented a paper titled ‘Religion influencing Public Sphere, Public Reason and Public Law discourse in Colonial and Post-Colonial India (Panel 126 – The Law(s) of Societies)’ in Berlin, Germany on June 19, 2016 in the conference “Borders, Otherness and Public Law” organized by International Society of Public Law (ICON- S) at Humboldt University Berlin, the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, in collaboration with the New York University School of Law and the NYU Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, https://icon-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160616-ICON-S- PROGRAMME-DIGITAL.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
31. Presented a paper along with Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Jain titled, ‘Is Supreme Court the Guardian of Indian Constitution? Reflections on Constitutionalism in India through the Philosophical lenses of Kelsen and Schmitt (Panel 41 – Constitutional Guardians: Comparing Supreme Courts)’ in Berlin, Germany on June 18, 2016 in the conference “Borders, Otherness and Public Law” organized by International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) at Humboldt University Berlin, the WZB Center for Global Constitutionalism, in collaboration with the New York University School of Law and the NYU Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, https://icon-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/160616-ICON-S- PROGRAMME-DIGITAL.pdf (last accessed: Oct. 26, 2020).
32. Attended a two-day national conference on “Dialectics and Dynamics of Interface of Public Law in India”, January 30-31, 2016 at ILS Law College, Pune where I presented a paper titled, “Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law.” This paper later got published in South Korea ‘Alternative Modernity as a Possible Foundation of International Law: Some Epistemic Formulations’, Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Journal of Law and Legislation, ISSN No. 2234-7526, Vol 7, Number 1, 2017, pp. 87-116.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1. Presented on “Local Democracy in India” at the week-long conference ‘Settimana delle Autonomie Locali’ at Prefettura di Alessandria, Piazza Libertà 17, Palazzo Ghilini, Alessandria, Italy on Oct. 6, 2020.
2. Gave a lecture (online) on Prof. Peter Häberle’s Constitutional Theory at University of Marilia, São Paolo, Brazil on May 13, 2020, accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmob-82u0XM&t=354s (last accessed: August 19, 2020).
3. Attended all lectures of Prof. Mia Caielli on ‘Anti-Discrimination Law’ (2019) at the Jurisprudence Department, University of Turin (UNITO), Turin, Italy.
4. Attended all lectures of Prof. Joerg Luther on ‘Fundamental rights in Europe’ (2018) at the Jurisprudence Department, University of Turin (UNITO), Turin, Italy.
5. Has researched on trade law issues at the Centre for WTO studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
6. During law school at Jodhpur has interned with Honourable Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, presently the sitting judge at the Supreme Court of India, then a Judge of the Delhi High Court; Mr. Shanti Bhushan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and former Law Minister of India; Bhasin and Company (Law Firm) and Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI).
7. Judged the Bar Council of India Moot Court Competition held in MITS, Rajasthan (Sept.13-15, 2013).
8. Has collaborated and co-taught a second-year contracts level course (BA, LLB) with Dr. Danixia Cuevas, an American Fulbright-Nehru Scholar assigned to teach at NLU Delhi during the fall term 2013.
9. Was invited by Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal to give lecture on International Trade Law (GATT & WTO) to LLM students some of whom were government officials from 19th June till 25th June, 2011.
10. Judged the first Bar Council of India (BCI) International Law Moot Court Competition held at KIIT Law School, Bhubaneshwar in February, 2011.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:
LANGUAGE SKILLS: 1. MOTHER TONGUE: HINDI 2. ENGLISH Reading skills: Excellent Writing skills: Excellent Verbal skills: Excellent 3. BENGALI Reading skills: Good Writing skills: Good Verbal skills: Good 4. SANSKRIT Reading skills: Good Writing skills: Basic Verbal skills: Basic 5. ITALIAN Reading skills: Basic Writing skills: Basic Verbal skills: Basic
SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Involved in legal aid and awareness camps, Assisted in organizing various conferences and workshops
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Use Microsoft word to write on computer
ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Write poetry and play classical sitar