About CSBF and NLUJ
The Center for Studies in Banking and Finance (“Centre”) was established by the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) in 2002 to provide a venue for scholars and practitioners to exchange views on banking and financial systems through its various undertakings and activities. Through the corpus fund received by the RBI, the Centre seeks to promote robustness and vibrancy of the banking sector, capital markets and other financial services. The Centre aims to build intellectual capacity in the areas of financial markets, corporate finance and related legal and regulatory issues by undertaking research and
organizing events. Pursuant to the aforementioned aims and objectives, the Centre invites submissions for the Third NLUJ CSBF Essay Writing Competition, 2022.
One of the premier law universities of India, National Law University, Jodhpur (“University”) has undertaken consistent efforts to promote an innovative and hands-on approach to the study of emerging fields of legal discourse. With the patronage of the Reserve Bank of India, the University established the Centre for Studies in Banking and Finance in 2002 to facilitate the discourse in the field of banking and finance.
The University also offers specialized courses to under-graduate students in the field of banking and finance such as [A] Banking and Finance; [B] Corporate Finance; [C] Project Finance; and [D] Financial Markets and Regulatory Systems. In its efforts to further the envelope in relation to the student’s understanding the regulatory framework of the banking and finance sector, conducts various events and competitions through its research and academic centers.
Eligibility Criteria
All students pursuing under-graduate (three/five year courses) or postgraduate law degrees from any law school/university/college recognized by the Bar Council of India are eligible to participate in the Competition.
Themes
- Future of Alternative Investment Funds: New Investment Market and Corporate Governance Competitor.
- Validity of ESOPs to Non-permanent Employees: Implications of SEBI’s Recommendation
- RBI’s crusade against IPO financing
- MSME stress and the efficacy of Pre-packs
- Analyzing the liability of a guarantor after completion of CIRP
- Issues with Over Valuation of Startups getting listed
Prizes
- First Prize: INR 25,000 /- and a merit certificate
- Second Prize: INR 20,000/- and a merit certificate
- Third Prize: INR 15,000/- and a merit certificate
- Certificate for special mention to the Fourth and Fifth best entry
- The authors of the top five entries will be considered for an internship at JSA
- The top five entries will be considered for publication on the CSBF blog
- One year access cards to SCC Online Platinum Edition to the five winning participants
- One year access cards to EBC Learning to the five winning participants
Submission Guidelines
- The first page of the submission should only contain the title of the paper, followed by the 200-word abstract.
- The second page must contain a table of contents, and the main body of the manuscript should begin immediately thereafter.
- The word limit for the essay is 3500 words. The word limit is exclusive of the footnotes.
- Disclosure of information regarding identity of the author(s), including, but not limited to name, institutional assistance,
- professional details, etc., within the body of the manuscript or other properties of the document submitted is strictly
- prohibited. Any violation of the anonymity requirement will lead to disqualification of the manuscript for the purposes of thecompetition.
- All the submissions must be an original and unpublished work of the author(s). All the submissions will be checked for
- plagiarism and those with plagiarism percentage over the permissible limit (i.e., 20%) will be summarily rejected.
- The participants are required to submit their manuscript by filling a Google form. The link to our form is also available on ourofficial website: csbfnluj.wordpress.com.
Citation Guidelines
- All authorities must be cited in the form of footnotes.
- Citations must follow a uniform format of citation throughout the submission.
- The participants are required to provide the title of the name of the author, article/report/blog, date of publication, and active web-link for the authorities cited wherever possible.
- In case of large documents such as reports, long articles, cases, etc. the authors must include the relevant paragraph/page of the authority being cited.
- Speaking/explanatory citations are discouraged.
Assessment Criteria
All the submissions will go through a blind review process, wherein at-least two reviewers from the organizing team will assess the submission based on the following criteria:
- Depth of research
- Structure of the submission
- Novelty, innovation, and application of mind in the analysis by the author(s); and
- Original suggestions provided by the author(s), if any.
- As a general guideline, research regarding a restricted aspect, with detailed in-sights within the prescribed themes would be appreciated.
Competition Guidelines
- A co-authorship of not more than two authors is permitted.
- By submitting the article, the author(s) forfeit their copyright over their manuscript in favour of the organizers.
- In case of any dispute, the decision of the organizers will be final and binding. The Centre retains absolute discretion in marking the manuscript.
Important Dates
Call for registration and announcement of the competition: February 05, 2022.
Deadline for submitting entries: March 05, 2022.
Announcement of result for the Competition: First week of May 2022.
The Submission form is here.
For brochure is here.
Contact Details
Mr. Ayush Gattani
+91-79769-74797,
(Co-Convenor, Centre for Studies in Banking and Finance)
gattani8@gmail.com
Mr. Vedaant Agarwal
+91-90222-26663,
(Co-Convenor, Centre for Studies in Banking and Finance)
vedaants.agarwal@nlujodhpur.ac.in
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