CLS Guest Lecture on State of Legal Education in India: Social Relevance, Accessibility & Inclusivity (Feb 11, 6-7:30 PM): Register Now

10 Feb 2023

Categories: Conferences & Seminars

About NLU Odisha

National Law University, Odisha, also known as NLUO, is one of the newly established universities among 23 NLUs. The University was established in 2009 in Cuttack, Odisha. It is a state-level university that is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

About the Opportunity

Constitutional Law Society of National Law University Odisha is organizing a Guest Lecture on the 11th of February, 2023 on the theme of “State of Legal Education in India: Social Relevance, Accessibility, and Inclusivity” with Rahul Bajaj and Husain Aanis Khan as our esteemed Guest Speakers.

About our Guest Speakers

Mr. Rahul Bajaj is a Senior Associate Fellow, at Partnerships, in the Research Director’s Office. He manages Vidhi’s partnerships with academic institutions, thinks tanks, and other mutually beneficial partnerships. He also works on developing grassroots networks and collaborative partnerships in select areas of Vidhi’s work.

He is responsible for coordinating research work in the Research Director’s Office, on Vidhi’s research projects related to COVID-19. Rahul studied law at the University of Nagpur, graduating as the gold medallist in the university.

After working at Trilegal, Delhi’s disputes practice for a year, he pursued his postgraduate legal education at the University of Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. On returning to India, Rahul clerked for Supreme Court judge D. Y. Chandrachud before joining Vidhi.

Mr. Husain Aanis Khan is a Research Fellow with the Legal Design and Regulation Team at Vidhi. Husain has worked extensively on the subject of Legal Education and Social Inclusivity. Husain is the Director of the VALE Fellowship. He was the author of the Jamia Diversity Census.

He has delivered presentations on education policy at international conferences and submitted a policy brief on Unified Building Bye-Laws to the Government of NCT of Delhi. He has also contributed opinion pieces for all leading newspaper publications.