Volume 5 - 2018 Editor : Dr. Sukhvinder Badan Singh Dari Co-Editors: Dr. Prageetha G Raju K Shanthi STRIDE, Stride is the Pride Newsletter of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The main objective of this Newsletter is to provide specialized information to the outside world about the ongoing activities on a day to day basis at our splendid campus. This earnest effort will reach the prospective law graduates who may be in search of one of the best law schools to pursue their law graduation, and for the parents who wish to see their young progenies as prolic and dynamic legal professionals. Our STRIDE standpoints for: S- Success: Being successful for the fourth consecutive year since its launch in 2015, we share the success stories of our student toppers in academics, moot-court competitions, curricular and extra- curricular activities. T-Thriving: A newsletter which thrives to give a glance of massive multitudinous events in the campus. R-Resplendent: It is lled with extensive news of the dignitary visits to the campus I-Innovative: Paves a way for the novel accomplishments D-Developing: Gives an insight of the community based development programs that provide monitoring, supervision and services to people through our legal aid centers and digital aid centers E-Eminence: Shares a vision of its in-house faculty members and students who have great zeal, and potential and are couched with prociencies and always exuberant to unveil the curricular and extra-curricular activities, to the world. 3 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Director’s Desk 05 2. Editor’s Note 06 3. Faculty team 07 4. We, the Students - Our Student Accomplishments 09 5. Orientation Program of the Fifth Batch students 18 6. Dignitary Visits & Guest Lectures 25 7. Cells and Events 55 8. Symbiosis in News 119 4 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad!! Law as a profession and legal education as a discipline is a popular choice of students in modern India. The changing demands of the legal market at the national and global levels has made it essential for the legal education in India to cater to the needs of a new brand of legal consumers. As Law is an important tool for building of a society and Legal Profession entangles all strides of life, our Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, is an arena assimilating the symbiotic thoughts of law and its allied courses and has a rich blend of diversities with students from all over India. It has a splendid campus with world class state of the art infrastructure and environment-friendly atmosphere with lush green elds all around the campus which provides adequate space for vibrant student life and stimulating student activities. Due to the expanding role of law professionals, the curriculum at Symbiosis Law School is enriched with all interdisciplinary courses necessary to produce the competent law professionals. The B .A . LL.B and B .B .A . LL.B programs offered at our campus are structured to meet the demands of aspiring law graduates. The faculty at our campus are ooded with research and innovative skills, who not only help the students to build their professional skills but also strive to prepare them to meet the challenges of work in a progressive multinational legal community. Welcome to our sprawling campus with a world class infrastructure which is conducive for academic as well as personality development. We, as a team, not only strive to provide quality and value-based legal education but also endeavor to fulll the noble objectives of our Founder Chancellor, Dr. SB Mujumdar in this regard, under the able guidance of our Pro- Chancellor, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, by contributing to the progress of the society at large. The vision is reected in providing Legal education as a global standard and spreading the essence of Vasudaiva Kutumbakam. We create a platform of interactions for students with scholars and thinkers of national and international repute. Prof. ( Dr.) Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan Director 5 Editor’s Note I am delighted and honored to bring to you Volume V of the annual newsletter of Symbiosis law School-Hyderabad, STRIDE (2018). This pride Newsletter is an attempt to secure to our readers an opportunity to look into the myriad of activities undertaken at our splendid campus on a daily basis. Its annual publication is an endeavor to inform the outside world and strengthen our brand by projecting our prolic and dynamic students through the activities performed. It also reects the belief of our founder Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, who views knowledge to be beyond conservative barriers and best achieved with creativity. Bringing out this newsletter was an exhilarating experience that lled me up with the fervor of learning and being a part of various activities. The entire editorial team has made an effort to leave no stone unturned in order to bring to you this wholesome reading. This newsletter is published with Almighty's grace and intends to present to our readers a canvas of activities painted from a pallet of sheer hard-work and perseverance. I wish all readers an inspirational read. Dr. SukhvinderBadan Singh Dari Editor-in-Chief 6 FACULTY TEAM “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.” -Simon Sinek Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad campus has a rich mix of faculty members from the Law, Management, and Social Sciences streams. All of them strive to share the vision of the Founder and are committed to provide quality value-based education enriched with solid research evidences and engaging students with innovative teaching methods, talks from eminent scholars and thinkers across the country and abroad. Our faculty members are our vital resources, leaving their mark on the learner’s minds. Regular Faculty: Prof.(Dr.) Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, Director Mrs. K. Shanthi, LL.M. & M.Phil. (NUJS), LL.M.(Essex, UK), Ph.D., CityU Hong Kong LL.M, LL.B, MBA, M.Sc. APSET Director Assistant Professor Dr. Sukhvinder Singh Dari, Mrs. Ambrina Khan, PhD, LL.M, BA LL.B, DHRML LL.M (NLSIU Bangalore) UGC-NET Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Prageetha G Raju, Mr. D. Ganesh Kumar, PhD, MBA, - NET/JRF M.A.,M.Sc.,LLM,NET, APSET, PGDCA, PGDTVP Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Binnuri Anuradha, Mr. Ahmar Afaq, Ph.D, LLM, LLB, APSET NET, LL.M., B.A.LLB Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. B. Srinivas, Mr. Shree Rahul, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., NET LL.B, LL.M, NET, APSET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Kishore Kumar Yathamsetty, Mr. Pankaj Prakashrao Umbarkar, Ph.D, NET, APSET, MBA, M.A. NET, LL.M., B.A.LL.B Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Rajanikanth. Mrs. Shipra Chauhan, Ph.D, NET, APSET, MBA LL.M, BA LL.B(Honors), NET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Sanu Rani Paul, Mrs. Dhanya K A, B.ALLB(Hons.), LLM, NET, Ph.D BA LL.B, LL.M, NET JRF Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Rengasamy Stalin, Mr. Hifajatali H Sayyed M.A., Ph.D BSL., LLB., LLM., NET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Pooja Rhine, Mr. Mohd Irfan Ali Abbas Ph.D, M.Phil, M.A, B.A(History) S.B, BALL.B, LL.M, NET, APSET Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Dr. Priyanka R Mohod, Mr. A Chandrasekhar, BA LL.B, LL.M, NET, SET, Ph. D M.phil, NET, SET Assistant Professor AssistantProfessor Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, M.Phil., M.A.(Political Science), NET Assistant Professor 7 Visiting Faculty Dr. M. Prashanth Kumar, B. Com, MA, M. Phil, Ph.D Dr. G Vidyanath, Ph.D, M.Phil, M.Com Mr. Deepak Kushwaha,MA German Dr. S N Ghosh, Ph.D., FCS (India), ACIS (UK), AICMA, AICSI (UK), LLB, PG Diploma in Labour Laws Mr. Sangameshwar, MBA Mr. K.Nageshwara Rao, M.Sc.,CAIIB Mrs. Paramita Roy, Ph.D, LL.M., LLB. Mrs. Pragya Bharadwaj, BBA LLB Ms. A.Vani, LLM.,LLB.,BA.,NET Mr. Sudeep Pandey, LL.M. Ms. Suchita Misra, LL.M. Ms.Shristhti Khare, LL.M. Ms. Syeda Arshiya Mahjabeen, LL.M. Ms. Ummul Waraah, LL.M Mr. Gaurav, BA.LL.B (H), LL.M, PhD(Law), NET JRF Ms. Sanjana Jagga Bali, B.Sc. LLM Ms. Sumathi C, MA (Spanish) Mr. Anant Gupta, BBA LLB (Hons) Mr. Mutyala Ravi Kumar, M.Tech, B. Tech Ms. Vaneetha Patnaik, LL.M. LL.B. Mr. Pushpa Lamba, B.CA., M.B.A., PGDPE., Ph.D Mr. Rangam Sharma, BBA LLB. Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, LLM Mr. Anant Gupta, BBA LLB (Hons) - National Law University, Odisha Ms. Hemamalini, M.S., M.Sc., B.Sc., Certicate in Counselling & Psycho Therapy Ms. Shivalaxmi Arumugham, M.sc Criminology, B.Sc. Computers Mr. Amish Abdullah, LLM,BA.LLB Mr. Joseph Shyam, (Ph.D),MBA,B.Sc. Computers,Diploma Heena Mall Vaidya, LL.M., (Corporate Law) 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 We, theStudentsofSymbiosisLawSchool,Hyderabad We, 0 Andhra Pradesh Assam ADMITTED BATCH WISE -2018 GENDER Bihar STATE/UNION TERRITORYWISEADMITTEDSTUDENT Chandigarh * Delhi * Goa Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur of Students No Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamilnadu 9 Telangana Uar Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Himachal Pradaesh Jammu & Kashmir Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Uaranchal LLB - BBA FEMALE LLB - BBA MALE LLB - BA FEMALE LLB - BA MALE West Bengal Sikkim Tripura Chasgarh Andaman & nicobar … Dadar & Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Lakshadeep Pondicherry INTERNATIONAL Our Student Accomplishments WINNER : H.M. Seervai Gold Medal Essay Competition in Constitutional Law 2018 Ms. Vidhi Singh, BALLB IV Year of 2015-2020 batch has made Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad proud by winning the H.M. Seervai Gold Medal Essay Competition in Constitutional Law 2018 organized by NLSIU Bangalore on the topic “Passive Euthanasia: An Analysis of Supreme Court Judgements”.