NEWS AND EVENTS OF YEAR 2018

Date
Event

 

December 22 - 23, 2018 Two Day Regional Workshop on Biodiversity Related Laws
November 27, 2018 NLUJAA Library conducted an orientation programme on "Library online resources" at Library premises. The programme included another trainning session on LexisNexis database via videoconferencing hosted by Panchali Moitra, Client Trainer, LexisNexis India.
November 26, 2018 NLUJA Assam celebrated as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. 
November 24, 2018

NLUJA Assam with Think India celebrated the birth of the valiant leader, and a treasured son of the Assam, Lachit Borphukan on Lachit Diwas at Seminar Hall, Administrative Block, NLUJA Assam. Shri Hitendra Nath Goswami, Hon'ble Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly and Dr. Kiran Hazarika, Member, University Grant Commission graced the occasion with there presence.

The NLUJAA-ILTES Centre for Blockchain Technology and Legal Studies was inaugurated by Shri Hitendra Nath Goswami and Dr. Kiran Hazarika. Also, the website of the centre was inaugurated.

November 23, 2018
Literary and Debating Committee, Student Bar Council of NLUJA Assam organised Intra Parliamentary Debate at Academiv Block.
November 12 - 15, 2018

1st NLUJAA & Law National Trial Advocacy Workshop.

November 14, 2018

Centre for Clinical Legal Education and Legal Aid Cell, NLUJA Assam organised Legal Service Awareness Programme.

November 10, 2018

National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam organised 1st NLUJAA National Law Quiz Competition at Seminar Hall, Administrative Block, NLUJA Assam.

November 09, 2018

National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam in collaboration with Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University organised Legal Aid Camp at Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Nalbari.

November 3-4, 2018

Workshop on Air and Space Law.

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October 27-28, 2018
Centre for Disability Studies and Health Laws, NLUJA Assam organised National Seminar on “New Paradigms in Disability Studies and Health Laws: Meta-narratives and Realities" at NLUJA Assam.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka; Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, High Court; Shri Kausar Jamil Hilaly, ACS, Commissioner, Disabilities, Govt. of Assam; Dr. Abha Agarwal, Founder, A4 Clinics, Indore and Prof. (Dr.) Sarasu Esther Thomas, NLSIU, Bangalore headed the various Technical Sessions throughout the Seminar.

October 26-27, 2018
Advocate Dilip Majumdar, Addl. Advocate General of Gauhati High Court delivered series of lectures on Code of Civil Procedure at NLUJA, Assam.
September 26, 2018
NLUJA Assam along with TurnitIndia Education Pvt. Ltd. hosted “Conclave on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2018” at Conferece Hall, Administrative Block, NLUJA Assam.

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September 14, 2018

 

Special Lecture on Business Law delivered by Anindita Phukan, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Altum Law Advocates on the topic "Compromises, Arrangements, Reconstructions, Amalgamations and Acquisitions: Legal Issues".

 

September 06-07, 2018

 

Centre for Gender Justice, NLUJA Assam in collaboration with Brotherhood, New Delhi organised Workshop on Women and Disability at Seminar Hall, Administrative Block, NLUJA Assam. 

September 05, 2018

 

NLUJA Assam celebrated Teachers Day.

September 04-05, 2018

 

ADR Society, NLUJA Assam organised Two days PACT- NLUJAA CDR Boot Camp, 2018.

The Boot Camp was facilitated by Mr. Jonathan Rodrigues and Mr. Nisshant Laroia, co-founder and partner of PACT respectively

PACT stands for Peacekeeping and Dispute Resolution Team and their CDR Boot Camp comprises of training in Consensual Dispute Resolution methodologies, i.e., Mediation and Negotiation.

August 29, 2018
Special Lecture on Corporate Law delivered by Prof. (Dr.) M.K. Bhandari, Professor of Law, Director, ILTES, Hyderabad on the topic “An insight into Corporate Environment in India: Focus on the recent developments”

August 27, 2018

 

Office Bearers of Student Bar Council 2018 - 19 elected on August 24, 2018 took Oath at the Oath Taking Ceremony.

August 20, 2018
Dr. Raman Mittal, Associate Professor of Law, University of Delhi delivered special lecture on Intellectual Property Rights at the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.

August 18 - 19, 2018

 

International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights was organised by NLUJA Assam. In which more than 100 people from across the Nation presented their valued Research Papers. Mr. G. R. Raghavender, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India; Ms. Sunita K. Shreedharan, CEO of SKS Law Associates which is among the top IP Law Firms in India; Dr. Raman Mittal, Associate Professor of Law, University of Delhi headed the various Technical Sessions throughout the Conference.

The Centre for Advanced Research on Intellectual Property Rights was inaugurated in presence of Prof. (Dr.) J. S. Patil, Vice-Chancellor, NLUJA Assam; Mr. Miftahuddin Ahmed, Registrar, NLUJA Assam; Mr. G. R. Raghavender, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India; Ms. Sunita K. Shreedharan, CEO of SKS Law Associates; Dr. Raman Mittal, Associate Professor of Law, University of Delhi; Dr. Topi Basar, Associate Professor of Law, NLUJA Assam.

Hon'ble Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, Gauhati High Court was the Chief Guest in the Valedictory Ceremony.

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August 15, 2018 NLUJA Assam celebrated Independence Day.
August 01, 2018

Orientation Programme was held at Seminar Hall, Administrative Block for newly admitted students and their parents/ guardians of B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.) FYIC 2018 and LL.M. One year degree course 2018 in presence of Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Dr. J. S. Patil, Faculties and Non Teaching Staffs.
Students were introduced about different Centres of University, Grievance Redressal Portal and also the Anti-ragging Team and Internal Complaints Committee. Students were ensured that our campus is free from Ragging and Sexual Harassment.
They were also motivated to take part in various academic and co curricular activities.

May 25, 2018 20th General Council meeting was held.
May 24, 2018
Mr. Aproov Mishra and Ms. Rupali Poodar, 6th Semester of the National Law University Assam secured 1st Prize in the 1st National Online Judgement Writing Competition 2018 organized by The Journal for Indian Researchers.
May 18, 2018
One day Presentation cum symposium on "Women Safety in Present Era" was organised by 'Celebrating India' in collaboration with Hostel and Campus Welfare Committee, NLUJA Assam at Seminar Hall, NLUJA Assam.
May 10, 2018
Prof. Dr. H. Raghavendrachar, principal, Sri Vijayanagar College of Law, Andhra Pradesh; delivered a series of lectures on Family Law at the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
May 09, 2018
Mr. Varun Kedia, Ms. Margaret Sengupta and Ms. Nikita Sharma of Thomson Reuters visited University for Recruitment and Internship drive.
May 05, 2018
Ms. Meenakshi Davar Director, Power System Operation Corporation Limited, a Govt. of India Enterprise, Mr. T. S. Singh, Executive Director and their team conducted campus interview at NLUJA Assam to recruit students in their organisation.
May 04, 2018 Shri Nandan Kumar, Joint Director of Economics, Competition Commission of India delivered special lecture on Competition Law and Policies.
April 20-22, 2018

Second Dr. Gurjeet Singh Memorial National Moot Court Competition (GSMNMCC) was held on April 20-22, 2018.

The moot is named after the Founder- Vice Chancellor, Late Prof (Dr.) Gurjeet Singh who left for his heavenly abode on the 1st of April, 2017, out of indebtedness for his contribution and to symbolically immortalize his legacy in the annals of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.

 The inaugural Lamp was lit by Chief Guest Mr. Manveen Singh, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School; Prof. (Dr.) J. S. Patil, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, NLUJAA; Mr. Miftahuddin Ahmed, Registrar, NLUJAA and Prof. Yugal Kishore, Professor of Law, NLUJAA.

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April 12, 2018

The Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Law University and judicial Academy, Assam on April 12, 2018 at Nagpur for fostering academic collaboration between the two universities. This MoU facilitates MNLU, Nagpur to operationalize its vision and mission of ensuring academic collaboration that will encompass exchange of students and members of faculty between the two universities; collaborate in mutual agreeable academic events, teaching, training and research; offer full time as well as optional courses to the undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses offered at these universities on mutually agreeable terms and conditions; supervise Ph.D. Scholars in interdisciplinary areas of research having interface with law; and initiate other academic activities, research and publication. In addition to this, active efforts will be made to develop joint training and collaborative research programmes that will be pursued in a collaborative spirit. 

Prof. (Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, MNLU, Nagpur and Prof. (Dr.) J.S. Patil, Vice-Chancellor, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam signed the MoU in the presence of Dr. N. M. Sakarkar, Registrar, C. Ramesh Kumar, OSD (Academics) and faculty members Prof. (Dr.) Naresh Kumar Vats, Dr. Himanshu Pandey, Dr. Anirban Chakraborty and Dr. Manish Yadav.

April 10, 2018
Excecutive Committee meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
April 09, 2018
Academic Committee Meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
April 06, 2018
Finance Committee Meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
March 10, 2018
Prof. Armin Rosencranz, Lawyer and Political Scientist, delivered special lecture on International environmental law and norms; Energy and climate; Godavarman Case and its impact on north-east India; The Forest Rights Act 2006 and the Vedanta case (2013-14).
March 08, 2018

International Women’s day was organised by Centre for Gender Justice at 1st Floor, Administrative Block on March 08, 2018. Female housekeeping and security staffs of the NLUJA Assam were felicitated by the Vice Chancellor and Registrar.

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March 07 -10, 2018

NLUJA Assam conducted its first version of Inter-University National sports festival “ABHIVEERA”. It was inaugurated by Hon'ble Retired Justice A.C. Upadhaya, who presided as the Chief Guest of the opening ceremony and lit the lamp on March 07. The Closing Ceremony was presided by Mr. Mukhesh Sahay DGP, Assam Police along with Prof. Armin Rosencranz, Stanford School of Law on March 10.

March 05-07, 2018

Second Book Exhibition was held at University Library, 4th Floor, Administrative Block.

The exhibition was inaugurated on March 5, 2018 by Prof. (Dr.) J. S. Patil, Vice-Chancellor in the presence of Registrar, Teaching and Non Teaching Staffs and Students.

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February 25, 2018

First Convocation of the National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam, Guwahati was held in its new Campus at Amingaon on February 25, 2018 at 11.00 a.m. The convocation was presided over by Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and Chancellor of the University. The convocation address was delivered by Hon’ble Shri Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Judge, Supreme Court of India. Guests of Honour were Shri Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Shri Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde Judge, Supreme Court of India. Total of 148 students were conferred degrees of B.A.,LL.B. and LL.M. in the convocation. Seven students bagged gold medals.

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February 24, 2018
Alumni Association of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam was innaugurated by Prof. Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Nagpur.
February 21, 2018 General Council meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
February 16, 2018 Executive Council meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
February 16, 2018 Academic Council meeting was held at Conference Hall, Administrative Block.
February 16, 2018
Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Prof. (Dr.) Paramjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab had an interaction with students of NLUJA Assam.
February 13 , 2018

Brij - the - Gap (The Poetry Slam) was organised by Literary and Debating Committee of NLUJA Assam.

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January 26, 2018 NLUJA Assam celebrated the Republic Day.
January 23, 2018
Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court and other dignitaries visited National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam for Construction Review Meeting.
January 04 , 2018

Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court and other dignitaries visited National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam for Construction Review Meeting.

Also, Dr. Amarjyoti Kashyap, Environment and Solid Waste Management Specialist discussed with dignitaries about developing comprehensive waste management system to make National Law University Assam and Judicial Academy, Assam a green campus.