NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE.

THE ACADEMIIC OUTPUT OF STUDENTS OF NLSIU

STUDENTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL fora - AT A GLANCE

(MAY 2009 TO MARCH 2010) (Total:29)

SN	Name of the Student/s	Class/Year	Name of the Competition
1	Yaman Verma Prabhat Mukherjea Shivam Singh Eashan Ghosh Badrinarayanan S Deepak Sridhar	V B.A.,LL.B V B.A.,LL.B II B.A.,LL.B IV B..,LL.B	Quarterfinalists at the Asian’s Universities Debating Championships (AUDC) hosted by EWU, Dhaka from May 14^th-21^st, 2009. Finalist Adjudicator and Member of Shadow Adjudication core, AUDC. Breaking Adjudicators, AUDC.
2	Kalrav Mishra Yaman Verma Eshan Ghosh Varun Rajiv Deepak Sridhar	V B.A.,LL.B V B.A.,LL.B V B.A.,LL.B IV B.A.,LL.B IV B.A.,LL. NB.A.,LL.B	Winners of - ‘ Jerome D’Souza Debate’h osted by Loyola College from 19^th -21^st September, 2009. Kalrav Mishra was declared the best speaker. Runners up at the Loyala Debate. Declared the Best Adjudicator at the Loyala Debate.
3	Prabhat Mukherjea Shivam Singh Harini Vishwanathan Ashwita Ambast	V, B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Winner of the Parliamentary debate hosted by IIT Bombay from 25^th-27^th September, 2009. Also Prabhat Mukerjea was declared the best speaker. Runners up at the IIT Debate.
4	Abhimanyu George Jain, Raeesa Vakil Shwetank Ginodia	IV B.A.,LL.B II B.A.,LL.B	Wins Manfred Lachs International Space Moot Court Competition, 2009 held at Daejon, South Korea on 15^th October, 2009. Declared the WINNER of LEE LOVE AWARD for the BEST TEAM And RAEESA Wins THE STERNS AND TENNEN AWARD for the BEST ORALIST Coached by Dr. Sairam Bhat/Mr. Mrinal Satish
	Niranjan V	V B.A.,LL.B	is awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for 2010. He is the 14 th Recipient of Rhodes Scholarship. Niranjan would be persuing B.C.L. at Oxford University. The panel was Chaired by Mr.Ratan Tata, who is the Chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee and the distinguished members were Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Mr. Nandan Kamath (Ex-Student, NLSIU), Ms.Menaka Guruswamy(Ex-Student, NLSIU), Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal, Ms. Rakhi Mehra (All being Ex-Rhodes Scholars) and others.
5	Maanav Kumar Abhimanyu George Jain Vipul Nanda Eashan Ghosh Shivam Singh	V, B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B	Winner of The 7^th Premchand Memorial Debate hosted from 3^rd -6^th November by The Hindu College,Delhi. Was declared the Best Speaker at the Premchand Debate. Was declared the Best Adjudicator at the Premchand Debate. Was declared the 3^rd Best Adjudicator at the Premchand Debate.
6	Vatsala Sahay Sneha Mohanty Vrinda Bhandari Varun T Matthew Krishna Shorewala Shalini Iyengar Shaunak Sarkar Shwetank Ginodia	III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Represented the NLSIU in The Oxford IV Debate hosted by Oxford University from 13^th- 15^th November, 2009.
7	Vatsala Sahay Sneha Mohanty Vrinda Bhandari Varun T Matthew Avantika Thakur Shalini Iyengar Devina Deshpandey Deepika Kinhal	III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B IV B.A.,LLB IV B.A.LLB III B.A.,LLB	Represented the NLSIU in The Cambridge IV Debate hosted by Oxford University from 20^th- 22^nd November, 2009.
8	Kalrav Mishra Vipul Nanda Prabhat Mukherjea Harini Vishwanathan Shreya Aren Surbhi Kuwelkar	V B.A, LL.B IV B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Reached the Semi-Finals of the Asians BP Debate hosted Chulalongkorn University, Hong Kong from 20^th-23^rd November,2009. Vipul Nanda was declared the 6^th Best Speaker at the Debate. Kalrav Mishra was declared the 8^th Best Speaker at the Debate.
9	Deepak Sridhar Leeneshwari Makhijani Jahnvi Manohar Mallika Abidi Divya Shenoy	IV B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B	Reached the Quarter Finals as an Adjudicator in WUPID held from 19^th-23^rd December,2009. Paritcipated in the Debate.
10	Deepak Sridhar Leeneshwari Makhijani Jahnvi Manohar Mallika Abidi Divya Shenoy	IV B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B	Reached the Quarter Finals as an Adjudicator in WUPID held from 19^th-23^rd December,2009. Paritcipated in the Debate.
11	Kalrav Mishra	V B.A.,LL.B	World Universities Debating Championship from 27^th December, 2009 to 3^rd January, 2010 at KOC University, Istanbul
12	Brajesh Rajak	III B.A.,LL.B	Presented a Research Paper on “Caste,, Social Exclusion, Equality, Social & Political Participation An International Symposium in Trieste, Italy on 5^th January, 2010
	Ashish Kaushik, Praveena Nair S, Kumar Abhijeet	I LL.M	Post-graduates participated for the first time in The National Moot Court Competition for the Post Graduate (LL M) students which was organised by the Department of Law, University of Pune from January 23rd to 25th, 2010. They bagged the "Best Memorial Prize" and were adjudged as the "Runners up" in the competition.
13	V. Niranjan - Speaker Raag Yadava - Speaker Gautam Bhatia Researcher Subhand Nair - Researcher	V B.A.,LL.B II B.A.,LL.B IV B.A.,LL.B III B.A.,LL.B	have won the South India Rounds of the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2010, organised by the University of Madras from 29 to 31 January, 2010. : Mr. V. Niranjan was declared the Best Speaker overall as well as the Best Speaker in the Final Round, in which NLSIU prevailed over NALSAR, Hyderabad. Mr. Raag Yadava was adjudged the Second Best Speaker overall. The team also won the Fourth-Best Memorial Award. Along with three other teams, the team will now represent India at the International Rounds of the Competition, to be held in Washington DC in March. The team is coached by Professor Mrinal Satish.
14	Nishita Vasan Kalrav Mishra Vipul Nanda Yaman Verma Prabhat Mukherjea Prateek Chaddha Harini Vishwanathan Aditi Gupta	III B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B IVB.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B VB.A LL.B II B.A LL.B III B.A LL.B	Reached the Quarter Finals as an Adjudicator in the Worlds Universities Debating Championships held from 29^th December,2009-4^th January,2010. Represented the NLSIU in the debate.
15	Apoorva Paranjpe	V B.A.,LL.B	ICC International Mediation Competition to be held at Paris from 6^th to 10^th February, 2010
	Chitralekha Das	IV B.A.,LL.B
	Sindhu Sarma	IV B.A.,LL.B
	Varun T Mathew	IV B.A.,LL.B
	Niyati Gandhi	I B.A.,LL.B	is awarded the Honourable Mention at Harvard National Model United Nations 2010 held from 11th to 14th February, 2010 at Harvard. She was given this Award for representing Sudan in the African Union Committee.
	Vipul Nanda Kalrav Mishra Badrinarayanan S	IV B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Winners of the RVDT hosted by RV College of Engineering, Bangalore from 12^th-14^th February,2010. Also Vipul Nanda was adjudged to be the Best Speaker in the Debate. Was declared the Best Adjudicator at the Debate.
16	Ankit Goel Bhabhna Das Shantanu Naravane Vrinda Maheshwari	V B.A., LL.B	have received "Microsoft Scholarship" of Rs. 80,000/- each An extract from the letter received from Amarchand Mangaldas dated February 15, 2010 "We have come to end of yet another successful year of the Microsoft Scholarship Program. It has personally been our privilege to have been associated with your esteemed Institute over the last few years. We have been fortunate to receive some exceptional research from your Institute and we are happy to announce that the research papers submitted by the chosen scholars shall, soon be publicized and we shall apprise you of the same". The NLS congratulates Dr. T. Ramakrishna, Professor of Law, Ministry of HRD Chair on IPR for providing excellent guidance and congratulates the students on their stupendous achievement.
17	Reeba Muthalaly	III B.A.,LL.B	Ms. Reeba Muthalaly is accepted from a highly selective pool of international applicants to attend the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) On-Campus Conference from February 18-21, 2010 in Cambridge as a representative of National Law School of India University. Acceptance to attend the HPAIR conference represents an extraordinary accomplishment deserving of support and recognition. The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations is a partnership between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic programme and forum of exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic, political and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. Past speakers at the conferences include former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kim Dae Jung, Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth, and Singapore President S.R.Nathan. The delegates to the HPAIR conference are top university students, chosen from an international pool of over 1000 applicants.
18	Vivek Shivkumar Kaushik Prasad Kalrav Mishra Vipul Nanda Shivam Singh Prabhat Mukherjea Eashan Ghosh Surbhi Kuwelkar	V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B IVB.A LL.B VB.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Won the award for Best Adjudication in the IIT Delhi Debate held from 18^th-21^st February,2010. Reached the Quarter Finals of the Debate. Reached the Quarter Finals of the Debate.
19	Amber Sinha	V B.A.,LL.B	Conference on Good Governance & Human Rights from 26^th to 28^th February, 2010, Singapore
	Bhavya Mohan	IV B.A.,LL.B
20	Maanav Kumar Abhimanyu George Jain	IV B.A.,LL.B V B.A.,LL.B II B.A.,LL.B	have won the coveted trophy at the 62nd Mukarji memorial Debate hosted by St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi on 2nd March, 2010. were the Runners-up were the Semi-Finalists
	Yaman Verma Mr. Kalrav Mishra
	Ms. Ashwita Ambsat Ms. Radhika Chitkara
21	Maanav Kumar Abhimanyu George Jain Yaman Verma Maanav Kumar Abhimanyu George Jain Badrinarayanan S	IV B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Winners of The 62^nd Mukarjee Memorial Debate held at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi from 28^th February- 2^nd March,2010. Was declared the Best Speaker. Was declared to be the 2^nd Best Speaker. Was declared to be the 4^th Best Speaker at the Debate and to be the Best Speaker in the Finals. Was declared to be the 3^rd Best Adjudicator.
22	Kalrav Mishra Vipul Nanda Prabhat Mukherjea Susuwagata Roy	V B.A LL.B IV B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Were the Runners Up at the NUJS Parliamentary Debate held from 3^rd-5^th March, 2010. Also Vipul Nanda was adjudged as the Best Speaker of the Tournament. Was declared to be the 2^nd Best Adjudicator.
23	Varun T Mathew Arti Raghavan	IV B.A.,LL.B	Won the National Finals of Louis M.Brown Client Counselling Competition held in SDM College, Mangalore on 5-6th March, 2010. Earlier they won the Regional Finals of the competition held on 9 th January, 2010 . Varu and Arti will represent India at the International Finals to be held in Hong Kong from 5-10 April, 2010
24	Prabhat Mukherjea Prateek Chaddha Shivam Singh Eashan Ghosh	V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B V B.A LL.B	Won the Shanti Narayan Memorial Debate hosted by Hansraj College, Delhi held from 6^th- 8^th March, 2010. Won the Best Adjudicator awrad. Was declared to be the 3^rd Best Adjudicator.
25	Maanav Kumar Harini Vishwanathan	IVB.A LL.B II B.A LL.B	Won the Runners up trophy at the Franck Thakur Das Memorial Debate hosted by KMC, Delhi held from 10^th-12^th March,2010. Also Maanav Kumar was adjudged to be the 6^th Best Speaker. Was declared to be the 4^th Best Speaker at the Debate.
26	Megha Kaladharan	III B.A.,LL.B	The panel “Domestic Violence in India:Analysing Responses and Evolving Strategies” has been accepted for presentation at the 9^th Global Conference on Violence: Probing the Boundaries, from 12^th to 14^th March 2010 at Salzburg, Austria.
	Divya Shenoy	III B.A.,LL.B
	Vatsala Sahay	III B.A.,LL.B
27	Kushal Bhimjiani	V B.A.,LL.B	Got her Essay shortlisted for the Semi-Final Round of Habitat Young Visionary Award conducted by the prestigious India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
	Niharika Rao Sowjhanya Sankaran Shalini Iyengar	III B.A.,LL.B III B.A.,LL.B IVB.A LL.B	The Jean-Pictet Concours International Humanitarian Law Competition was founded in 1988 and completed its 22nd year in Orford, Canada between 20th & 27th March, 2010. This year’s selection procedure saw 109 teams beginning the selection process, 87 teams from 47 countries completing the three written exams which constitute the first segment of the competition and 45 teams finally participating in the final oral rounds for the year 2009-10. The Competition aims at taking “law out of the books” and tests students both on their knowledge of the law and their ability to use the law. National Law School of India Unversity (NLSIU), Bangalore, participated in the Competition for the first time and were one of only two teams selected for the final rounds of the Competition from India. The NLSIU team qualified into the semi-finals and Shalini Iyengar was declared one of the three best speakers in their group and was nominated for the Gilbert Appollis award. This year’s finals saw the presence of Justice Phillippe Kirsch, President of the ICC, in addition to other noted luminaries in the field of International Humanitarian Law who judged the Competition throughout the week.
	V. Niranjan Speaker Raag Yadava Speaker Gautam Bhatia Researcher Shubhang Nair Year) Researcher	V B.A.,LL.B II B.A.,LL.B IVB.A., LL.B III B.A.,LL.B	The National Law School of India University reached the Quarter-Finals of the 51st Annual Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, held in Washington DC between March 21 & 27, 2010. This is the third time in succession that the NLSIU has reached the last 8 or beyond of the Jessup International Rounds. The NLSIU Memorial was declared the Fourth Best in the World. The team is coached by Prof. Mrinal Satish.
28	Ms. Kunal Ambasta	III B.A.,LL.B	student's paper on the constitutionality of nacro-analysis has been selected for presentation at the conference on "Emerging Issues on Law and Justice in the Coming Decade" organized by the Delhi University from 26 th to 27 th March, 2010 . The title of the paper is " Narco-Analysis as an Investigative Tool: Violating the Right to Silence of the Accused."
29	Ms. Lipsa Acharyya	III B.A.,LL.B	6^th Annual International Student Conference on Emperical Sciences at Ismir University, Turkey on 14^th and 15^th April, 2010