Alumni Reunion | BA LLB Class of 2014

The National Law School of India University hosted a campus reunion for the batch of 2014 on May 10, 2025 as they celebrated 11 years of their graduation.

Our alumni spent the day on campus re-connecting with batchmates, faculty, and other members of the NLS community, and celebrating their friendships and connections over the last decade.

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Reflections from our Alums

Vikram Shah
Freelance writer, editor, and content consultant
“When I was in my third or fourth year at NLS, I had a sense that maybe a long-term legal career was not for me, though I did work for a law firm for a couple of years after I graduated. Since then, I’ve worked mostly in the media. I’ve worked at Mint as an editor of the features paper, Mint Lounge. I reported on and wrote several stories for Mint. Then I worked with the media startup called All Things Small where we put out a publication called fiftytwo.in which was long form journalism of 4,000 to 5,000 words. We would cover one different aspect of the subcontinent every week and that was a fantastic job. A dream job for me as a freelancer. I work part time with a legal journalistic outlet, but I also do corporate writing, corporate content writing. I’ve written scripts for videos. I have written an 11-part narrative podcast which was commissioned by the American podcast platform Luminary.

It’s NLSIU where I started reading novels. All those trips to Blossoms and the other amazing bookstores that are on Church Street. Here is where I met peers who encouraged this side of me. I started writing while I was in law school. The first time I got paid for a piece of writing was in my third year. I credit NLS with blowing open my mind to all sorts of possibilities, not just in terms of what’s possible career wise, but just in terms of ideas, which is an extremely important thing in my line of work.

And the other thing is that NLS was the first time that I truly understood the idea of India. At NLS, there were people literally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to Arunachal. And it was the first time that I had a sense of what it means, how vast and wonderful our country is. And a lot of the journalism that I’ve worked on has been about that idea, and we need to preserve this idea. And NLS is where it started so I’m grateful for my time here.”

Megha Mathur
Director, Pocket FM
“It’s been so lovely to be back at NLS today after 10 years of having graduated. I think all of us loved our time here. It was five years that were transformative for most of us. We all came here when we were 17 or 18 years old. I had among the best years of our life here in Nagarbhavi. It’s been so lovely to see how much the campus has changed. We see some great new additions, and some conspicuous absences as well. Since my time after law school, I’ve worked mostly in tech companies across India. I worked at Zomato, then Meesho, and now I’m with Pocket FM. I don’t practice anymore as a lawyer. But I do think that my five years here were still foundational and helped me prepare for all of the different work that I’ve had the chance to do. So thank you so much for having us back here.”

Amshula Prakash
Entertainment Lawyer
“I’ve been working as a lawyer for artists since I graduated from NLS, and for the last couple of years I’ve also been working as an art curator. It’s very exciting to be back to a place that really formed us during the five years we spent here. It significantly shaped all of us. And I think I can speak on behalf of pretty much anyone who has been here. It has been bittersweet because there are a lot of changes on campus. It’s a mix of nostalgia and just not being able to see campus the way it was. Thanks to everybody at NLS for welcoming us so hospitably and we look forward to our 20th year reunion.”

Dheer Bhatnagar
Corporate Lawyer
“My time at NLS was very formative. I think that’s how I look at it. It was fun and it was great and all of that, but when I look back, it’s the one keyword. It has really formed who I am today. Since I graduated, I’ve done a mix of corporate law and in-house roles. Now I’m in a sort of a business plus legal role at a startup. It feels really, really good to be back. I think the campus has retained a mix of the old and the new. I can see a lot of things that have changed. I think a lot of the old charm is still here, which I really like. I hope to come back more frequently and stay in touch with the folks here.”

Chetna Kumar
Analyst, Bloomberg
“I think NLS is such an integral part of who I am. The rigour and the challenging environment we were in really tests you. Whatever I’ve accomplished since, the seeds were planted here. It’s so great to come back to most of the people who have this imprint on me.

Since I graduated, I moved away from the law very quickly. I worked in politics and now I work in geo-economics. I still feel like the skills I learned at NLS, in terms of lawyering and thinking critically, are what gave me an edge and helped me drive my own career in a different field. I think the education you get here actually makes you confident enough to go venture into new areas and be able to hold your own still.”

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