The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, in association with UGC, is organizing 11 rounds of National Essay Competition as part of the year long Fundamental Duties Awareness campaign of Govt of India to commemorate the 70th year of adoption of our Constitution. There will be one National Essay Competition every month, based on one Fundamental Duty. All students enrolled in any Higher Educational Institution in India are eligible to participate. 

This is in continuation to the UGC’s earlier communications regarding the yearlong  celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Constitution Day starting from 26th November 2019. As a part of this celebration, Hon’ble Minister of HRD announced yearlong Essay Competition on 26th of every month and the details of the same has been shared on the portal, i.e. https://kartavya.ugc.ac.in .

The 3rd monthly National Essay Competition is scheduled to be held on 26th Feb, 2020 and the deadline for registration is 17th Feb, 2020. For further detail/registration visit  http://206.189.129.182/  or  https://kartavya.ugc.ac.in/

“23rd Guest Lecture of IDG by Mr. Abhinav Sekhri on ‘Working with the Constitution: A Reality Check’ “

After much anticipation and wait, the Informal Discussion Group is back with a series of Guest Lectures lined up for this semester.

We are delighted to inform you that for the 23rd Guest Lecture of IDG, we have Mr. Abhinav Sekhri as the Guest Speaker, who will be speaking on the topic “Working with the Constitution: A Reality Check“.  The guest lecture is scheduled on February 1, 2020 from 3:00-5:00 pm.

His brief profile is as follows- 

Abhinav Sekhri is a NLSIU graduate (batch of 2014) who was awarded the prestigious Inlaks scholarship in 2017, thereafter he went on to pursue his LLM from Harvard Law School. Presently, he is practising as a lawyer in New Delhi and regularly writes about Indian Criminal law and procedure in scholarly journals, newspapers and blogs.

Kartavya- 1st NLUO-SMC State Level Video Making Competition Theme: Fundamental Duties

“Centre for Maritime Law, NLUO is organising its 1st Academic Guest Lecture on January 31, 2020”.

The Centre for Maritime Law, National Law University Odisha is delighted to invite Prof. (Dr.)  Proshanto Mukherjee, Professor Emeritus, World Maritime University for an Academic Guest Lecture on topics “Historical Evolution of Admiralty Jurisdiction and Law” and “Law of Collisions at Sea”. The Centre aims to deliberate on a latest aspect of Maritime law and get enlightened by his insightful words.

The guest lecture will be held on 31^st January 2020 between 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The venue for the same is Seminar Hall, Second Floor, Academic Block. The Centre cordially invites all the faculty members and the students to attend the same.

A brief profile of Prof. (Dr.) Proshanto Mukherjee:

Prof. Proshanto K. Mukherjee is the former Vice President Research, Director of Doctoral Program and ITF Professor of Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection at WMU. He served as Co-Director of the WMU/Lund University joint LL.M. program. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of Swansea University (SU); Professor of Law at Dalian Maritime University, China; Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Human Resource Development of Chung-Ang University, South Korea; Visiting Professor at National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India, and is Chancellor of CINEC Maritime Campus, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has been doctoral supervisor and examiner for several Ph.D. candidates around the world.

He spent 16 years in a seafaring career which culminated to the rank of Master before he entered legal studies and the legal profession. He has served as Senior Adviser, Maritime Policy and International Affairs in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, and later as Senior Deputy Director and Professor of Maritime Law at the International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta. He was formerly IMO Legal Adviser for the Caribbean Region. He has drafted shipping and marine environmental legislation for over twenty-eight jurisdictions around the world. He is a member of the Canadian Maritime Law Association and of the CMI Working Group on Fair Treatment of Seafarers.

Mr. Proshanto is the author of the book “Maritime Legislation” and lead author of the Fourth Edition of “Farthing on International Shipping”. He has numerous publications to his credit on virtually every subject in maritime law.

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The Centre in collaboration with Young India Challenge will be organizing a one-day master-class on social entrepreneurship on 7th January 2020 (Tuesday), 10 AM. The workshop will give us an understanding of Social Entrepreneurship and how one can become a Social Entrepreneur.

Young India Challenge is a platform by Human Circle for the creative young minds of India to come together for experiential challenges that will broaden their mindset and move them closer to what they love doing. Their endeavour is to connect the top youth influencers with the industry leaders through an engaging platform. They have recently launched their Odisha Chapter. More Details-https://youngindiachallenge.com/

The Venue for the same is Seminar Hall, Academic Block of the University.  

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“Call for Papers for an Edited Volume on Tribal Justice”

National Essay Competitions on Indian Constitution and Fundamental Duties– MHRD-UGC

(Yearlong Constitution Day Celebration)

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As the Odisha’s State Coordinating University for yearlong Constitution Day Celeberation, National Law University Odisha, Cuttack is honoured to communicate the following:-

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“Call for papers for Human Rights Law Journal – 2020”