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ANNEXURE – I

DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2009 1. INTRODUCTION

This Annual Report on the working of the University is prepared and presented by the Executive Council to the General Council in pursuance of the requirement under Section 12(2)(iii)(a) of the NALSAR University Act, 1998. The period covered is the calendar year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

2. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

During the period under report, meetings of the following University Authorities were held on dates noted against each:

Academic Council 14.03.2009 and 03.08.2009

Executive Council 21.02.2009; 15.03.2009; 03.08.2009 and 05.11.2009

Finance Committee 15.03.2009 General Council 22.03.2009 3. APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF

Registrar The term of the appointment of Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Professor of Law as Registrar was extended for a further period of one year w.e.f. 17th July, 2009. Appointment of Faculty on contract basis: The following teachers / officers were appointed on contract basis on a consolidated pay of Rs. 25,000/- p.m. during the year 2009:

Mr. K. Rajendra Kumar as Lecturer (Economics) Ms. Anindita Nath, Visiting Lecturer (English) Ms. Manpreet Kaur, Visiting Faculty (Law) Mr. Saurabh Bharti, Visiting Faculty (Law) Mr. Rahul Mishra, Visiting Faculty (English)

In addition, subject experts are invited to deliver special lectures in specific subjects to provide high level re-inforced teaching.

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4. ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES Common Law Admission Test – 2009 In order to avoid the hardship faced by the students in taking number of tests for admission to individual National Law Universities and in view of the direction of the Supreme Court in Varun Bhagat v. Union of India & Ors. (W.P. (Civil) No. 68 of 2006), initiative was taken jointly by the University Grants Commission, Ministry of HRD and the National Law Universities for conducting a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for admission to the Under-graduate and Post-graduate Programmes for National Law Universities. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between seven National Law Universities, the First Common Law Admission Test – 2008 was conducted by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. NALSAR was assigned the task of organizing the Second Common Law Admission Test – 2009 for the Academic Year 2009 – 2010 for admission to the Under-graduate and Post-graduate Programmes at eleven National Law Universities. Originally, CLAT-2009 was scheduled to be held on 17th May, 2009. Duly locked and sealed Steel Boxes containing Test Papers were sent through Blue Dart Couriers to Test Centres. As some of the Boxes meant for Lucknow Test Centres were broken during transit and Test Papers were stolen, CLAT-2009 was postponed and was re-scheduled to be held on May 31, 2009 at 32 Centres in16 cities in India and at three Centres outside India at Embassies / Consulate Offices at Harare, Hong Kong and Osaka. 13604 candidates applied and 12271 candidates took the Test for the Under-graduate Programme. 679 candidates applied and 543 candidates took the Test for the Post-graduate Programme. The admissions were made through CLAT-2009 at all the eleven National Law Universities based on the Admission Lists prepared on the basis of merit – cum – preferences of the candidates. Despite postponement and rescheduling of CLAT-2009, the commencement of teaching started from 10th July, 2009 at all Law Schools as originally planned. A legal notice has been served on Blue Dart Couriers by NALSAR with a claim of Rs. 99,94,873/- as damages for their negligence / deficiency in providing confidential satisfactory service. 5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Programme During the year under report, admissions for the 12th batch of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Programe at NALSAR were made through Common Law Admission Test, 2009. 80 students were admitted to the B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.) programme including 39 Girls. Three students from U.S.A. and one student from U.K. were admitted under Foreign Nationals category. The remaining 76 students admitted to the course are from 18 different States in the Country. The session started on 10th July, 2009.

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2-Year LL.M. Degree Programme Admissions for the eighth batch of the LL.M. Degree Programme at NALSAR were made during the year through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)-2009. 60 students were admitted including 35 Girls. One student from Canada and one from Sri Lanka were also admitted. The remaining 58 students admitted to the course are from 15 different States in the Country. Ph.D. Programme Registrations for the Ph.D. Programme were made in December, 2009. Four candidates were registered including two women. NALSAR Proximation Education Two years Master in Taxation and Business Laws programme in collaboration with National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) NALSAR Proximate Education launched its Fourth batch of admissions for the NADT Trainee Officers in the month of January, 2009. Total 71 Trainee Officers enrolled for the academic year 2009-10. The classes were conducted at NADT Campus, Nagpur in the months of April-May and November-December 2009. Faculty from NALSAR and some other subject experts were the Resource persons for the classes. Award of Degrees Two Trainee Officers of the 2nd Batch, who have completed their Master‟s Degree were awarded the Degree of Masters in Taxation and Business Laws at the 7th Annual Convocation held on 9th August, 2009. Admission to One year P.G. Diploma Programmes for the year 2009-10 NALSAR Proximate Education launched its Ninth batch of admissions for the Post-Graduate Diploma programmes for the year 2009-10 in April 2009. The programmes received an enthusiastic response from candidates from various centres in the country. The Ninth batch admissions exceeded the enrolment figures of the previous batch. The breakup of enrolment for various courses for the year 2009-10 is as under: (1) P. G. Diploma in Patents Law: 491 (2) P. G. Diploma in Cyber Laws: 98 (3) P. G. Diploma in Media Laws: 54 (4) P. G. Diploma in International Humanitarian Law: 61

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The First Round of Contact Seminar Classes for the Ninth batch of P.G.Diploma in Patents Law were held between September – October, 2009 at seven Proximate Centres - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. The First Round of Contact Seminar Classes for the Ninth batch of P.G.Diploma in Cyber Laws were held between September – October, 2009 at four Proximate Centres - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad . The First Round of Contact Seminar Classes for the Eighth batch of P.G.Diploma in Media Laws was held in October, 2009 at Hyderabad Centre. Examinations: The examinations for the Eighth batch (2008-09) for P.G.Diploma in Patents Law, Cyber Laws and Media Laws were held on 30th & 31st May,2009 simultaneously at Seven centers – Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad & Chennai. The results were declared and the following number of candidates qualified for award of the Diploma: Patents Law 287 Media Laws 17 Cyber Laws 49 The examinations for the P.G.Diploma in International Humanitarian Laws were held on 18th and 19th June 2009 simultaneously at Eight centres – Hyderabad, New Delhi, Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Iraq, Kaula Lumpur, and Makati City. The results were declared and 18 candidates have qualified for award of the Diploma. Award of Diplomas: The Diplomas Award Function, for the Seventh batch (2007-08) candidates who had qualified for award of P.G. Diploma in Patents Law, Cyber Laws, Media Laws and IHL was held on 22nd August, 2009. Hon‟ble Sri Justice G. Raghuram, Judge, A.P. High Court awarded P.G. Diploma in Patents Law to 302 candidates; P.G. Diploma in Media Laws to 23 candidates; P.G. Diploma in Cyber Laws to 94 candidates and P.G. Diploma in International Humanitarian Law to 15 candidates and delivered the address. The Award of Diplomas Function for candidates of P.G. Diploma in Patents Law, Cyber Laws, Media Laws and IHL of the Eighth batch (2008-09) was held on 19th December, 2009. Hon.ble Sri Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, Judge, A.P. High Court awarded the P.G. Diplomas and delivered the address.

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Post Graduate Diploma Courses in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) in collaboration with ICADR Admissions-2009 The admissions for the programmes were made for the year 2009 and the number of candidates admitted to each programme are as follows: P.G. Diploma in ADR (Proximate Education) 79 P.G. Diploma in ADR (Evening Course) 58 P.G. Diploma in FDR (Evening Course) 11 P.G. Diploma in FDR (Proximate Education) 47 Award of Diplomas (ADR & FDR) The Award of Diplomas Function for candidates of 2008 batch of ADR (Evening Course), ADR (Proximate Education) and FDR (Evening Course) was held on 16th September, 2009. Hon‟ble Sri Justice A.R. Dave, Chief Justice of A.P High Court and Chancellor, NALSAR awarded the P.G. Diploma in ADR (Evening Course) to 37 candidates, the P.G. Diploma in ADR (Proximate Education) to 74 candidates and the P.G. Diploma in FDR (Evening Course) to 14 candidates and delivered the address.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW COURSES IN 2009 2-year Masters Degree Course in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets – ML (FS & CM) In pursuance of the MoU dated 6th January, 2009 signed by NALSAR & IIRM, a high value Two years Masters Degree in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets (ML-FS&CM), a blend of investment and financial management and Law was launched in the session 2009-2010 on 5th October, 2009. Thirty-five students from different parts of India have joined the course. The programme is a full time Post-graduate Degree Programme consisting of Four Semesters. The salient features of this programme inter-alia include exposure of students to a mix of legal and financial curriculum spread across five courses in each semester. Another dimension of the programme is internship with accredited employers at the end of each semester, which provides opportunities for the students to earn the necessary skills and expertise for best possible employment options.

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One year P.G. Diploma in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management In terms of the MoU signed between NALSAR University of Law and Institute of Applied Aviation Management (IAAM), Calicut, the first Post-graduate Diploma Course in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management (PGDALATM) was launched at Cochin on 23rd April, 2009, at Hyderabad on 21st May, 2009 and at Bangalore on 23rd July, 2009. Total 115 students admitted to the programme out of which 25 students were admitted at Cochin, 60 students at Hyderabad and 30 students at Bangalore. The course has two onsite sessions followed by online sessions in each semester. During the year under report, the onsite sessions at all the three centres have been completed. From academic session 2010 – 11, one year P.G. Diploma in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management in collaboration with IAAM is proposed to be offered at Sharjah, U.A.E.

5. SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION

The Seventh Annual Convocation of the University was held on 9th August, 2009. Hon‟ble Sri Pavan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources was the Chief Guest and he delivered the Convocation Address. Hon‟ble Sri M.V. Raman Rao, State Law Minister, Hon‟ble Members of the General Council, Executive Council and Academic Council attended the Convocation. Hon‟ble Mr. Justice A. R. Dave, the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Chancellor, NALSAR University of Law conferred the Degree of LL.D. (Honoris Causa) on Hon‟ble Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law and Justice. The Hon‟ble Chancellor also awarded Degree of Ph.D. to one candidate, Degree of Master of Philosophy to one candidate, Degree of Master of Laws to 15 candidates, Degree of Masters in Taxation and Business Laws to two candidates and Degree of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) to 80 candidates. Thirty Four Gold Medals were awarded to the meritorious students of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Programme and one Gold Medal was awarded to LL.M. student.

6. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

With the co-operation and funds from the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, the University has constructed two Tennis Courts (for Girls and Boys).

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Re-novation of NALSAR City Office building (Phase-I) was taken up and completed for conducting the classes for the new course, “Masters Degree in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets”. The classroom, Faculty rooms and computer lab have been renovated in phase-I. The Electrical Power Load at NALSAR City Office has been upgraded from existing 3 KVA to 30 KVA. Other development works like construction of pathways, new drainage lines, renovation of play grounds, erection of drinking water storage tanks, equipping of Gyms for Boys and Girls etc., have been completed.

7. FINANCES During the period under report, the Government of Andhra Pradesh released Rs. 372 lakhs to meet the expenditures on buildings, other infrastructure facilities on campus, and Rs. 200 lakhs towards revised UGC pay scales. In addition, revenue receipts have been collected to the extent of Rs. 515.49 lakhs. Also the University Grants Commission had granted an amount of Rs. 198 lakhs under the General Development Assistance Scheme for the XI plan period. The Capital Expenditure during the period has been Rs. 572 lakhs and Revenue Expenditure Rs. 515.49 lakhs.

8. LIBRARY Acquisitions During the period under report, a total of 942 documents including back volumes of periodicals as well as a few important reference sources have been added to the existing collection, important resources acquired are as follows:

1. Annual Digest of Human rights 2001-2009 2. Aviation Accident Law by Lees Kreindler, UK: LexisNexis, 2009 3. De Smith‟s Judicial Review by De Smith, London: Sweet & Maxwell,

2007 4. Double Taxation Conventions by Philip Baker, London: Sweet &

Maxwell, 2008 5. Encyclopaedia of Prisons and Correctional facilities edited by Mary

Bosworth, Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2005 6. Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Vincent N. Parrillo, Los Angeless:

Sage, 2008 7. Foreign Policy Annual in 15 Vols. 8. Genocide edited by Adam Jones, Los Angeless: Sage, 2008 9. Indian Affairs Annual in 37 Vols. 10. International Copyrights Law and Practice by Paul Edward Geller, New

Jersey: LexisNexis, 2009

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11. Modern Contract of Guarantee by James O‟Donova, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2003

12. Prisons and Punishment edited by Yvonnel Jewkes, Los Angeless: Sage, 2008

13. Smith & Herzog on the Law of the Europen Union, New Jersey: LexisNexis, 2009

14. Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice edited by Barry Goldson, Los Angeless: Sage, 2009

New Journals During 2009, the following seven new journals (Indian and Foreign) were subscribed to expand the pre-existing list of sixty seven current journals:

1. Clinical Law Review 2. Crime 3. International Labour Law 4. Journal of Insurance and Risk Management. 5. Labour Law Journal 6. Taxmann‟s Corporate Professional 7. The Indian Economic and Social History Review

E-Library Resources A new legal e-database LexisNexis was added to our existing e-legal databases. LexisNexis provides users with access to five billion searchable documents from more than 40,000 legal, news and business sources. LexisNexis encompasses authoritative legal-publishing brands dating back to the 19th century including Butterworths in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Asia-Pacific region, Les Editions du Juris Classeur in France, and Martindale-Hubbell and Matthew Bender worldwide.

The Library renewed the subscription of the following e-databases for the year 2009-2010:

1. AIR SC & HCs – Provides information about the cases from the Supreme Court and all High Courts (CD ROM).

2. Hein Online – Covers 1500 Intenational Journals related to Law. 3. Manupatra – covers Indian cases & Bare Acts and World Bank online

resources. 4. EXCUS - It is on CD-ROM format. This is an Electronic Library that

provides instant information on Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax and Allied Laws, Case Law, Circulars, Notifications and Statutes.

5. JSTOR - it is an archive of 1200 social science journals including law. 6. SCC Online – makes Supreme Court Cases availabe. (CD ROM). 7. Westlaw – Includes international legal journals, cases, treatises, law

reviews etc.

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UN Depository Collection The Library has received 400 UN publications during the period. Library Publications The Library brought out the following three publications as a part of knowledge management initiatives:

1. A Catalogue of Journal with Holdings 2. A List of Current Journals 3. NALSAR Library Information Brochure 2009-2010

Information Literacy Programmes The Librarian and professional staff of the Library conducted Information Literacy Programmes with the help of Slide Projector to the students (B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. ) admitted during the academic session 2009-2010.

9. OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (Centre In-Charge : Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law, NALSAR) The M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Centre for Advanced Legal Studies has organized / planned the following activities:

One day national workshop on „SAARC Trade Relations: Legal Issues and Challenges‟ on February 20, 2010.

An International Conference during August, 2010.

Publication of the First M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Newsletter.

Publication of a Book and SAARCLaw Journal.

Completion of documentation at the Centre. Dr. S. P. Chatterjee Centre for Environmental Law Studies (Centre In-Charge : Dr. K. Vidyullatha Reddy, Associate Professor of Law, NALSAR) During the year under report, the activities of the Centre include

Working on a research project on “A Study of Law and Nanotechnology: Exploring the Dimensions for Tackling the Nanotechnology Revolution with special relevance to Human Rights and Environment” funded by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

An Environment Awareness Project funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests for Tree Plantation is also being pursued.

The Centre publishes „Green News and Views‟ periodically and it has student members who work at the Centre.

The student journal shall be published shortly.

A related website has already been developed. (http://elpr.in/.)

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N.C. Banerjee Centre for IPR Studies (Centre In-Charge : Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, MHRD IP Chair Professor, NALSAR) Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor of Law was designated as MHRD IP Chair Professor in July, 2009 in place of Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan who has gone on one year Lien. The following activities were undertaken by the Centre:

Organised a National Seminar on „WTO – TRIPS with Special Reference to Transactional IP Issues for Judicial & Enforcement Officers on 2 – 3 May, 2009.

IP Chair Professor had addressed the Scientists, Academicians, Vice-Chancellors and Registrars of Universities at half-a-dozen seminars / conferences organized by ASCI on creating awareness on IPR.

IP Chair Professor is supervising the research programmes by LL.M. Students specializing on IPRs besides offering specially focused seminar course on micro aspects of Patent Law, Copy Right Law and other IPRs.

IP Chair Professor attended and presented a paper in the Research Methodology Confluence of IP Scholars, organized by School of Management, IIM, Mumbai to draw a roadmap for IPR research in coming years.

The proposed activities of the Centre include:

Extending patent law education to students of Pharmacy at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.

A three day workshop on Copyright and Piracy for Cinema Industry in A.P. in March, 2010.

Conduct of outreach programmes to spread awareness about the IPR among the artisans, such as toy makers of Yetikoppaka, Ponduru Khadi Textile Workers in north districts of A.P. besides a copyright workshop for writers in visakhapatnam, workshop for Pharma Indurstry on Patents.

An MoU with NIPER, Hyderabad for introduction of P.G. Diploma in Pharma Patents Law.

Selection of the Ph.D. Scholars for MHRD Scholarship Programme for senior and junior scholarship.

Centre for Disability Studies (Centre In-Charge : Prof. Amita Dhanda, Professor of Law, NALSAR) The Centre for Disability Studies

Drafted the National Trust, the amendment to the National Trust (Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities) Act, 1999 in order to harmonize it with the UNCRPD.

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Conducted training in Mental Health and Law of Family Court Judges in Maharashtra.

Prepared a comprehensive report on the Amendment for an NGO consortium of Indian Disability Laws to harmonize with the UNCRPD.

Centre for Corporate Law and Governance (Centre In-Charge : Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Professor of Law, NALSAR)

In collaboration with National Foundation for Corporate Governance, the Centre has organized the 1st NALSAR – NFCG Moot Court Competition from April 10 – 12, 2009.

In collaboration with IIRM, 2-year Masters Degree in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets was started on 5th October, 2009.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with NAC, Hyderabad for offering one year Diploma Course in Law of Contract Administration and Real Estate Management and one year Post-graduate Diploma Course in Law of Infrastructure and Disaster Management from the session 2010 – 2011.

Centre for Air & Space Law (Centre In-Charge : Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law, NALSAR) During the year under Report the activities of the Centre include:

The first ever Post Graduate Diploma in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management (PGDALATM) was introduced by NALSAR in collaboration with Institute of Applied Aviation Management, (IAAM), Calicut and conducted classes at various Centres i.e, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Cochin from April to November, 2009.

A meeting was organized at ISRO Head Quarters on 24th February, 2009 with Mr. A. Bhaskaranarayana, Scientific Secretary, Mr. KR Sridharmurthy, MD ANTRIX, Mr. Gopalakrisnan, Department of Space Policy & Law, Scientific Secretary Office on collaboration between ISRO and NALSAR.

Organised “The Aerospace Law Meet 2009” (28th & 29th March, 2009)

Working on an International Law Project titled “Remote Sensing: A Curtain Raiser” sponsored by German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e. V German Aerospace Center) in Bonn, Germany.

Legal Aid Cell (In-Charge of the Cell : Dr. K. Vidyullatha Reddy, Associate Professor, NALSAR) The Legal Aid Cell at NALSAR was inaugurated by Prof. Veer Singh, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR on 5th February, 2009. The main objectives of the Cell include

Documentation of the legal aid material

Preparation of list of volunteers willing to render their services

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Conducting pro-bono and public policy oriented research and increasingly take part in and help co-ordinate projects in association with other organizations

Undertaking field visits and work in co-ordination with NGOs to mediate parties or to help the needy to search for a lawyer and follow up of cases.

To publish an annual Newsletter titled „Legal Aid Updates.‟ During the year under report, the Legal Aid Cell has organized the following programmes:

Workshop for prisoners of Cherlapally Jail on 18th April, 2009.

Legal Literacy Program at pudur village on 9th October, 2009 Mr. Subramniam, Secretary of A.P.State Legal Aid and Mr. Venkateshwar Reddy District Judge, R.R. District attended.

Health Camp at Government School, Shameerpet organized in association with Medi Citi Hospitals on 13th April, 2009.

Land Rights Program to Law Students of Kakatiya University in association with Rural Development Institute (RDI) on 10th October, 2009.

Implementation of Relief and Rehabilitation Promises for the Ousters of Bimrao bada, Hyderabad.

Litter picking campaign and teaching at Srinivasa School, Shameerpet.

Ensuing access to the Government Welfare Programs at nearby villages.

Voter Registration program at NALSAR and Shameerpet village.

The Cell has brought out the Legal Aid Newsletter Vol. 1, 2009 Student Exchange Programme: During the year under report, number of students undertook one semester study at different Universities under the Student Exchange Programme. Important among them include: Griffith University, Australia Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by NALSAR and Griffith University, Australia, one student from NALSAR joined one semester during February – June, 2009 and one student during July – November, 2009. The University of Western Ontario, Canada One student from NALSAR had undertook one semester study at the University of Western Ontario during January - April, 2009 and one student during September – December, 2009. The University of New South Wales, Australia Under the student exchange programme one student from NALSAR studied for one semester at The University of New South Wales, Australia during March – June, 2009 and one student during July – November, 2009.

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Santa Clara University, U.S.A. One student from NALSAR joined one semester course during January – May, 2009 and one student during August – December, 2009 at Santa Clara University, U.S.A. Southern Cross University, Australia One student from NALSAR joined one semester course at Southern Cross University during July – November, 2009. The Radzyner School of Law, Israel One student from NALSAR joined one semester course at Radzyner School of Law, Israel during October, 2009 – February, 2010. University of Illinois College of Law, U.S.A. Under the student exchange programme, one student from NALSAR studied one semester course during January – May, 2009 and one student during August – December, 2009 at University of Illinois College of Law, U.S.A. University of Lucerne, Switzerland One student from NALSAR joined one semester course at University of Lucerne during February – June, 2009 and one student during September – December, 2009. Singapore Management University, Singapore Under the student exchange programme, one student from NALSAR pursued one semester course during August – December, 2009 at Singapore Management University, Singapore. Freiburg University Law School, Freiburg, Germany One student from Freiburg University Law School pursued one semester course at NALSAR during January – May, 2009. New Memorandums of Understanding signed during 2009 For the exchange of students, faculty and co-operative research: Samford University, U.S.A. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 5th October, 2009 by NALSAR and Samford University, U.S.A. for exchange of students, Faculty and co-operative research. Lewis & Clark Law School, U.S.A. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 17th November, 2009 by NALSAR and Lewis & Clark Law School, U.S.A. for exchange of students, Faculty and co-operative research.

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New Master‟s / Diploma courses:

NALSAR and Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), Hyderabad had signed an MoU on 6th January, 2009 to offer a 2-year Masters Degree Course in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets. The course started on 5th October, 2009.

NALSAR and Institute of Applied Aviation Management (IAAM), Calicut had signed an MoU on 1st December, 2008 for offering one year P.G. Diploma Programme in Aviation Law and Air Transport Management. The course started at Hyderabad, Cochin and Bangalore in 2009.

NALSAR also signed an MoU with National Academy of Construction, Hyderabad on 22nd December, 2009 to offer One year Graduate Diploma Course in Law of Contract Administration and Real Estate Management and One year Post-graduate Diploma Course in Law of Infrastructure and Disaster Management from the session 2010 - 2011.

Recruitments / Job Placements The students of seventh batch were placed with national / international Law Firms, Banks, Corporates. Out of 80 students 40 students entered the Bar, seven students were recruited by a Law Firm at London, five students were recruited in Banks and the remaining students were recruited by the domestic Law Firms and Corporates. The pay packages offered by domestic firms range from 6 – 15 lakhs p.a. and the international firms offered 26 lakhs p.a. Internship Placement The students of the B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. course are placed for internships with non-governmental organisations, national and international institutions, senior lawyers and law firms. Some of them are also placed as internees (Law Clerks) with the Hon‟ble Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts. Placement is made keeping in view the preferences and aptitudes of the students in terms of what sort of employment they would ultimately look for. Orientation training is given to the students to prepare them for placement with different organizations and the type of work which they are supposed to do as internees fulfilling expectations of these organizations. After the internship is over, the students submit their reports to the University and these reports are taken into account for next internship with such organizations. Microsoft Scholars Programme Three students of final year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), Ms. Subhadra Banda, Ms. Shivanghi Sukumar and Mr. Ashish Pareek were awarded the IPR Scholarships for the Research Papers on Intellectual Property Rights for the year 2009.

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Scholarships The University extended financial assistance to four students to the extent of Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees two lakhs only). One student was granted full fee waiver for the year 2009-2010. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had renewed the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for eight SC students and also sanctioned scholarship to one more student for the year 2008 – 2009. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs had sanctioned Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education to one ST student for the LL.M. Programme for the year 2008 – 09. SEMINARS / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS / TRAINING PROGRAMMES 12th International Conference on Consumer Law NALSAR in association with International Association of Consumer Law organized the 12th International Conference on Consumer Law from 25th – 27th February, 2009 at Justice City, Shameerpet. The Conference was inaugurated by Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave, Chief Justice of A.P. High Court and Chancellor, NALSAR. Prof. Geraint Howells, School of Law, Manchester University, U.K. and Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, Former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court were the Chief Guests at the Valedictory. 55 Foreign Delegates participated representing countries like Australia, U.K., Finland, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, Romania, U.S.A., Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Belgium and Taiwan. Around 150 participants including students from National Law Universities from all over India also participated at the Conference. The plenary speakers include Hon‟ble Mr. Justice M.Jagannatha Rao, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice S. Parvatha Rao, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Shri D. Appa Rao, Mr. Sanjaya Jaju, Commissioner Consumer Affairs. The conference was attended by Hon‟ble Mr. Justice P.S. Narayana, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice G. Chandraiah, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice A. Gopal Reddy, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice B. Subash Reddy, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao, and Hon‟ble Mr. Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy. The Conference generated vibrant academic exchange through number of parallel sessions and updating proceedings of the sessions simultaneously on the website. The Hon‟ble Minister for Consumer Affairs, A.P., Sri K. Venkata Krishna Reddy hosted dinner to the delegates of the Conference on 25th February,2009. The Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Anil R Dave hosted dinner to the delegates of the Conference on 26th February, 2009, preceded by a cultural program organized by NALSAR students.

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Dr. K. Vidyullatha Reddy, Associate Professor of Law, NALSAR was the Convenor, Co-ordination Committee for the Conference. Prof. Vijender Kumar, Professor of Law and Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law were members of the Co-ordination Committee. Advanced Teacher Training Programme on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law NALSAR in collaboration with International Red Cross Society organized the Advanced Teacher Training Programme on “International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law” from March 20 – 22, 2009 at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Hon‟ble Sri Justice Madan Lokur, Chief Justice of High Court, New Delhi chaired the inaugural session and also delivered the inaugural speech on the importance of the Humanitarian Law and culled out the contemporary issues in the recent context. Senior teachers who have expertise in the filed of International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law were invited from all over the country. Experts from ICRC were also present to enlighten the participants on various contemporary issues of Humanitarian Law. Distinguished academicians like Prof. V.S. Mani ( Director, Jaipur University), Prof. V.S. Sastry (NLIU Jodhpur), Dr. Rishikesh Dave ( Former Registrar GNLU), Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha (Director, ISIL, New Delhi), Prof. Mozzam Ali (Dept. of Political Science, Central University of Hyderabad), Wing CO (Dr.) UC Jha, Dr. Vikas Gandhi presented papers in the seminar on various issues like International Terrorism, Restorative Justice and victims in ICC, protection of women under the Rome Statute, International Criminal Courts Jurisdiction over non-party States etc. the valedictory session was attended by Dr. Stephanie Bouaziz, Communication Co-ordinator, ICRC and Certificates were distributed to the participants by the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar, NALSAR. The report on the proceedings was submitted to ICRC. Dr. K.V.K. Santhy, Assistant Professor co-ordinated the programme. Workshop on Legal and Regulatory Framework in the Banking Sector: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Globalisation NALSAR organized a 3-day Workshop on Legal & Regulatory Framework in the Banking Sector: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Globalisation for the Law Officers of Reserve Bank of India from March 27 – 29, 2009 at NALSAR, Hyderabad. The workshop was inaugurated by Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor of RBI. Prof. Veer Singh, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR presided over the function. The other speakers during the inaugural session include Dr. N. Krishna Mohan, RBI Regional Director for A.P., Sri K.D. Zacharias, Legal Advisor-in-Charge, RBI, Sri G.S. Hegde, Legal Advisor-RBI and Dr. V.K. Unni, Assistant Professor, NALSAR. The technical sessions were conducted by various eminent resource persons representing the banking industry and capital markets. 32 senior Law Officers from the RBI attended the workshop. Sri Vepa

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Kamesam, Managing Director, Institute of Insurance and Risk Management delivered the valedictory address. Prof. K.V.S. Sarma, Professor of Law and Registrar, NALSAR and Dr. V.K. Unni, Assistant Professor of Law, NALSAR co-ordinated the workshop. The Aerospace Law Meet – 2009 The NALSAR Centre for Air and Space Law organized Aerospace Law Meet-2009 on March 28 – 29, 2009 in association with Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore and Institute of Applied Aviation Management, Calicut. The objective of the meet was to have multidimensional deliberations on the future of Air & Space Laws in India. The inaugural session was addressed by distinguished invitees like Prof. S. Bhatt (Retd.) JNU, New Delhi & ICAO Consultant, Dr. P.C.K. Ravindran (Chairman, IAAM, Calicut), Dr. V. Jayaraman (Director, NRSC, Hyderabad), Prof. Veer Singh (Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR), Prof. K.V.S. Sarma (Registrar, NALSAR) and Prof. V. Balakista Reddy (Professor of Law and In-charge, Centre for Air & Space Law, NALSAR). The other eminent speakers of the sessions include Prof. K.P. Shashtri, Prof. V. Nageswar Rao, Mr. K.R. Sridhar Murti, Mr. K.P.R. Menon, Mr. Bagla, Mr. Ravi Kiran, Mr. V. Madhusudhan Reddy and Mohd. Abdul Kadir. Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law co-ordinated the programme. Fourteenth South Asia Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law NALSAR in collaboration with ICRC jointly organised the 14th South Asian Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law from 22-29 April 2009. The eight day session was attended by 36 delegates from 10 countries namely Afghanistan, Bangaldesh, Butan, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Participants were drawn from various fields and include civil servants, members of police forces, serving military officers, academicians, think tanks and human rights organizations. Hon‟ble Sri Justice Ramaswamy, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India inaugurated the session. The resource persons included Prof. R. Venkata Rao (Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore), Prof. Veer Singh (Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR), Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha (Professor, WBNUJS, Kolkata), Prof. V. Balakista Reddy (Professor, NALSAR), Dr. Luther Rangeraji (Legal Officer, Legal & Treaties Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India), Prof. V.S. Shastri (Associate Professor, NLU, Jodhpur), Wg. Cdr. U.C. Jha (Rtd. JNU, Delhi) and Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran (Former Professor – Sociology, NALSAR). Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law co-ordinated the programme.

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National Seminar on Transactional Issues in IPR A two-day national seminar was organized by NALSAR on May 2-3, 2009 with the financial support by Ministry of HRD (Government of India) on WTO – TRIPS with Special Reference to Transactional IP Issues. The target group was judicial & enforcement officers and students of the Intellectual Property and Technology Management in Agriculture of NAARM, Hyderabad. The seminar was inaugurated by Hon‟ble Sri Justice G. Raghuram, Judge, High Court of A.P. The seminar had various sessions on economic and legal perspectives of WTO-TRIPS, challenges to Indian innovations in the post TRIPS era, taxation issues in international IP transactions, emerging trends in IP investment, due diligence of IP, legal issues in IP services outsourcing, issues pertaining to transparency and accountability of IP transactions etc. The resource persons for the seminar included Prof. Veer Singh (Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR), Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan (MHRD IP Chair Professor, NALSAR), Prof. Sudip Chaudhury (IIM, Kolkata), Dr. Raj Hirwani (Head, URDIP, Pune) Dr. N. Jayasankar, (Addl. Director I, NADT – Nagpur), Mr. Lakshmi Kumaran (Founder, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Advocates, New Delhi), Mr. Y.V.S.T. Sai (Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Hyderabad), Dr. V.K. Unni (Assistant Professor, NALSAR), Dr. Anindya Sircar (Global IP Head, Biocon), Mr. Feroze Ali Khader (IP Attorney, Chennai), Mr. Abhayan Jawaharlal (Legal Counsel, Biocon), Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu (Professor of Law, NALSAR), Ms. Sundari R Pisupati (Partner, Tempus Law Associates, Hyderabad), and Mr. R. Muralidharan (Partner, Krishna & Saurashtri, Bangalore). The audience consist of Judicial Officers from A.P., Income-tax Officers from NADT, Nagpur and students of NAARM, Hyderabad. The seminar was co-ordinated by Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan, Professor, NALSAR. Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education – Refresher Programme NALSAR had organized a three day Refresher Programme for Trainers on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education from 10th – 12th August, 2009. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Veer Singh, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR. Prof. Armaity Desai the former Chairperson, UGC and the Chairperson of the UGC National Consultative Committee programme gave her valuable inputs. Prof. Susheela Kaushik, Former Director CWS, Delhi University was the co-chairperson of the programme and conducted the sessions. 27 participants from Jammu, Gauhati, Coimbatore and Delhi among other regions participated in the programme. The programme is for the trainers who have already conducted SAM (Sensitising, creating Awareness and building Motivation) workshops in their respective regions. The idea is to brainstorm on various issues that have arisen in the transaction of the manuals and methodological issues. This is anational level programme with Professors and

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Directors of Women‟s Studies Centre all over India. Each region has a senior woman academician who has experience in conducting the capacity building workshops. Dr. N. Vasanthi, Associate Professor of Law, NALSAR was the Local Co-ordinator for the programme. PREPARATORY COURSE FOR ADVOCATES AND LAW GRADUATES FOR THE COMPETITIVE JUDICIAL EXAMINATION NALSAR organized Preparatory Course for the Law Graduates and Advocates for A.P. Competitive Judicial Examination during March / April, 2009. The classes were conducted for 40 days from 22nd March, 2009. 75 students enrolled for the said classes, out of which 15 candidates belong to the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe. 50% of the fee concession was offered to SC and ST Candidates. The Course was inaugurated by Hon‟ble Sri Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, Former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. MOOT COURTS ORGANISED First NALSAR – NFCG Moot Court Competition The First NALSAR-NFCG Moot Court Competition, 2009 in collaboration with the National Foundation for Corporate Governance during April 10-12, 2009 at NALSAR University of Law, Justice City, Shameerpet. 13 teams from all over India participated at the competition and Christ College of Law, Bangalore won the competition. Third Annual NALSAR – Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition The Third Annual NALSAR – Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition was organized by NALSAR from 8th – 10th October, 2009. 19 teams from all over the country participated at the competition. The final rounds were judged by Hon‟ble Sri Justice C.K. Thakker, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Hon‟ble Sri Justice A.R. Dave, Chief Justice of A.P. High Court and Chancellor, NALSAR and Hon‟ble Mr. Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, Former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. National Law Institute University, Bhopal won the competition.

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RESEARCH PROJECTS Study on Sub-national Governance under V and VI Schedule Areas The Study on Sub-national Governance under V and VI Schedules of Constitution of India, sponsored by The Inter-State Council, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, includes Indian experience especially the administrative, judicial and socio-economic impact of models of sub-national governance under V schedule and VI schedule areas, Panchayats and urban local bodies with reference to impact on core issues like • sovereignty • national integration • natural resource use • requirements of modern day integrated financial systems, • interdependence, sharing of powers and the related procedural aspects. The Inter-state Council Secretariat Project Part-I of the Study on Sub-national Governance under V Schedule Areas had sanctioned to the University a sum of Rs. 16,12,000/-. An amount of Rs.8,06,000/- (50%) has been received. The First Draft Report has been sent to the Inter-state Council. The Inter-state Council Secretariat, Project Part-II of the Study on Sub-national Governance under VI Schedule Areas had sanctioned to the University a sum of Rs. 16,46,400/-. An amount of Rs.8,23,200/- (50%) has been received. The Research team headed by Prof. Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor and Prof. Ghanshyam Singh, Registrar prepared the Report on Tribal areas under V Schedule. As Prof. Ranbir Singh and Prof Ghanshyam Singh joined National Law University, New Delhi, the Research team consisting of Prof. Veer Singh and Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has been re-constituted. Research Materials, Books and documents from North Eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir have been collected. Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu and Mr. Siva Rama Krishna, the Research Associate, went on study tour to North Eastern states and Jammu & Kashmir in the month of January 2010. Now the team is developing a comprehensive draft Report. (to be completed by the end of February, 2010). Drafting of New Rent Control Legislation for the State of Andhra Pradesh NALSAR University has undertaken the project for preparation of Draft Legislation on Rent Control in 2008. The work was partially done by the team headed by Prof. Ghanshyam Singh. Thereafter, task of completing was entrusted to Prof. M.Sridhar Acharyulu, who revised Draft Rent Control Legislation and submitted to the Special Secretary to Govt. MA & UD Dept. AP Secretariat in

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2009. The Government of A.P. again requested updating of the Draft, in view of Model Rent Act of the Government of India in December, 2009. Accordingly the draft bill has been updated and submitted. PUBLICATIONS The University brought out the following publications during the year under report:

NALSAR News Letter – Vol. 12 Issue 1 : Moot Court Special-II, 2009 Vol. 12 Issue: 2

Legal Aid Newsletter - Vol. 1

NALSAR Aerospace Law Newsletter – Vol. 1

The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law – Volume 3 under the M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Chair in Comparative Constitutional Studies

The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law – Volume 2 ENDOWMENT LECTURES Sixth Gutta Sri Rama Rao Memorial Lecture NALSAR has organized the Sixth Gutta Sri Rama Rao Memorial Lecture on 10th January, 2009 and Sri. J.M. Lyngdoh, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India delivered the lecture on „Election Reforms in India‟.

10. FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Prof. Veer Singh, Vice-Chancellor As Convenor, CLAT-2009 Core Committee organized the Common Law Admission Test – 2009 for admission to eleven National Law Universities for the Under-graduate and Post-graduate Programmes. During the year under report, the Vice-Chancellor attended the following conferences / seminars / programmes:

Attended the Dun & Bradstreet – Mindlogics Event, Universities of India 2008-09: A Knowledge Conclave at The Eagleton Folf Resort, Bangalore held on January 22-23, 2009.

Attended the Meeting of All Vice-Chancellors of National Law Universities presided over by the Hon‟ble Chief Justice of India on January 31, 2009 at the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.

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Attended a Conference organized by the Institute of International Education (IIE), New Delhi on “Education without Borders” on February 12, 2009 and made a presentation.

As a Resource Person delivered lecture at the Advanced Teacher Training Programme on International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law in March, 2009 organised by ICRC and NALSAR.

As Resource Person delivered lecture at the Aerospace Law Meet – 2009 in March, 2009 at NALSAR.

Attended the one-day consultative meet on April 6, 2009 at National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi and presented a paper on „Higher Education in the New Millenium‟.

As Resource Person delivered lecture at Fourteenth South Asia Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law organized by NALSAR and ICRC in April, 2009.

Attended Meeting of the Executive Council of Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute on 9-10 May 2009 at New Delhi.

Attended the Scholarships Award Ceremony of Microsoft IP Scholars Program at National Law School of India University, Bangalore on July 18, 2009.

Delivered Lecture to Directors / Heads of Institutions at A.P. Police Academy on “The need of a New Work-Culture in the new Millenium” on July 19, 2009.

Attended the AIU -South Zone Vice Chancellors‟ Meeting -2009 held from October 3-5, 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

On the eve of Vigilance Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor was invited as Chief Guest by South Central Railway, Secunderabad on November 3, 2009 and delivered a Lecture on “Work-Culture in Emerging India“.

On the eve of Vigilance Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor delivered a Lecture to the Executives of Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad on November 6, 2009 on “social-legal Control of Corruption in India“

Attended the Meeting of CLAT – 2010 on 8-9 November, 2009 at National Law Institute University, Bhopal.

As a member of the Executive Council of Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, attended the Meeting of the Executive Council from 23rd to 27th November, 2009 at Abbotsford, Canada.

Attended the “Two-Day Seminar on Legal Education in India: Challenges Ahead” held on December 5-6, 2009 organized by National Law University, Delhi and presented a paper on “Legal Education in the new Millenium”.

Attended the All India Vice-Chancellor‟s Conference on Teaching of International Humanitarian Laws organized by ICRC, New Delhi on December 15-16, 2009 at National Law School of India University, Bangalore and made a presentation.

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Prof. K.V.S.Sarma, Professor of Law and Registrar

Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops / MoUs: Organised:

The 1st NALSAR-NFCG Moot Court Competition, 2009 in collaboration with the National Foundation for Corporate Governance from April 10-12, 2009 at NALSAR University of Law, Justice City, Shameerpet.

Co-ordinated the Preparatory Classes for the Advocates and Law Graduates for A.P. Competitive Judicial Examination.

Co-ordinated with IIRM, Hyderabad for signing a MoU for offering the 2-years Masters Degree Course in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets.

Co-ordinated with NAC, Hyderabad for signing a MoU for offering the One year Graduate Diploma Course in Law of Contract Administration and Real Estate Management and One year Post-graduate Diploma Course in Law of Infrastructure and Disaster Management from the session 2010 - 2011. Participated:

Resource Person for a programme on “Key Issues in Contract Business Management” held at Contractors Development Institute (CDI), Hyderabad on 5th January, 2009.

Attended Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on “The Social Pillars of Economic Development” held at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 29th January, 2009.

Resource Person for “Advanced Techno Management Programme for Middle Level Scientists of DST on Contract Management” held at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 2nd February, 2009.

Resource Person for a programme on “Key Issues in Construction Business Management” held at Contractors Development Institute (CDI), Hyderabad on 17th March, 2009.

Resource person for the DST sponsored programme on Scientific Project Formulation on “Legal Aspects of Contract Management” organised by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 27th April, 2009.

Attended a public lecture on “Geo-political Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis” held at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 8th May, 2009.

Delivered series of Lectures to IRS Trainee Officers at NADT, Nagpur on Contracts during May, 2009.

Attended KLN Prasad Memorial lecture on “Corporate Governance: Tyranny or Triumph” held at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 6th July, 2009.

Resource person for the programme on “Materials and Supply Chain Management on Legal Issues in Contract Management” organised by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 26 August, 2009.

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Resource person for the Training programme of Junior Civil Judges on “Contracts – General Principles” held at Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, Secunderabad from 19–21, August, 2009.

Resource person for the Training programme of Junior Civil Judges on “Contracts – General Principles” held at Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, Secunderabad on 28th August, 2009.

Resource person for the One day Workshop on “Unique Identification Number” held at NLSIU, Bangalore on 23rd November, 2009.

Resource person for the International Conference on “Corporate Social Responsibility and Industrial Disaster” held at National Law Institute University, Bhopal from 5th to 6th December, 2009.

Resource person for the Executive Development Programme for Executive Trainees of NMDC on “Legal Issues in Contract Administration” held at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 25th December, 2009.

Academic Honors/ Awards

Convenor, Implementation Committee, CLAT-2009.

Expert Member of the Selection Committee Meeting for selecting Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar on 26th March, 2009.

Subject Expert for selecting Professors/ Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor of Sambalpur University, Burla during May, 2009.

Expert Member of the Selection Committee Meeting for selecting Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar on 14th December, 2009.

Prof. Amita Dhanda, Professor of Law Lectures and Seminar Papers

Key Challenges of the CRPD Presentation made at IDA Asia Pacific Alliance, Manila 11-12 February, 2009

The Scientific Expert in Court lecture delivered at the Administrative Staff College training on Science and the Law at Hyderabad on February 24, 2009.

Role of Civil Society in CRPD presentation made before the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva on 6th March, 2009

The Relevance of UNCRPD to Women Living with Mental Illness presentation made at Advancing the Rights of Women and Children with Disabilities: Building Bridges Between and Across Human Rights Communities Asian Advocacy Forum, Mumbai on 21st May, 2009

“Legal Capacity in the CRPD” – Keynote Address delivered at the day of General Discussion on Article 12 CRPD by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Geneva on 21st October, 2009.

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“Child Mental Health” - Keynote Address delivered at National consultation on Positive Mental Health for Children in Institutions. Udayan Care at New Delhi on 6th November, 2009.

Workshop on „Human Rights of Women‟ and „Human Rights of physically and mentally challenged persons‟ – Keynote address delivered on 7th and 8th November, 2009 at Nagpur

Key Resource Person for consultation meetings on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter CRPD) at New Delhi on 9th & 10th November, 2009; 21st and 22nd November, 2009; 5th & 6th December, 2009 and 27th and 28th December, 2009

Workshop with all the Family Court Judges of Maharashtra on 14th & 15th of November, 2009 at Mumbai.

Publications: Books

‘Decolonization of Legal Knowledge’ Amita Dhanda and Archana Parashar (Routledge Publications 2009).

With Gabor Gombos Catalyzing Self Advocacy An Experiment in India (Bapu Trust, Pune)

Articles

“Disability Health and Human Rights” 11 ILS Law Review 15 ( Mar 2009)

Working on:

Handbook on Legal Capacity in the CRPD for the office of the Human Rights Commissioner, United Nations, Geneva.

National Trust Act Prepared the draft National Trust Amendment Act for the National Trust

to bring the Act in harmony with the UN CRPD. Member – UGC high powered committee on Disability in Higher

Education.

Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, MHRD IP Chair Professor & Co-ordinator, NALSAR Proximate Education Research Activities

Developed and drafted a Bill on Redressal of Grievances in Public Offices, for Government of Andhra Pradesh, Bill presented in August 2008.

Studied and reported the conditions of Contract Labour in Andhra Pradesh and enforcement of Contract Labour Act, impact of AP Amendments, for ILO, New Delhi, 2009

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Problems of displacement under River Linking Projects in India, a study of 1170 judgments given by district courts in Solapur, for International Water Management Institute, Report submitted in 2009.

Prepared and presented a draft Bill on Rent Control in Andhra Pradesh for Government of Andhra Pradesh, 2009-10.

Contributed as a member of the committee to draft new rules under Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2000 as amended in 2006, for Department of Juvenile Justice, Government of Andhra Pradesh, April 2009.

Editor: Modules and Units for Diploma in Criminal Justice and Forensic Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, April 2009.

Current Research Programmes:

Chief Research Officer: Functioning of V, VI Schedule Areas, States and Regions with Special Constitutional Protections, Govt of India.

Associated with the committee to develop appropriate content for free access to Indian Law, through Indian Legal Information Institute, under the guidance of Australian LII.

Seminars and Conferences attended & Papers presented, etc

Presented paper on Registration Act in India, at National Seminar on 100 years of Registration Act, organized by the Director General of Stamps and Registration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, January 5, 2009.

Presented a paper in National Workshop on the Art and Science of Polygraph (Lie Detector) organized by Truth Labs, and University of Hyderabad, on 9th and 10th January, 2009.

Member of the Jury for giving Annual Awards for Telugu News Bulletins, 2009, 17th January, 2009, Center for Media Studies, Hyderabad.

Participated in National Symposium on Media and National Integration, Dept of Journalism, Osmania University, Hyderabad on 30th January, 2009.

Presented a paper on Seminar on Violence against women, the defects of law, organized by All India Democratic Women‟s Association, Hyderabad on 9th February, 2009

Participated in A Round Table Discussion of Editors on National Integration and Role of Media, Prajasakthi Telugu Daily office Building, Hyderabad on 10th February 2009.

Presented a paper on Judiciary and Contempt of Court Powers, at National Seminar on the Indian Higher Judiciary in the 21st Century, Constitutional Perspectives, organized by Osmania Graduates Association, 14th and 15th March, 2009.

Presented paper in National Seminar on Media Trends and Trial by Media, organized by Acharya Nagarjuna University, Dept of Journalism and Communication, Guntur, from 15th to 17th March, 2009

Resource Person: Environmental Law and Enforcement Issues; Engineering Staff College of India, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, on 16th April 2009

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Copyright Regulation and Fair Use Doctrine, Distance Education Center, University of Hyderabad, 17th April 2009

Presented a paper on Land Acquisition issues in Inter River-linking process, "Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation" on April 7-8 at New Delhi organized by International Water Management Institute.

National Seminar on IPR Management Issues: MHRD, NADT, NAARM & Judicial Academy, at NALSAR Presided over a session on IP Due Diligence issues, 2nd and 3rd May, 2009

Unethical Practices of Telugu Media in Andhra Pradesh During Elections 2009, organised by Forum of Women Journalists, at Press Club, Somajiguda, Hyderabad on May 4, 2009

Addressed Vice-Chancellors on Right to Information and Educational Institutions Responsibilities, at ASCI, Hyderabad in May 2009

Presented a paper on Unethical Practices in AP Media, at a National Conference held at Jubilee Hall in the presence of Justice G N Ray, Chairman Press Council of India, at Hyderabad on 13th May 2009.

Resource person, RTI at UGC Academic Staff College, Osmania University, Hyderabad on 10th May 2009

Chaired a session in National Seminar on IP, at NALSAR on May 2-3, 2009

Key Note Address at National Seminar on Protection and Enforcement of IPR, on 10th July 2009 at Hyderabad.

National Training Program on „Cyber Security-Issues & Strategies‟, 27th -29th July 2009 Jointly Organized by Directorate of Forensic Science, New Delhi & A.P. Police Academy, Hyderabad.

Presented a paper on Access to Justice: RTI, National Workshop on Implementation of Right to Information Act: Issues and Trends, at University of Hyderabad, on 11-12 August, 2009.

Addressed the scientists from States on IPR, Copyright etc, at ASCI, Hyderabad in August 2009

Addressed women scientists from States on IPR and Copyright at ASCI, Hyderabad in August 2009

Presentation on "Laws governing environment protection and forest conservation" at EPTRI‟s training programme for IFS officers on 25th August, 2009, Hyderabad

Presented a paper on current issues of IPR, CII's Indo-US Conclave at Hyderabad in September 2009

Contributed suggestions on Proposed Amendments to Law of Maintenance of Wife and children, National Commission for Women, organized by NLSIU, Bangalore on October 10, 2009

Reviewed and suggested the new legal and Constitutional auditing basis at State Audit Advisory Board (SAAB), held on 29th October, 2009 at Hyderabad

Inaugurated Diploma in Human Rights Course and addressed the students on Human Rights scenario at CR Reddy College, Eluru on December 10, 2009

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Presented a Paper on „Changing Medium of IPR, Issues and Concerns: IPR Research Confluence, SJM SoM, IIT Mumbai, Meeting of MHRD IP Chair Professors, Mumbai on 22nd December, 2009

Addressed State level NGOs working on child rights, Child Rights Advocacy Forum, Vijayawada, December 24, 2009

International Seminars

Presented paper on Manipulative Marketing and Aggressive Advertisements, Is the Consumer Consumed?, at 12th International Conference on Consumer Law, organized by NALSAR, and International Association of Consumer Law, Hyderabad, 25th - 27th February 2009.

Presented a paper on problems of land acquisition and compensation, judgments of courts of law, based on study of 1000 judgments for International Water Management Institute, Seminar at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, April 7-8, 2009

Books

Environmental Empowerment: Asia Law House, Hyderabad August 2009

Unfair Rent and Uncontrollable Controls, Asia Law House, Hyderabad, August, 2009

Elections and Media: Kalaala Kaapalaa, Telugu Book on role of media in covering elections, AP Press Academy, Hyderabad. March 2009

Law of Expression: (Law for Media) Asia Law House, Hyderabad,

Research Reports:

Status of Contract Labour in Andhra Pradesh, for International Labour Organization, India Office, New Delhi, 2009

Draft for Rent Law for Andhra Pradesh, Final Draft submitted.

Chief Research Officer: Functioning of V, VI Schedule Areas, States and Regions with Special Constitutional Protections, Govt of India.

Associated with the committee to develop appropriate content for free access to Indian Law, through Indian Legal Information Institute, under the guidance of Australian LII. Member

Member

Member: Legal Services Authority, AP High Court, Hyderabad

Member: State Audit Advisory Board, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad

Member: Advisory Committee, MBA School, Badruka Educational Society, Hyderabad

Member: Research Committee, NALSAR University, Hyderabad

Member: UNICEF Gender Sensitive TV Program Awards 2010, CMS Hyderabad (Television for Social Change Initiative)

Member: Indian Legal Information Institute Meeting in Delhi 15 January 2010

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Member: Committee on Reforms to Tenancy Act, constituted by Chief Commissioner of Land Administration and Spl Chief Secretary, Govt of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

Articles Published:

Accessing Judiciary and Achieving Justice, The Indian Journal of Public Administration, July- September 2009, (Released in January 2010)

Public Interest validates Media Trial, Apex Court‟s do‟s and don‟ts for sting operations, Acharya Nagarjuna University Journal on Media Law, 2009

Emerging Fifth Estate (Civil Society) A challenge to the Fourth Estate: Article published in Journal of Academy of Juridical Studies, August 2009, Vol. 4 No.2)

Articles published on www.thehoot.org

News for Sale General Elections 2009, www.thehoot.org, May 27, 2009

Public Interest validates the sting operation, www.thehoot.org, August 4, 2009

Media forces Andhra Ministers to take oath again, www.thehoot.org, Sept, 4, 2009

Fifth Estate reforms judiciary, not the media, www.thehoot.org, Nov 24, 2009

Relentless Coverage fanned Telangana flames, www.thehoot.org, Dec 15, 2009

Channel Expose forces Tiwari to step down, www.thehoot.org, Dec 27, 2009

Articles published in www.indiacurrentaffairs.org

ABN Andhra Jyothi forces Governor Tiwari out, www.indiacurrentaffairs.org December 27, 2009

Fifth Estate Challenge to Fourth Estate, www.indiacurrentaffairs.org , 21st Dec 09

Relentless Coverage fanned Telangana Flames, 16th Dec 09

Babri Demolition, Whether Judiciary was within the frame of Constitution?, www.indiacurrentaffairs.org, 16th Dec 2009

Political Crisis in Andhra Pradesh and Constitutional Provisions, 13th Dec 2009 www.indiacurrentaffairs.org,

Concurrence of Legislature Not a Constitutional Requirement for State Formation, www.indiacurrentaffairs.org, 12th Dec 2009

Tirpupathi Laddu as Intellectual Property and Media‟s poverty of intellect, 27th Nov 2009

Farmer‟s rights of selling seeds, 31st July 2009

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Prof. Vijender Kumar, Professor of Law & Proctor Organised

Member of Organising Committee for the Common Law Admission Test – 2009 for Eleven National Law Universities.

Member of Co-ordination Committee for organizing the 12th

International Conference on „Consumer Law‟ from 25-27 February, 2009 organised by NALSAR in association with International Association of Consumer Law.

Organised a Three-Day Workshop for the Law Officers of Reserve Bank of India‟s Legal Department on „Legal & Regulatory Framework in the Banking Sector: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Globalization‟ from 27–29 March, 2009.

3rd NALSAR – Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition from 8-10 October, 2009.

Publications

Revised Mayne‟s HINDU LAW & USAGE, 16th

ed. 1st rep. 2009.

Revised G.C.V.Subba Rao FAMILY LAW IN INDIA, 9th

ed. 1st rep. 2009.

Revised G.C.V.Subba Rao HINDU LAW, 9th

ed. 1st rep. 2009. Research Articles : Two articles Research Project Undergoing project titled “A Study of Law and Nanotechnology: Exploring the Dimensions for Tackling the Nanotechnology Revolution with Special Relevance to Human Rights and Environment” funded by INDO-CANADIAN SHASTRI INSTITUTE, New Delhi for two years (2008-2010). Academic Honors/Award

Awarded Academic Staff Commonwealth Fellowship 2009-2010 tenable at King‟s College, London, UK for 6 months.

Appointed as Visiting Professor at King‟s College, London for one year.

Programmes attended

Attended a lecture by Baroness Deech of Cumnor DBE on Cohabitation and the Law on November 11, 2009 at Museum of London. This was a part of the lecture series, Family Relationships and the Law since the 1960's.

Attended a Staff Seminar where Perry Keller presented part of his Book entitled Liberal Democracy and the New Media on November 11, 2009 in the River Room, King's College, London.

Attended a lecture by Rex Bloomstein on Crime and the Camera-Making Prison Documentaries: The Work of Rex Bloomstein on November 18,

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2009 in the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus, KCL organised by KCL Criminology Society.

Attended a lecture by Christine Reh, (UCL) on Co-Decision Transformed: Informal Politics, Power Shifts and Institutional Change in the European Parliament on November 25, 2009 organised by the Centre of European Law at King's College, London.

Attended a lecture by Wouter Wils, Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission, on The Increased Level of EU Antitrust Fines, Judicial Review and the ECHR on November 30, 2009 organised by the Centre of European Law at King's College, London.

Attended a lecture by Prof. Vernon Bogdanor, on Monday, November 30, 2009. It was on the subject of his recently published book, “The New British Constitution”, which examined the changes brought about by the New Labour reforms since 1997. The lecture was organised by the Centre of European Law at King's College, London.

Attended discussions on PIL-Global Justice and International Law on October 20, November 3, November 17, December 1, and December 15, 2009 held at King's College, London.

Lectures delivered

Delivered lectures on "Legal Research and Research Methodology" for the students of Master‟s Degree in Law of Financial Services and Capital Markets (ML-FS&CM) jointly offered by NALSAR and Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), Hyderabad from 6th – 10th October, 2009.

Delivered lectures on "Hindu Law-Hindu Joint Family/Hindu Undivided Family, Coparcenary, Alienation, Partition and Succession" at the National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur for 62nd Batch of the IRS Probationers from 12th - 16th July, 2009.

Edited the following for NALSAR

Annual Reports : 1998 - 2008

Common Law Admission Test Information Brochure, 2009

CLAT Admission Poster – 2009

NALSAR Prospectus – 2009

NALSARITES – 2009

NALSAR News Letter, 2 Issues – 2009

Library Information 2009

Endowments – 2009

Green News and Views, Newsletter – 2009

Legal Aid Newsletter - 2009 Member Editorial Board

NALSAR Law Review Journal, Vol. 3

NALSAR Student Law Review, Vol. 4

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Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, Professor of Law

Attended U.G.C Refresher Course from 22-12-2008 to 12-1-2009 at University Law College, Bangalore University, Jnanabharati, Bangalore.

Attended a high profile meeting at ISRO Head Quarters on 24th February, 2009 with Mr. A. Bhaskaranarayana, Scientific Secretary, Mr. KR Sridharmurthy, MD ANTRIX, Mr. Gopalakrisnan, Department of Space Policy & Law, Scientific Secretary‟s Office regarding collaboration of ISRO with NALSAR.

Inaugurated a programme on "The Efficacy of Legal Education in the New Millennium" in North Bengal University, West Bengal on 28th February, 2009 and also delivered a lecture on WTO, GATS and Globalization of Legal Services: Opportunities and Challenges for Lawyers.

Co-ordinated and delivered lecture at Advanced Teacher‟s Workshop on “International Criminal Law & Humanitarian Law” jointly organised by NALSAR and ICRC, New Delhi on 21st and 22nd March, 2009.

Delivered a lecture on a topic titled “E-Commerce, E-Banking, E-Money, Digital Signatures: International Experience at a Workshop organised by NALSAR for Law Officers of Reserve Bank of India from 27 to 29 March 2009.

Organised and co-ordinated the “The Aerospace Law Meet 2009” on 28th & 29th March, 2009 and delivered a lecture on “Aviation Regulations: An Over View”.

Delivered a series of lectures at Faculty of Law, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on Air & Space Laws on 16 and 17th April 2009.

Co-ordinated and delivered lecture at the Fourteenth South Asian Teaching Session on International Humanitarian Law which was jointly organised by NALSAR University of Law and ICRC, New Delhi, from 22-29 April 2009.

Working on International Law Project titled “Cologne Commentary on Space Law (CoCoSL) Second Authors' Workshop under German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e. V German Aerospace Center, Bonn, Germany.

Delivered lectures under the umbrella of Management Development Programme the Scientists & Engineers of ISRO at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on July 30, 2009 on Space Law: An Overview.

Delivered Aerospace Luminary Series talk at Aeronautical Society of India, Hyderabad Chapter on 28th August 2009 on the topic “International Air & Space Law : New Trends”.

Co-ordinated “The 3rd Annual NALSAR Justice B.R. Sawhny Memorial Moot Court Competition on 9th -11th Oct, 2009.

Delivered lectures under the umbrella of Management Development Programme the Scientists and Engineers of ISRO at Administrative Stuff College of India, Hyderabad on 29th Oct 2009 on the theme: “International Space Law: An Overview”.

Delivered a lecture at Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Bachupally, Hyderabad on 7th Nov2009 on the topic “ WTO & India : Issues & Challenges”.

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Delivered a lecture under the umbrella of Management Development Programme to Scientist& Engineers of ISRO at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 17th Dec 2009 on the topic “Space Law: The Need of the Hour”.

Delivered a lecture at Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, Hyderabad on 22nd Dec 2009 on the topic “ Environmental Law: An overview”.

Dr. K. Vidyullatha Reddy, Associate Professor Co-ordinated The 12th International Conference on Consumer Law held at NALSAR University of Law in association with International Association of Consumer Law (IACL) during 25 -27 February, 2009. As In-charge of the Legal Aid Centre organized Workshops and Legal Literacy Programmes at Cherlapally Jail and nearby villages. Seminars /Workshops/ Training etc.

Presented paper on “Irrigation Infrastructure and Environmental Issues with special reference to Jalayagnam program‟ on 25th April organized by Supreme Court advocates and Delhi Court Judges.

Deliverd lecture on “Global Warming and Climate Change” at the 62nd orientation program to the lectures and University teachers at the UGC Academic Staff college, OU Campus on 3rd July, 2009.

Delivered lecture on “Women‟s Property Rights and Legal issues” at the UGC workshop on capacity building of women managers in higher education organized by St. Anns college for women on 23rd July, 2009.

Delivered series of lectures on Law of Evidence to the IRS trainee officers at NADT, Nagpur from 14 – 16 th December, 2009.

Publications Published module on Law of Evidence as part of training material for the IRS trainees to the NADT Editor – Legal Aid news letter Vol. 1 Editor – Green News and Views Vol. 6 Dr. Nimushakavi Vasanthi, Associate Professor Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organised:

Organised a Training of Trainers workshop for UGC "Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education" TOT‟s refresher programme on Women‟s Studies Perspectives from 10-12 August, 2009.

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Workshops attended:

Attended the Training of Trainers workshop UGC "Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education" TOT‟s refresher programme on Women and Governance, at TISS Mumbai from the 22-24 October, 2009

National Seminar on Relief and Rehabilitation of victims of Rape organised by the National Commission on Women, on 25th July, 2009 at New Delhi.

Convention on City Development: Sustainability & Legal Interface ,organised by the Bar Council of India, FICCI, Ministry of environment and Forests, on 25th July, 2009 at New Delhi.

Papers presented:

Eco-labelling and its implications for third world farmers, International Conference on Consumer Law, Feb 25-27, 2009 at Hyderabad

Publications Books:

Foreword to 'Handbook of Law, Women, and Employment in India: Policies, Issues, Legislation, and Case Law' by Surinder Mediratta,OUP 2009

Papers published:

An analysis of contribution of the Supreme Court to the doctrine of (dis) proportionality of punishments, Indian Higher Judiciary in 21st Century-Constitutional Perspectives, Asia Law House: Hyderabad, 2009.

Resurrecting / Renegotiating Labour Rights in a Globalising World: Critical Theory and Contract Labour, NALSAR Law Review 2009

The Presumption of Innocence and Fair Trial , Issues in Human Rights, Edited by Azizur Rehman chowdhury and ors, Atlantic Publishers:New Delhi, 2009

Resource person:

Resource person for Gender and Law at ASCI, Hyderabad on 14th January, 2009

Gender Dimension and Legal Issues of Persons with Disability with Specific Reference to Mental Retardation, 5th February, 2009, THPI, Hyderabad All India Course Co-ordinators Meet of B.Ed. & M.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation) Courses

Resource person speaking of Good Governance, at the Montfortian National Conference on Education 28th December 2009, at Hyderabad

Resource Person at the Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education and delivered lecture on „Women and Governance‟ at Hyderabad Central University from 19th December, 2009 to 23rd December, 2009

Industrial Disputes Act “Contract Management & Dispute Resolution in Projects” from 9th September, 2009 at ESCI Campus, Hyderabad

Resource person for the UGC Workshop on Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education, Women and Governance on the 21st July 2009

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Human Rights approach for the Salesian of Don Bosco, Hyderabad Unit's Commission Delegates on 17th May, 2009

Other activities:

Member of the Technical Advisory Group for the Project “Unpacking Trafficking Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ICRW Research Project “Unpacking Trafficking”

DWRC (Domestic Workers Rights Campaign) Draft Legislation on Domestic Workers

Research :

Awarded a research grant from the ICSSR to work on Regulatory impact assessment of legislation on Domestic Workers in India.

Dr. T. Raghavendra Rao, Assistant Professor Seminars/Conferences

National Conference on Environmental Law, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, (February, 2009) submitted a paper titled “Biological Diversity-IPR and Environmental Law”.

Participated and presented a paper in the National Seminar on Judiciary in India: Constitutional Perspectives. Paper titled “Judicial Activism in Environmental Law –Indian Perspective (Osmania University Graduates Association), Hyderabad, Paper published by Asia Law House (March, 2009).

Participated in the Aero-Space Law Meet under the auspices of IAAM, NALSAR and ISRO and presented a paper titled “ Space Policy and the Law-Indian Perspective”, (NALSAR University of Law, 28th and 29th of March, 2009)

Participated in the Workshop on International Humanitarian Law and Criminal Law under the auspices of ICRC and NALSAR University of Law and presented a paper titled “Human Rights and International Criminal Court” (20th to 22nd March, 2009).

Delivered lectures on Human Rights and the Law for Junior Civil Judges, A.P Judicial Academy, Secunderabad, (August, 2009).

Delivered lectures on Environmental Law for the Law Officers of Indian Railways, Secunderabad, (September, 2009).

Dr. K.V.K. Santhy, Assistant Professor Co-ordinated / Participation in Training Programmes / Seminars:

Participated in International training programme on Cyber Crimes at AP Police Academy, Hyderabad.

Co-ordinator of the Advanced Teacher Training Workshop on “International Criminal Law” with ICRC ( International Red Cross Society) on March 20,21,22 at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

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Participated in the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law hosted an Expert Meeting on "Multinational Law Enforcement & Sea Piracy" on November 27 and 28, 2009, at Freiberg, Germany.

Participated in the seminar on Restorative Justice, the Media and Public Opinion: a Tricky Triangle International Seminar "Building Social Support for Restorative Justice" during 3-5 June, 2009, at Max Planck Insittue for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany.

Articles :

“How to stop organ scandals? A Critique of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act in India” published in Practical Lawyer, February, 2010 issue.

“The significance of Fair Trial under Human Rights Law in matters of Criminal Justice: a case study of the trial of Former Iraqi Leader, Mr. Saddam Hussein”, published in Issues in Human Rights, edited by Azizur Rahman Chowdhary, Atlantic Pub, 2010, x, 518 p, ISBN : 81-269-1333-6”.

Reports:

Submitted a report to Max Planck Institute, International Criminal Law Department, Freiberg, Germany under the coordination of Professor HG Koch on " Counterfeit Drugs" from India in December, 2009.

Research Projects:

Co-ordinator of the Project: “ Defective Investigation leading to Acquittals” which was granted by Bureau of Police Research Development, New Delhi. The study aims at knowing the lapses being committed by the police officers while conducting the investigation of an offence and to know to what extent these procedural lapses lead to an acquittal of a criminal case. The study is being conducted only in the state of Andhra Pradesh. So far the team has interviewed all police officers in the state, forensic doctors and Judges of all cadres from Magistrate Court to the High Court, and also conducted the survey of cases in the criminal courts of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The project‟s duration is one year and the report shall be submitted in June 2009.

Co-ordinator of a major Research Project granted by University Grants Commission on “ A Critical Analysis of Punishment and Sentencing in India with special reference to State of Andhra Pradesh” in December, 2008. This project aims at a study of feasibility of introducing sentencing guidelines in India and preparing a database to guide Judges at all cadres. The project duration is two years.

Post Doctoral Research: Visited Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law as a part of the Post Doctoral Research Programme on Punishment and Sentencing for two months on a scholarship during November and December, 2009.

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Dr. Gade Mallikarjun, Assistant Professor

Presented a paper on „Insurance for Space Activities in India : Emerging Legal Issues‟ at the Aerospace Law Meet – 2009 organised by NALSAR on 28 – 29 March, 2009.

Presented a paper on „International Terrorism and Humanitarian Law : A Critique‟ at the workshop on International Humanitarian Law and Criminal Law held on 20 – 22 March, 2009 organised by NALSAR.

Ms. Neha A. Pathakji, Assistant Professor

Participated & presented a paper titled “Auditing the Role of Audit Committee” at International Conference on convergence of Corporate Governance Norms organised By: IIT, Kharagpur & NFCG - National Foundation for Corporate Governance, Kolkata on 5th – 6th September, 2009.

Prof. Vepa P. Sarathi, Visiting Faculty Publications: Books:

Introduction to the Law of Contracts

Fifth Edition of My Interpretation of Statues Prof. (Dr.) P.B. Shanker Rao, Visiting Professor

Organised Preparatory Classes for Law Graduates and Advocates for the Competitive Examinations for the Post of Junior Civil Judges.

Delivered Guest Lectures at:

National Academy for Direct Taxes from 25th – 27th November, 2009 on “Code of Civil Procedure 1908 and General Clause Act.

Mr. Shaik Nazim Ahmed Shafi, Visiting Faculty

Delivered lectures at the preparatory classes for the Advocates and Law Graduates for Competitive Judicial Examination on Law of Contracts, Special Contracts and Law of Property.

Participated and presented paper on “Privatization of Airports – Emerging Legal Issues” in the “Aerospace Law Meet – 2009” held on 28th and 29th March 2009 at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

Delivered lectures to the students of PGDALATM on Law of Contracts – Aviation Contracts (Domestic & International), Contract Management and Tenders (Domestic & International) at Hyderabad, Cochin and Bangalore Centres.

Delivered lectures on Law of Property to the IRS Trainee Officers at NADT, Nagpur in June and July, 2009.

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Delivered lectures on Building and Engineering Contracts, Law of Contracts, Law of Property, Specific Relief Act, Consumer Protection Act, Transfer of Property Act, Indian Registration Act, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, to the Contractors, Architects, Surveyors and to the students of B. Tech., at National Academy of Constructions, Hyderabad on 21st July, and 18th August, 2009.

Delivered lectures on Law of Contracts, Special Contracts, Companies Act, Information Technology Act, Intellectual Property Rights, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Consumer Protection Act and Shops and Establishments Act to the students of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) of Sikkim Manipal University for the January to June Semester and July to December,2009 Semester, and also to the students of MBA affiliated to Osmania University (OU) and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad from 7th to 18th November, 2009.

11. STUDENT ACTIVITIES Student Bar Council During the year under Report the Student Bar Council elections were held on July 30, 2009. Eight functional Committees viz: Academic; Cultural; Hostel and Campus Welfare; Literary & Debating; Mess and Hospitality; Moot Court; Sports and Student Welfare were elected. The new office bearers for the year 2009 took oath of office on 30th July, 2009. Each Committee consists of a General Body and an Executive Council. The General Body of each Committee consists of such students who opt to join the General Body of that functional Committee. However no student should join the General Bodies of more than two Committees. The Executive Council of each Committee comprises of five elected members one from each class of the B.A., LL.B. (Hons). Each Committee has a Convenor. The Executive Council of the eight Functional Committees forms an Electoral Collegium which elects from among themselves five Office Bearers of the SBC. The Office Bearers of the SBC are Mr. Aditya Wadhwa as President, Mr. Varun Tandon as Vice-President, Mr. Abhilaksh Grover as Secretary, Mr. Rohit Venkat V. as Joint Secretary and Mr. Arani Chakrabarty as Treasurer. Academic Achievements Rhodes Scholarship: Mr. Aditya Swarup, final year student has won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for the year 2010 to pursue Bachelors of Civil Law (B.C.L.) at Oxford University. This is the third Rhodes Scholarship at NALSAR.

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During the year under Report, students of NALSAR participated and presented papers at national / international seminars / conferences. Some of them are

Ananthi Bharadwaj - III Year - legislative comment titled "The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, 2008" published in the National Law School of India Review NLSIR, Citation: 21 (1) NLSI. REV. 201(2009) - in the year 2009.

Ananthi Bharadwaj, III Year - Fifth Best Entry in the 1st Ashurst-NSLR Contract Drafting Competition, 2009

Sanjhi Jain, Public Private Partnerships in Indian Railways: Looking while we leap", in GNLU Law Review, 2010 issue

A.S. Vishwajith and Nehaa Chaudhari, II Year, The International Conference on Convergence of Corporate Governance Norms, 2009; organised by IIT, Kharagpur, at Kolkata; Co-authored and presented a paper titled “A Critique of the Anglo-American model of Governance in State Enterprises: A Case Study of India and China”

Chandni Goel, Certificate of Achievement for- 'Successful completion of an intensive course of training and instruction in the field of International Diplomacy, Politics and Communication recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel

Raadhika Gupta, 4th year, PRS Legislative Research ANALYSIS, Winner, 2009

Megha Neelakshi Katheria & Pragya Singh, 2nd year, Presented paper, 'Food Standards: Need to bring on par the Indian consumer with the World consumer' at the National Seminar on Consumer Protection organised by the Indian Institute of Public Administration and Centre for Consumer Studies held from 19th November to 20th November 2009 in New Delhi

Moot Courts:

Won the 5th K.K. Luthra Memorial All India Moot Court Competition held from 16th – 18th January, 2009 at Delhi (Team: Ms. Karishma D. Dodeja, Ms. Amrita Mukherjee and Ms. Aprajita.)

Won the 7th Justa Causa National Moot Court Competition held from 29th January – 1st February, 2009 at Nagpur (Team: Mr. Rohan Saha, Mr. Malak Bhatt and Mr. Nikhil Chary)

Won the 8th Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot Court Competition held from 6th – 8th February, 2009 at Pune (Team: Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra and Mr. Ashish Pareek).

Won the Law Faculty – 1 Moot Court Competition held from 13th – 15th February, 2009 at Delhi University, Delhi (Team: Mr. Roshan Santhalia, Mr. Ankit Kejriwal and Ms. Chand Chopra).

Won the DM Harish Moot Court Competition held from 13th -15th February, 2009 at Mumbai (Team: Ms. Nidhi Malik, Mr. Yash Bansal and Mr. Sangram Malik.).

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Won the Commonwealth Moot Court – National Rounds held at Bangalore from 19th – 21st February, 2009 (Team: Ms. Rachita Raj, Ms. Aanchal Jain and Mr. Vikramaditya Malik).

Participated in the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Moot Competition organized by the International Criminal Law Network (ICLN) held at the Hague from 16th – 20th February, 2009 (Team: Ms. Kalpana Yadav, Ms. Shreya Atrey, Mr. Aditya Singh, Ms. Shehryar Khanum and Mr. Khalid Mohammad.)

Won & Best Memorial Award at Raja Ram Agarwal Tax Moot Court during 21st – 23rd August, 2009 organised by Allahabad University, Allahabad. (Team: Ms. Neharika Malik, Ms. Jyotika Kaushik, Ms. Anandana Handa).

Runners-Up Award at Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court – during 10th – 13th September, 2009 organised by ILI, New Delhi (Team: Mr. Sourav Roy, Mr. Kunal Singh, Mr. Dhruv Bhattacharya)

Runners Up & Best Memorial Award at R.K. Tankha Memorial Moot Court – during 23rd – 25th October, 2009 organised by National Law Institute University, Bhopal (Team: Ms. Upanasa Rajaram, Ms. Prachi Johri, Mr. Prajwal Raj Gyawali)

Won the Best Memorial Award at Surana & Surana National Trail Advocacy Moot Court – during 13th – 15th November, 2009 organised by The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (Team: Mr. Rohan Singh, Mr. Menezes Jagdish John Glenroy, Mr. Abhijit Kumar Pandey))

Best Memorial Award at IICLAM Moot Court – during 14th – 15th November, 2009 organised by National Law University, Delhi (Team: Ms. Sumithra Suresh, Ms. Bhargavi Kanan, Ms. Malvika Prasad)

Best Memorial Award at Nani A. Palkhiwala Memorial Tax Moot Court – during 3rd – 5th December, 2009 organised by CLC, Mumbai (Team: Ms. Swetali Mohapatra, Ms. Ishana Tripathi, Ms. Swati Singh)

Cultural Activities: Cultural Committee organizes musical nights once in every month. Other cultural events include dhandia night, lohri, diwali celebrations. The Committee also organized the Intra-college Cultural Event- Carpediem. Literary and Debating

Won the Cicero-09 Debate held at IIM, Bangalore during 17th – 18th January, 2009. (Team: Mr. Amit George and Mr. Arun Mohan)

Won the Saarang-09 Debate held at IIT, Madras during 21st – 25th February, 2009 (Team: Mr. Kanishk Mohan Singh and Mr. Ananya Bhattacharya).

Reached the finals in the NLSIU yearly Debate, Bangalore ‟09

Won the LSR Conventional Debate ‟09. Literary and Debating Committee organized on every Thursday the intra-college Parliamentary Debates.

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Student Welfare Committee The Student Welfare Committee in 2009 was involved in several activities such as upkeep of the Student Book Bank, arranging for remedial classes, scholarships and fee concessions for students with economic constraints. Its activities also included the printing of NALSAR T-shirts. It was also proposed in 2009 that they start publishing a NALSAR Magazine. The expansion and cataloguing of the Student Book Bank established through contributions from advocates, faculty and students was a major achievement of 2009. Academic Committee During the year under Report, the activities of the Academic Committee include:

Conducted a non-credit course on Market Economy structured and taken by Mr. Prasad Krishnamurthy.

Constituted a Peer Review Committee to review and provide feedback to papers/articles prior to be sent for publications/conferences.

Organized a seminar on Constitutional Morality with Prof. Amita Dhanda and Mr. Arvind Narrain as speakers.

Started regular Wednesday classes on ancillary subject matter like drafting, memorial writing, formatting etc.

Organized a lecture series on Corporate Governance by Mr. Edward, Consultant, Herbert Smith LLP in collaboration with Herbert Smith LLP.

Sports Committee During the year under Report, Sports Committee organized intra-university Basket Ball and Cricket Competitions. Various Teams are going to participate in Sports Events at WBNUJS, Kolkata. Carpediem - 2009 Carpediem is the annual Intra College Festival organized by the Student Bar Council within NALSAR University. The name derives from the Biblical allusion to enjoyment and festivities. It primarily consists of sporting, cultural, literary and debating activities. The 2009 edition was organized from March 26-29th. Sporting events such as athletics, festal, tug of war and kabbadi were organised where all five batches including students of the Masters Programme also participated. The Tug of War and Kabaddi competitions generated a lot of enthusiasm among spectators and the Class of 2010 emerged victors. Cultural activities were organized such as the Poster Making, Rangoli, Western & Eastern Music competitions and the Batch dance competition on the final day of the festival. There were informal events such as the Amazing Race, Twister and Antakshari. The Literary and Debating Committee organized the intra batch debating

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competition, the general quiz, JAM among other events. A DJ night was organized on the night of the penultimate day where all students were invited to join. The closing ceremony was conducted in the august presence of our Vice-Chancellor. Class of 2009 emerged as overall champions, the Class of 2010 as Runners Up.

12. ENDOWMENTS FOR BOOKS

For the year 2009, 185 books were donated to NALSAR Library by the following individuals / institutions:

Universal Law Publisher Co. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi

Eastern Book Company Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow

Mr. Fried Triem, U.S.A.

Mr. R. N. Vaidya

Mr. Aditya Swamy

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi

USIS, The American Library, Chennai

Mr. Girish Bhai Patel, Ahmedabad.

Prof. Amita Dhanda, Professor of Law, NALSAR

Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Professor, NALSAR

Mr. Kumar Kartikeya, Lecturer, NALSAR

Dr. Ramesh Babu, Lecturer, NALSAR

Prof. B. Errabbi, Visiting Professor, NALSAR

Prof. Vepa P. Sarathi, Visiting Professor, NALSAR

Ms. Shwetambara, Mr. Aditya Singh, Ms. Zehra Khan, Students of NALSAR

13. VISITORS / GUEST LECTURES

Mr. J.M. Lyngdoh, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Prof. Christoph Antons, Centre for Comparative Law and Development Studies in Asia and the Pacific (CLDSAP),University of Wollongong, Australia

Ms. Vrinda Manglik, Ms. Anjali Jaiswal and Ms. Shravya Reddy of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Prof. Michael D. Floyd, Professor of Law and Director of International Studies, Stamford University, Cumberland School of Law, U.S.A

Prof. Kamal Ahmed, President, Asian University for Women (AUW), Cambridge.

Prof. Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor, National Law School University, Delhi

Prof. A. Lakshminath, Vice-Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna and Chancellor, A.P. State Law University, Visakhapatnam.

Prof. J.S. Patil, Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Law University, Hubli.

Hon‟ble Mr. Justice U.C. Banerjee, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and Founder Chancellor, NALSAR delivered Special Lecture on “Development, Society and Environment” on April 9, 2009.

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Ms. Jo Delaney, Senior Lawyer, Clifford Chance, London, U.K. delivered a lecture on “Investment Arbitration” on April 15, 2009.

Prof. Robert H. Klonoff, Dean & Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Oregon, USA along with Ms. Swetha Balakrishnan visited NALSAR on Aug 11-12, 2009.

Dr. Gordon E. Gee, President of Ohio State University, USA visited NALSAR along with the members of High Powered OSU Delegation and addressed the students on August 10, 2009.

Dr. Tony Cole, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick visited NALSAR on September 3, 2009 and delivered lecture on “Issue Conflicts in International Arbitration”.

Prof. Vijayakumar, Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore delivered a lecture on “Nature of Executive Power” on September 18, 2009.

Ms. Christine Martin, Southern Cross University, Australia visited NALSAR on 4th November, 2009

Ms. Eileen McCarthy, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Planning along with Faculty Committee of the University of Chicago visited NALSAR Campus on December 11, 2009.

Prof. Graham Dutfield, School of Law, University of Leeds, U.K. conducted a seminar on „Patents, Traditional Knowledge and the Pharmaceutical Industry‟ ON January 23, 2010.

Prof. Edward Arnott, University Law College, London University, London and Herbert Smith, Consultant delivered a series of lectures on „Corportate Governance‟ during February 2 – 5, 2010.

Mr. Tim Hanstad, President, Rural Development Institute (RDI) and Mr. Robert Mitchell, Programme Director delivered lecture on „Land Laws, Poverty and Legal Aid‟ on February 5, 2010.

Prof. Gowher Rizvi, Vice Provost for International Programmes & Professor Global Affairs, University of Virginia, U.K.

Ms. Juliet Wurr, Public Affairs Officer, Consulate General of the U.S.A.

Prof. Mark A. Nordenberg, Chancellor and Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The University is extremely thankful to all University Bodies specially the Hon‟ble Chancellor, the Hon‟ble Members of the General Council, the Executive Council and the Academic Council for their guidance and continuous support in developing this University as institution of excellence. The University is specially thankful to the Hon‟ble Judges, sitting and retired, of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for participating in the academic activities of the University / attending conferences and also judging moot court competitions.

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The University wishes to place on record its sense of gratitude and appreciation to all the donors and other benefactors. The University is particularly thankful to the State Government and its senior officers including the Chief Secreatray, Special Chief Secreatry, Finance and Planning (FW), the Secretary to Government (Law Department) and the Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department for their constant and continuous support in the development and growth of this University. The University is also thankful to the University Grants Commission for recognizing the University under Section 12-B of UGC Act for financial assistance under the X plan and XI plan. NOTE : The accomplishments of the Faculty and the achievements of students are not exhaustive but only indicative and various items in the Report are based on the information provided by the concerned. Similarly, the Visitors list also is not exhaustive but indicative of some selected Guest Speakers / important Visitors.