National Law University

� VISIT BY FOREIGN OFFICIALS FROM IIPA
Foreign officials from Asian and African countries along with Indian counterparts from the Indian Institute of Public Administration visited NLU Jodhpur on September 20, 2019. Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Poonam Saxena addressed the delegates and made a presentation about the University. Prof I.P. Massey, Dean Faculty of Law interacted with the delegates and answered their questions. Thereafter Dr. Rosmy Joan delivered a lecture on Dispute Settlement in International Project Finance and Dr. Ruchi Bhandari delivered a lecture on Project Risk, Impact and the Mitigation Framework.

� YUVARDHA VI
The sixth edition of National Law University, Jodhpur's inter-college sports fest, Yuvardha was organised from 26th to 29th September, 2019,by the Sports Committee. This edition witnessed the highest number of participants coming from across 20 law colleges in India, having a total of over 1300 participants. There were numerous sports competed for, such as football, volleyball, basketball, cricket, tennis, badminton, table tennis, chess, carrom, marathon as well as field and track events in athletics. This year,Pool was also introduced as a formal event, which was a huge success.Further, as a college committed to the safety of students, a committee, consisting of the convenors and the chairperson of the committee, was constituted to ensure safety and discipline during the course of the fest.

The Chief Guest for the event, Ms. Sharda Ugda, an eminent sports journalist, graced us with her pre-eminent presence for the opening ceremony on the 25th of September, and delivered an extremely motivational opening address. We had students from the University performing classical dances for the opening ceremony. After four days of intense sporting, excitement and nerves, the closing ceremony was held on 29th September where winning contingents were awarded with medals, certificates and trophies for the various events won by them. Jindal Global Law school were declared the overall winners of the fest, while Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar were the overall Athletics winners.

� IV CARTAL CONFERENCE

In October 2019, CARTAL organized the 4th CARTAL Conference on International Arbitration with the theme �Navigating Murky Waters:
Uncertainties in International Arbitration�. SIAC, ICC, Young ICCA, AFIA, MCIA, CiArb, VIAC, SAARC Arbitration Council (SARCO), Bar Association of India and Society of Indian Law Firms joined as the
Institutional Partners of the Conference. The Conference received an overwhelming response from the arbitration community, and we welcomed world�s most prominent arbitration practitioners, and also arbitrators, from across the globe as panelists. The Conference also received an overwhelming participation from both students and practitioners, who travelled from various parts of the country to attend the Conference.

Following topics were covered in the course of three (3) panel discussions:
(1) Human Rights and Environment Protection Concerns in International Investment Arbitration,

(2) Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: Prague Rules vs. IBA Rules,

(3) Towards Institutional Arbitration in India.

Hon�ble Justice (Retd.) Madan B. Lokur, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Judge of Supreme Court of Fiji, graced the Conference as the Guest of Honour.

SARCO provided financial assistance to CARTAL and joined as an Institutional Partner of the Conference. Mr. Bhartendu Agarwal,Assistant Director of SARCO and alumnus of National Law University,Jodhpur, visited as the representative of SARCO. Mr. Agarwal conducted an educational session for the students on �Career Prospects and Higher Studies in International Arbitration,� and also shared his insights on the functioning of SARCO.

� XIII CONVOCATION

The Thirteenth Convocation of National Law University, Jodhpur was organized on January 19, 2020 for the Class of 2019. The Ceremony was presided over by the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Hon�ble Mr. Justice Indrajit Mahanty. Hon�ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, Judge Supreme Court of India was Distinguished Guest of Honour for the occasion. The Convocation address was delivered by Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan & Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization and Chief Architect of the New Education Policy. In his address, Dr.Kasturirangan heralded the graduating scholars as the future torch bearers of this coveted field, with the special responsibility to advance the cause of justice and wellbeing of society. Harking back to Ancient Indian thoughts on law and jurisprudence, the Chief Guest observed that the law is not a mere regulator but a beacon of light to
guide us to reach higher states both individually and collectively. He also opined that a holistic approach to laws and regulatory systems, founded on the sound principles of �human development� is a recurring need which cannot be denied.

� FULBRIGHT SPONSORED TRAINING ON ENERGY LAW

Prof. Jacqueline Lang Weaver, A.A. White Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center visited the University as a Fulbright Nehru Specialist on Energy Law for three weeks in February 2020.

a. Prof. Weaver organized a certificate course on �The Role of Transnational Code of Conduct in the Energy Sector and Beyond: Do they Promote Socially Sustainable Globalization?� for students,
academicians and professionals from February 14 to 16 2020 at NLU Jodhpur. 98 participants from various institutions across India attended the course.

b. Prof. Weaver conducted one week special lectures in Energy Law for the students of Energy Law Optional Course at NLU Jodhpur.

� SYMPOSIUM ON REVISITING AGE-OLD PROBLEMS IN SEARCH OF CUTTING EDGE SOLUTIONS IN THE BANKING AND COMPETITION SECTOR

Centre For Studies in Banking And Finance, organized a symposium on the theme �Revisiting age-old problems in search of cutting edge solutions in the banking and competition sector�.The symposium was graced by the presence of several prominent members in the competition law sector including Dr. K.D. Singh, the Joint Director of Competition Commission of India; Dr. Abha Yadav, Head of School of Competition and Corporate Law at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Mr. Gautam Chawla, an eminent Counsel at Trilegal and Mr. Ujjwal Mehta, a distinguished member at CUTS International Centre for Competition, Investment and Economic Regulation in Jaipur.

The deliberations in the symposium primarily focused on dissecting and analysing the archaic problems existing in the legal framework of the competition sector, especially in the backdrop of the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and proceeded to more urgent issues of big data and artificial intelligence within the realm of competition law. Finally, contemporary issues, created by the interface between the competition and the banking sector, such as fintech, green channel routes etc. were extensively discussed.

� TRAINING PROGRAMME ON CASE MANAGEMENT AND COURT MANAGEMENT FOR MID-CAREER JUDICIAL OFFICERS OF NEPAL

A training programme for Mid-Career Judicial Officers of Nepal on Case Management and Court Management was organised by National Law University, Jodhpur & Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of External Affairs Government of India, New Delhi from 2-9 March 2020. The programme was specially tailored to cater the training needs of judicial officers from Nepal on the request of the Supreme Court of Nepal.

Honb�le Mr. Justice N. N. Mathur, Former Judge, Rajasthan High Court and Former Vice Chancellor, NLU Jodhpur was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural session and addressed the delegates on the topic �Bench Management�. Subsequent sessions were an intellectual kaleidoscope with venerated legal intelligentsia and practitioners including Hon�ble Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati; Hon�ble Mr. Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur; Hon�ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Poonam Saxena; Shri Hari Om Attri, Director, Rajasthan State Judicial Academy; Prof. Dr. Purvi Pokhariyal, Director, Institute of Law, Nirma University; Prof. I.P. Massey, Dean, Faculty of Law; Prof. Shyam Krishan Kaushik,Assistant Dean, Faculty of Law; Shri Rajvendra Saraswat, Advocate,Rajasthan High Court; Dr. Ashok Wadje, Registrar, MNLU, Aurangabad;Dr. Rangin Pallav Tripathy, Fulbright Nehru Post Doctoral fellow at the Harvard University, USA; Dr. Rosmy Joan and Mr. Renjith Thomas addressing the judicial officers on various facets of administrative and legal skill acquisition contributing towards the creation of a just and equitable administration of justice.

� XI NLU ANTI TRUST MOOT COURT COMPETITION

The Moot Court Committee organized the Eleventh edition of the NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition, 2020 from March 11-13, 2020. The Moot was organized in association with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and knowledge partners SCC Online and Eastern Book Company, under the patronage of the Competition Commission of India. This edition witnessed a record participation of 42 teams from some of the best law schools of the country. Symbiosis Law School, Noida emerged as the Winner of this edition of the competition and Lloyd Law College finished as the Runners-up. Kritika Narayan of Amity Law School, Delhi was declared as the Best Student Advocate of the Competition, and National Law Institute University, Bhopal received the award for the Best Memoranda. It is now one of the foremost moot court competitions in the area of competition law and a great platform to increase awareness and interest in this field among the legal fraternity.