SIX LAWYERS AWARDED NISAU INDIA-UK ACHIEVERS AWARD 

To have fun India-UK Instructional ties, 75 younger Indian achievers who’ve studied within the UK have been felicitated with the awards, in an initiative by the NISAU in partnership with the British Council in India. 

The Nationwide Indian Scholar and Alumni Union, UK (NISAU), just lately introduced the winners of its India-UK Achievers awards. The record additionally comprised of six Indian Attorneys for his or her distinctive contributions to the sector of Legislation. 

The awards have been distributed on the event of 75 years of India’s independence and the academic ties between India and the UK. 75 younger Indian achievers who studied within the UK have been honored as part of this initiative by NISAU in partnership with the British Council in India and was supported by the UK Authorities Division for Worldwide Commerce. 

The record of the winners underneath the Legislation class options the next names: 

1. Menaka Guruswamy is a Senior Advocate, who’s training within the Supreme Court docket of India. The NISAU famous her outstanding position in a number of landmark instances. She was additionally acknowledged by TIME 100 journal and was featured of their record as one of the influential folks on the earth for her work in main the profitable historic battle for the Rights of the LGBTQ Group in India. She was awarded with the title of an ‘Excellent achiever within the class of ‘Legislation.’ 

2. Arghya Sengupta is the Founder and Analysis Director at a nationwide coverage think-tank named Vidhi. He has specialization in constitutional legislation and regulation of the digital financial system. He has served on varied authorities committees together with the B.N. Srikrishna-led committee of consultants on an information safety framework for India. He’s additionally the writer of ‘Independence and Accountability of the Indian Larger Judiciary.’ 

3. Dr. Chintan Chandrachud joined the chambers in July 2021. He’s creating a wide selection of practices, protecting business litigation, arbitration, tax litigation, and public legislation litigation. His notable representations included working for a Ukrainian business financial institution in PCA arbitration proceedings underneath the Russia-Ukraine Bilateral Funding Treaty, and lots of different achievements. He was listed by Chambers & Companions as an “affiliate to look at”, and by Authorized 500 as a “key lawyer”, for tax litigation. He’s a barrister at Brick Court docket Chambers, London, and the writer of ‘The instances that India Forgot’ and ‘Balanced Constitutionalism: Courts and Legislatures in India and the UK.’ 

4. Gunjan Singh, an Indian Legal professional is working because the Director (Litigation) at Human Rights Legislation Community (HRLN), Delhi, the place, aside from litigation he additionally mentors budding attorneys and interns. He specializes within the subject of labor and employment legal guidelines and has been actively working alongside a number of civil societies. Mr Singh was awarded the Chevening Scholarship 2017-2018 to check LL.M in Human Rights, Battle and Justice at College of Oriental and African Research, College of London and has accomplished BA LLB (Hons.) from Aligarh Muslim College, Aligarh, India and Grasp’s in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. 

5. Krishna Omkar, a company lawyer by background, has been acknowledged by the NISAU for quarterbacking a few of the most complicated and high-value M&A offers of latest years, spanning greater than 60 jurisdictions and USD $ 200 Billion+ in complete worth. He’s additionally a globally-recognized thought-leader on Variety, Fairness and Inclusion, Krishna is utilizing his background in legislation, philosophy, and social sciences to situate stakeholder capitalism and thought on environmental, social, and governance points inside the narrative of fiduciary obligation, positing a enterprise mannequin that harnesses the facility of inclusion, empowerment, and social change as a method for long-term sustainable profitability, with the purpose of doing “Higher Enterprise for Higher Good”. 

6. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, an advocate training within the Supreme courtroom of India, varied Excessive Courts, and different Courts. After pursuing his LL. B Diploma from Delhi College, he additional went on to pursue his LL.M from the College of Cambridge in 2017-28, as a Tata Belief, Narottam Sekhsaria, Belief, and Pegasus Scholar. 

These Achievers Honours search to acknowledge and have fun all of the contributions made by the UK’s Indian Alumni and college students of their fields and experience. The award celebration was held in Central London on the eve of India’s Republic Day.